Episode 25: "High Tension"

Sacré bleu! This week our hosts venture to land of love, art, cigarettes, baguettes and… problematic plots twists! They watched the French film High Tension (Haute Tension), the 2003 debut of director Alexandre Aja. They discuss the early-2000’s French Extreme film movement, of which High Tension helped define. The big questions with this film: can you still enjoy a film that botches the ending? Can you appreciate a film’s visual style if you don’t agree with the messaging?