Analysez les moyens par lesquels Kassovitz présente le thème du conflit dans le film. Comment jugez-vous son traitement de ce thème ?

Linguistic conflict: verlan and slang VS traditional french; (arguments) between friends: over irrelevant/ ridiculous things (the cow); verbal violence of constant swearingBlack and white: "voir le monde en noir et blanc"- good and bad. Timelessness.Riots/ armed police/ real life footage/ humiliation by police in Paris ("dans ton pays on ramasse avec les pieds, non?!")Conflicting images of masculinity: Russian roulette (gun- phallic symbol); breakdancing; Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver); motorbike; Hubert's gym (destroyed by other men!) Scene with Journalists: foreground and background, separated by bars: yet journalists are an imposition, attempting to capture a certain vision (a mimetic moment) of the banlieushards.Tension: foregrounding of gun (Vince mirror scene for instance) and ticking time bomb effect: countdown. Film opens with vision of molotov cocktail. "Jusqu'ici tout va vien..." - "La haine attire la haine".Judgement: melodramatic but nuanced. Ultimately the dichotomous model fails: humour, circular model for instance, watching Vince with Gun mimic 'Taxi Driver' is absurd, childish- not serious. Absurdity of story from Gulag survivor. Mixing of cultures (Jewish, Afro-French (maghrébin), Muslim) : harmonious in banlieues. Edith Piaf combines with Assassin's "Nique la Police" and is proudly played through the banlieues. Film's perspective takes us 'behind the enemy lines'; humanises and personalises the conflict. Conflicts ultimately shown in their fully absurdity; lack of understanding, overzealous masculinity and inhumanity. The true message of La Haine is one of the humanity, even on the side that the media would like to portray as apeish and violent.