The Devil’s Bath- Shudder Sponsored Austria’s Failed International Oscar Bait
Quick Take: This is why I push so much for international content, because viewpoints from around the world are so important in a day and age where we seem to want to isolate ourselves from everyone and expel those different from us. The Devil’s Bath takes a hard look at women’s mental health during a time when people didn’t think about mental health. We’re still in the age of lobotomies. Men use to diagnose “hysteria”. So, Austria’s bid for an International Oscar, which didn’t make the shortlist, has no English, and is completely unwatchable. There isn’t even a dub available. I sat through it, and gave it the space, like I did with All We Imagine Is Light. I know what The Devil’s Bath is about, and it is a shame that IFC/Shudder see no value in making an audio description track so we can have important conversations like this, on movie deemed worthy enough to be the representation for an entire country. For more, check out my video, but it is obviously unwatchable without English audio description.
