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Michael Haneke's cinema : the ethic of the image / Catherine Wheatley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheatley, Catherine.
- Series:
- Film Europa
- Film Europa ; v. 7
- Film Europa ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haneke, Michael, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.
- Haneke, Michael.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Existing critical traditions fail to fully account for the impact of Austrian director, and 2009 Cannes Palm d'Or winner, Michael Haneke's films, situated as they are between intellectual projects and popular entertainments. In this first English-language introduction to, and critical analysis of, his work, each of Haneke's eight feature films are considered in detail. Particular attention is given to what the author terms Michael Haneke's 'ethical cinema' and the unique impact of these films upon their audiences. Drawing on the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Stanley Cavell, Ca
- Contents:
- The last moralist?
- Negotiating modernism: Der Siebente Kontinent, Benny's video
- 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls
- The ethics of aggression: Funny games
- Emotional engagement and narrativity: code inconnu, La pianiste, Le temps du loup
- Shame and guilt: Cache
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-613-8
- 1-84545-557-6
- 0-85745-546-X
- OCLC:
- 855503947
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