Grotesque.

I like Seidl's movies, but not because "they depict everyday struggle thru a merciless and raw lens", because I think that - yeah - they do it in a way, but I also believe the director's vision to be more grotesque than realistic at this point of his career, and this is what strikes me the most. I know he comes from documentary, and I haven't seen his early work yet, but just looking at the cover of Animal Love I get exactly the same feeling of a effective union of grit and grotesque.

What can I say, it wouldn't surprise me if someone who adores Fellini's Amarcord, also adores Import/Export, because I don't think they are THAT distant. I read of people disregarding this movie because they say more or less that it's like a camera filming depressing scenes and adding nothing and thus resulting in a drab requiem... woah it's not. I think there's a gigantic filmic vision behind his stuff, it's not someone pretending to film nothing and sell it as high film, it's exactly the opposite, a beautiful and thoughtful artifact.

I think.