presently a top-50 selection by Sight and Sound voters, perhaps due to the sense of accomplishment one has after watching the entirety. it's a glacial 201 minutes, where the tedium of being a homemaker is transposed into likewise boredom as a viewer. I liked the idea in part, but executing it so literally actually took away from the broader theme.

I suppose some watched raptly as minute changes in Ms. Dielman's routine marked the disintegration of gender roles; my mind only wandered as dishes were washed in five minutes of real-time.