Watching La Haine, it became clear to me that Kassowitz did not want to portray the city Paris as its usual portrayal--a place of romance and liveliness. Rather, in this film, it is definitely seen as a place of hatred, one where the actual residents of its suburbs cannot feel safe. Paris as a city is filled with outsiders and cops that don't understand and will never understand the lives they live. In this film, I feel as if the banilieue is supposed to be perceived as a home to these people, not anyone else.
Aside from the tourism, the people that actually live there do not have these wildly romantic lives with long pieces of bread and hearts and wine and all those other bourgeois things. I think Kassowitz wants the viewers to really take a second look at Paris, and understand why its suburbs feel so hostile. This is a real aspect of Paris that no one ever seems to want to see.
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