The cinema of Michael Haneke : Europe utopia / edited by Ben McCann & David Sorfa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCann, Ben.

Sorfa, David.

Series:

Directors' cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haneke, Michael, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.

Haneke, Michael.

Haneke, Michael, 1942-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

ix, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wallflower Press, [2011]

Summary:

Michael Haneke is one of the most important directors working in Europe today. Films such as Funny Games (1997), Code Unknown (2000) and Hidden (2005) interrogate the ethical dilemmas of our era with forensic clarity and merciless insight. Yet even amidst the barren nihilism of The Seventh Continent (1989) and Time of the Wolf (2003), a dark strain of optimism emerges which allows us to consider the possibility of a future in which terrible and inescapable guilt might not necessarily be all encompassing. The Cinema of Michael Hankeke offers a comprehensive examination of the director's central themes and preoccupations - bourgeois alienation, modes and critiques of spectatorship, the role of the media -and analyses hitherto marginalized aspects of Haneke's work, such as his early television work, his 2007 shot-for-shot remake of Funny Games and his 2009 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner The White Ribbon.

Directors' Cuts focus on the work of the most significant contemporary international filmmakers, illuminating the creative dynamics of World Cinema. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Domestic Invasion: Michael Haneke and Home Audiences / Catherine Wheatley Wheatley, Catherine 10

2 Acting, Performance and the Bressonian Impulse in Haneke's Films / Ben McCann McCann, Ben 24

3 Ethical Violence: Suicide as Authentic Act in the Films of Michael Haneke / Lisa Coulthard Coulthard, Lisa 38

4 Thinking the Event: The Virtual in Michael Haneke's Films / Oliver C. Speck Speck, Oliver C. 49

5 Michael Haneke and the Politics of Film Form / Temenuga Trifonova Trifonova, Temenuga 65

Space

6 Glocal Gloom: Existential Space in Haneke's French-Language Films / Kate Ince Ince, Kate 85

7 The Vacant Vacationer: Travel as Symptom and Antidote in Michael Haneke / Christopher Justice Justice, Christopher 94

8 Cosmopolitan Exteriors and Cosmopolitan Interiors: The City and Hospitality in Haneke's Code Unknown / Paula E. Geyh Geyh, Paula E. 105

Unseen Haneke

9 The Early Haneke: Austrian Literature on Austrian Television / Deborah Holmes Holmes, Deborah 117

10 Tracing K: Michael Haneke's Film Adaptation of Kafka's Das Schloβ / Willy Riemer Riemer, Willy 129

Glaciation

11 Attenuating Austria: The Construction of Bourgeois Space in The Seventh Continent / Benjamin Noys Noys, Benjamin 141

12 Supermodernity, Sick Eros and the Video Narcissus: Benny's Video in the Course of Theory and Time / Manias Frey Frey, Manias 151

Funny Games

13 The Ethical Screen: Funny Games and the Spectacle of Pain / Alex Gerbaz Gerbaz, Alex 163

14 Superegos and Eggs: Repetition in Funny Games (1997, 2007) / David Sorfa Sorfa, David 172

15 From Culture to Torture: Music and Violence in Funny Games and The Piano Teacher / Landon Palmer Palmer, Landon 179

The Piano Teacher

16 Images of Confinement and Transcendence: Michael Haneke's Reception of Romanticism in The Piano Teacher / Felix W. Tweraser Tweraser, Felix W. 195

17 Two Meanings of Masochism in the Language of the Art Critic / Iuliana Corina Vaida Vaida, Iuliana Corina 206

Hidden

18 Subject to Memory? Thinking after Hidden / Nemonie Craven Roderick Roderick, Nemonie Craven 225

19 Digital Cinema and the 'Schizophrenic' Image: The Case of Michael Haneke's Hidden / Ricardo Domizio Domizio, Ricardo 237

20 Hidden Shame Exposed: Hidden and the Spectator / Tarja Laine Laine, Tarja 247

The White Ribbon

21 The White Ribbon in Michael Haneke's Cinema / John Orr Orr, John 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781906660291

1906660298

OCLC:

593131537