Masking Threshold

goddamn crazy. loved it.

I hated this movie. At first. It's exhausting, grating, and severely irritating. But, it's also unlike anything I've eger seen. The main character is gross and obnoxious, and his poor hygiene and incessant neurotic rambling are unbearable to experience. But, that's the point. The pretentious dialogue and gross close ups are offputting enough, then the dude starts killing animals. I know the animal deaths aren't real, but it's still difficult to watch. I have very mixed feelings about this movie, but I appreciated it more after it ended.

Boring, pretentious and dull. Never felt like it went anywhere until the very end and even then it was a struggle to get there. There's an intriguing idea behind sound and frequencies but you rarely ever hear them in comparison to his obnoxious ramblings for an hour and a half.

If a "film" could be categorized as pathological, in an objective sense, this would be it. Interesting idea about sound and language, but the flame is not worth the candle.

Grenzfurthner has released a film that could be considered the ultimate exploration of the experience of being constantly connected to the internet.

I will think about this film for a long time.

"Masking Threshold" is an intimate, minimalist horror film that documents a man's psychological collapse through an online video diary. Filmmaker and star Johannes Grenzfurthner only shows parts of his body and face, as his character "experiments" on his maddening tinnitus, descending into madness. The film shows extreme closeups of what the character sees, reads, and eats, and how his world has closed in around him, leading to bizarre bursts of sadism. The film is a disturbing portrait of a man built from snippets of speech and filmed actions, making the point that sometimes, you don't have to see someone's face to paint in every detail. While occasionally repellent, the film is always fascinating.

What a mindf**k of a movie. Loved it!!

I loved Razzennest, so I wanted to check out the director's last film. The film's macro photography and the exponential curve of its storyline are two of its most notable and impactful aspects. The stunning visuals captured through macro photography bring the audience closer to the intricate details of the film's subject matter, while the storyline's exponential curve builds tension and intensifies the emotional impact of the film's climax.

Extremely wordy, almost entirely composed with extreme closeup shots that become increasingly confining. No context or story or character background or development supporting the myopic and insane ramblings of the narrator/main (only) character. It goes on too long with the exact same tone and ideas and becomes repetitive and dull. Some interesting philosophical or intellectual topics are presented, but it is all muddled and confusing, which is the idea of course but it ends up saying too much about too little without any true focus.