In this episode, I talk about Michael Haneke's controversial and thought-provoking 1997 film, "Funny Games." It's a thriller that breaks all the rules and raises questions about the representation of violence in mass media. A family is terrorized in their vacation home by two young men who take enjoyment in brutality and degradation. Haneke uses surprising and unexpected techniques to confront the audience of his film and to make us think deeper and more critically about the violence and suffering we see in movies and television. This episode contains spoilers.
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Full Show Notes:
All My Sources
The Keepers, Big Little Lies, and Broadchurch
Elem Klimov's 'Come and See' (1985)
Ettore Scola's 'A Special Day' (1977)
Mathieu Amalric's 'Le Stade de Wimbledon' (2001)
Herk Harvey's 'Carnival of Souls' (1962)
Agnieszka Holland's 'The Secret Garden' (1993)
Lee Chang-dong's 'Poetry' (2010)
Andrea Arnold's 'Fish Tank' (2009)
Laura Citarella and Veronica Llinás's 'Dog Lady' (2015) and Notes on a Cinema of the Unruly Woman
Barbara Loden's 'Wanda' (1970)
Katell Quillévéré's 'Heal The Living' (2016) and Radu Jude's 'Scarred Hearts' (2016)
Vadim Perelman's 'House of Sand and Fog' (2003)
Sally Potter's 'The Tango Lesson' (1997)
Agnès Varda's 'Vagabond' (1985)
Two Made-For-TV Movies from the 1990s - Christopher Leitch's 'She Fought Alone (1995) and Marina Sargenti's 'Lying Eyes' (1996)
Alain Resnais's 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' (1959)
Abdellatif Kechiche's 'Blue is the Warmest Color' (2013)
Ken Loach's 'I, Daniel Blake' (2016)
Abbas Kiarostami's Koker Trilogy
Abbas Kiarostami's 'Where Is My Friend's House' (1987) and Mohammad-Ali Talebi's 'Willow and Wind' (2000)
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