A little bit of a backstory here: At university my focus was in studying literature and languages, but I had to take a seminar in Introduction to Film Studies. My professor was obsessed with this movie. Especially with it's technicality.

So, we had to watch it. Over and over again. Sometimes just the same scenes about ten times just to analyze camera angles and position of the actors.

And yes, the camera work and really whole direction of the movie is excellently done, but if you have to watch it several times just for this, it becomes a drag.

What I mean by that is, I never disliked the movie, but I also never got the opportunity to appreciate it for what it is. T

That being said, I like to analyze movies, but I'm more interested in the writing than the camera angles (not saying it's not interesting, just not my main focus), after not having watched it for a couple of year I got the chance to experience this film with a slightly different approach and found a new appreciation for it.

It's just a really good and interesting film that deals with a very difficult topic but in such a unique and fascinating way.

It is one of the classics of it's time I'd definitely recommend.