Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 18, July 26, 1976.
The Middle of the World — Switzerland 1974
The Middle of the World
Switzerland 1974
This was an attempt by Alain Tanner to draw a parallell between international politics and interpersonal relationships. He seemed to be trying to awaken us to the real nature of human endeavour on all levels by making clear the falseness and self-deception that haunts so many of our love affairs. Then by way of news broadcasts and little sections of narration he shows that the same dishonest relations exist between countries.
In my opinion the film was a failure as it was too ambiguous.
VUWSA Films Coming : Memorial Theatre. Tu 27 July 2.15