Review of Diamonds of the Night

I don't think this movie is much surrealistic as it tends to transmit the experience of 2 young boys' about concentration camps. But I do concur strongly that it is timeless. Apart the KL lettering on the back side of their jackets, there isn't much clue about time frame which this movie depicts. It could be easily about Stalinistic oppression too. It is beautifully shot and edited. Memories of boys are gently interspersed into stream. Other times there is documentary-style realism present. I think it reflects their inability to comprehend what it going on in world or at least in their particular view. They are running from soldiers, guns and concentration camps almost instinctively, like animals sensing danger. Hunting scene is the climax of the film. It is a very absurd and inequitable image that nearly 20 old guys with rifles are chasing 2 unarmed boys to death. The most unfavorable aspect of the movie is that it felt uncommunicative at many times, and that is mainly because characters rarely talk. Sounds were impressive though.