Hearing Haneke : the sound tracks of a radical auteur / Elsie Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Elsie M., 1975- author.

Series:

Oxford music/media series

The Oxford music/media series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Haneke, Michael.

Haneke, Michael, 1942-.

Motion pictures--Sound effects.

Motion pictures.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Michael Haneke's Films Subject Us To Extreme Experiences of disturbance, desperation, grief, and violence. They are unsoftened by music, punctuated by accosting noises, shaped by painful silences, and charged with aggressive dialogue. The sound tracks are even more traumatic to hear than his stories are to see, but they also offer us the transformative possibilities of reawakened sonic awareness. Haneke's use of sound redefines cinema in ways that can help us re-hear everything-including our own voices, and everything around-better. Hearing Haneke is the first book-length study of the sound tracks that define this living legacy. This book explores the haunting, subversive, and political significance of all aural elements through Haneke's major feature films. While many critics read Haneke as coolly dispassionate about showing scenes of humanity under threat, Hearing Haneke argues that all facets of his sound tracks stress humane understanding and the importance of compassion. This book provides exceptionally detailed analyses of all Haneke's most celebrated films, including The Seventh Continent, Funny Games, Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher, Caché, The White Ribbon, and Amour. The writing brings together film theory, musicology, history, and cultural studies in ways that resonate broadly. Hearing Haneke will matter to anyone who cares about the power of art to inspire progressive change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Why does hearing Haneke's films matter?

Introduction: Hearing Haneke through the critical ruckus

The Seventh Continent: the noises of consumerism, the music of something more

Funny Games: amplifying violence, the violators, and the victims

Code Unknown: sonically representing social divisions, diversity, and hope

The Piano Teacher: musical beauty without transcendence

Caché: the postcolonial resonance of silences and saying "nothing"

The White Ribbon: hearing Symbolic oppression and the Real in rebellion

Amour: the screams of life answered with love.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Elsie M., 1975- Hearing Haneke.

ISBN:

9780190495909

0190495901

9780190495916

019049591X

OCLC:

1000526964