The Glass Room

I've not read the book it's based on, consequently I cannot assess the adaptation side of this story but regardless of that, I really loved the film. The cinematography is gorgeous and the music, minimalist, compliments the film beautifully. The two best friends have palpable chemistry and we root for them from their first scene together. Carice Van Houten is stunning and a real chameleon. She is so underrated.

I watched this movie while preparing supper. I enjoy spending time in kitchen so I walked to the room from time to time and found myself attracted. The picture was presented very well. The relations, emotions ... I was able to feel them.

There was lots of erotic scenes of sex between partners of which one was no really happy about it. Some kind of exploitation because of Nazi threat and Jewish nationality. Yet The core emotion was love between two women and their attachment to house and the architect.

Intriguing. I somehow believe the female-female relationship was something director wanted to focus. Discovering.

I love period movies and this one doesn't disappoint. If you're distracted you'll lose track of the character's development.

I've read some bad reviews, but I never lost my curiosity as to what would happen next. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Don't believe the haters.

The Affair. Let's start with the Title. It is misleading and confusing. To which affair does it refer? There could be several. Then there is the matter of too many English titled works with the same name. The Glass Room (Sklenený Pokoj) serves the story better as the center room of the house built for Viktor and Liesel serves as a unifier for the story. Yes, there is an affair, more than one to be sure, and one great love story which we the viewers would have loved to see more of, but in between the action becomes confused and shoppy. It is difficult to pick out the particular periods in time represented or how certain people transition. Hanna in particular seems to drift along doing whatever the script calls for without a lot of explanation. Perhaps if we were Czech we would know better, but I doubt it. One wants to like Liesel while she does her best avoid us. Viktor is almost an after thought though a stupidly reckless one at times. At the end of the day we continue to watch out of a desire for something good to happen and when it does we aren't quite sure if it was worth the wait.