Comment on “Victoria”: This exciting German thriller, shot straight through in one take, is much more than a novelty

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: Movie
Thu, 10/08/2015 - 4:00pm

“Victoria”: This exciting German thriller, shot straight through in one take, is much more than a novelty

I was going to tell you about the deliberately assaultive opening shot of Sebastian Schipper’s film “Victoria,” in which we see a young Spanish woman dancing by herself in a Berlin nightclub – although we don’t know who she is or where she is at first. The dance floor is illuminated with a brilliant white pulsing strobe light – those with neurological disorders are hereby cautioned – and the soundtrack mimics or transposes the pounding rhythms of the club music without exactly reproducing it.

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