that film looks good on you

1989
Whenever I feel lost inside a Haneke story, a flow of intense (and not always welcoming) questions begins to press against me.
Is the level of cruelty and inhumanity shown in someone's work really necessary to say something of real substance? Why doesn't he explain the reasoning behind his characters' actions? Why subject the audience to such brutal, senseless behavior without offering any justification? Where are these guys from anyway?
I suppose that what first seems like deliberate cruelty reveals…