Imagine a portrait of Austria created by Jan Svankmajer and David Lynch: this will give you an idea of Bady Minck's fantastic film work entitled In the Beginning was the Eye. When a writer investigates Austria through the images presented by postcards, the landscapes around Erzberg and Salzburg province become something between a dream and a nightmare. And the words on the back of the cards seep into the scene as whispers. These are terrible and painful texts, written by unknown hands over the course of time. Tension develops between picture and text, culture and landscape...

Hans Schifferle, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

The masterpiece of this year's Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes was undoubtedly Bady Minck's In the Beginning Was the Eye. The film starts by gazing out of an eyelid, which opens and closes, turning us into voyeurs, ready to manipulate objects and facts. What follows is a very interesting work of remembering. Events of the past, most notably of the Nazi era, discreetly emerge from their shadows. The filmmaker covers the tracks: we don't know if it's the poet who remembers, the texts on the postcards are being read out loud or if the director herself is commenting on the past. Neutral images and ideas of home are interwoven with suppressed recollections. The irony with which the film deals with stereotypes is reminiscent of the films of Syberberg and his way of playing with clichés. We will surely hear from Bady Minck again!

Raphaël Bassan, Bref, Paris