Michael Haneke / Peter Brunette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunette, Peter.

Series:

Contemporary film directors.

Contemporary film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Haneke, Michael.

Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Peter Brunette analyzes the theatrical releases of Austrian film director Michael Haneke, including The White Ribbon, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Perhaps best known to U.S. audiences for Caché, The Piano Teacher, and his remake of his own disturbing Funny Games, Haneke has consistently challenged critics and film viewers to consider their own responsibility for what they watch when they seek to be "merely" entertained by such studio-produced Hollywood thrillers. Brunette highlights Haneke's brilliant use of uncompromising visual and aural techniques to express complex themes. His most recent films contain what has become his hallmark: a moment of violence or shock that is not intended to be exploitative, but that nevertheless goes beyond the conventional boundaries of most art cinema. Lauded for graphically revealing the powerful influence of contemporary media on social behavior, his films offer a chilling critique of contemporary consumer society. Brunette discusses Haneke's major releases in English, French, and German, including the film that first brought him to international attention, Benny's Video. The first full-length study of Haneke's work in any language, this book also includes an interview with the director that explores his motivations and methods.

Contents:

Violence, representation, responsibility: the films of Michael Haneke

Introduction

The seventh continent

Benny's video

71 fragments of a chronology of chance

Funny games

Code unknown

The piano teacher

Time of the wolf

Cache

The white ribbon

Interviews with Michael Haneke.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612959615

9781282959613

1282959611

9780252090660

0252090667

OCLC:

956656363