
In Canadian-born John Cookās restless documentary of an Austrian couple, I JUST CANāT GO ON, the husband Petrus, channeling āCassius Marcellus Clay,ā takes up boxing to supplement the income from his day-job burnishing frames. His companion, the much older Gisi, works as a janitor. They are an odd couple, scavenging at the bottom of the Viennese social ladder. But there is nothing patronizing or exploitative in Cookās treatment of the couple and their eccentricities as they try to make ends meet. In one of the filmās key aesthetic choices, Cook eschews synched sound in favor of a stream-of-consciousness soundtrack pitting Petrus and Gisiās unfiltered remarks in relief against the harsh material world.
Language
German
Country
Austria