note: funny games u.s. and the original austrian version are pretty much shot-by-shot identical to each other, if you didn’t notice before.
as i enjoy all of haneke’s films, and have seen them all except for “code: unknown”, i would say that haneke has remained aesthetically persistent and therefore lacks no “cinematic split” within his work (bad/good). haneke’s work focuses on the tedium of quotidian existence, as well as the preconceptions we may have as viewers (e.g. funny games, benny’s video) of “films”. “the seventh continent” is by far my favorite of his films, and “the piano teacher” definitely DOES NOT lack great acting (isabelle huppert is a bad actress? for a listing of all the awards and nominations it received, please by all means see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_piano_teacher#Awards) nor aesthetic breakthrough. if you are annoyed by “mundane” and everyday gesture and expect to receive something of pure “entertainment” (which by your above description, it seems so—this is the antithesis of haneke’s intent as a filmmaker), then haneke is the wrong auteur for you.
Haneke...split decision over 3 years ago
note: funny games u.s. and the original austrian version are pretty much shot-by-shot identical to each other, if you didn’t notice before.
as i enjoy all of haneke’s films, and have seen them all except for “code: unknown”, i would say that haneke has remained aesthetically persistent and therefore lacks no “cinematic split” within his work (bad/good). haneke’s work focuses on the tedium of quotidian existence, as well as the preconceptions we may have as viewers (e.g. funny games, benny’s video) of “films”. “the seventh continent” is by far my favorite of his films, and “the piano teacher” definitely DOES NOT lack great acting (isabelle huppert is a bad actress? for a listing of all the awards and nominations it received, please by all means see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_piano_teacher#Awards) nor aesthetic breakthrough. if you are annoyed by “mundane” and everyday gesture and expect to receive something of pure “entertainment” (which by your above description, it seems so—this is the antithesis of haneke’s intent as a filmmaker), then haneke is the wrong auteur for you.
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Haneke...split decision over 3 years ago
e.h.l, i second you obviously—i didn’t see your post before
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Haneke...split decision over 3 years ago
double post
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
chantal akerman –
jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles
fassbinder –
katzelmacher
beware of a holy whore
lars von trier –
the idiots
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Inventive Narrative Structures over 3 years ago
harmony korine –
gummo, julien donkey-boy
jean-luc godard -
hail mary, passion
john cassavetes –
faces
michael haneke –
71 fragments of a chronology of chance
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