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Michael Haneke Interview (excerpt 2)



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Michael Haneke interview on Funny Games (1997) by Serge Toubiana [english subs] - Part 2


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And this is, fairly ... ( 11 months ago by Capitel)
And this is, fairly enough, the important half. It's not easy to justify such interruptions in the development of the film, but I thin Haneke points very good points... and erases all possible critics to the excessive weight of chance along the script.
Array ( 7 months ago by RoosterCogburn)
(cont.)
Haneke rather shows typically stylized, Hollywood violence. And in so doing, he appeals to the bloodlust of the viewer: viewers who like violent torture-porn movies also like Funny Games. Now, if Haneke was a real film artist, like Godard or Fassbinder, he would be true to his premises and make
a film that had no appeal to torture-porn buffs. But he's a phony who's far more interested in making a hit film than in making art, and has compromised himself accordingly.
Array ( 7 months ago by RoosterCogburn)
(cont.)
If Haneke REALLY wanted to make an anti-violent movie, he could have used the approach seen in the films of Godard and Fassbinder, where violent scenes, such as gangster shootings, are shown in a schematic, highly stylized way, almost pantomime-fashion. In other words, those two artists truly elim
inate all the bloodlust from movie violence... so you can look at it objectively, and not get caught up in its attraction. Haneke, by contrast, does nothing of the kind. (Continued)
Array ( 7 months ago by RoosterCogburn)
(cont.)
That's why, in the clip threads, you can see so many comments from YouTube viewers who LOVE the violence in this movie. For example: - "I loved it. They blew Georg's head smooth off!!!" - "omg i love this movie sooooo much! cant wait to see the remake... yay! lol" - "Dude this looks so cool...
And that little wink to the audience, priceless." (Continued)
Haneke says: "I ... ( 7 months ago by RoosterCogburn)
Haneke says: "I wanted to demostrate how we always become the killer's accomplice when watching this type of film -- NOT self-reflective films like this one, but films that portray violence in an 'acceptable' way."
The problem with this remark is that Funny Games DOES portray violence in an "acceptable," indeed "sexy" way, just like a Hollywood movie. (Continued)
Sick Michael Haneke ... ( 7 months ago by bzeliotis)
Sick Michael Haneke has contributed to 'art'which anaesthesises people to violence implying its usual and maybe OK too.For 90min the audience is oppressed by being forced to watch 2 sick youths who descend on a family of 3 and torture them for 'fun' psychologically , physically and finally kill them all. The violence is not shown explicitly but you imagine it which is a lot worse!Film cuts as they're about to do the same to yet another family. We hope for justice but none comes. Protest on this!
But he didn't want ... ( 7 months ago by XavierMac)
But he didn't want to make an anti-violent film, he wanted to make an anti-VIOLENCE film. True enough, he lathers on the hypocrisy by being so brutally outright with the movie and not 'artistic' as you say, but herein lies the point. This is a movie for the type of person that thinks he/she loves torture porn. Haneke is trying to punish that person (ie with the several interruptions and the ending) into not liking it, even though, as already stated, it is the same film of the kind he is against.
The fact that ... ( 7 months ago by XavierMac)
The fact that people are not realizing is that this film, like any film, can be viewed in any way a person wants. If someone is truly sadistic enough to get pure enjoyment out of this, than so be it. Hopefully that's not many of us. He wasn't trying to cater to those people when he made the original (although I still think it's bull that he pawned off the same movie twice). Nonetheless, he does have a specific point which is that he is against this stuff... don't let a few idiots ruin it for you
Even more so, the ... ( 7 months ago by XavierMac)
Even more so, the conventions that the movie takes (or doesn't take) and the way in which it is done IS artful, if not the same kind of art that is portrayed by Godard. This kind of art is holistic in nature and requires knowledge of the setting in which it is shown, particularly in anthropological knowledge of the modern society. Without this, you're right, it's crap. With those thoughts and backdrop, which he clearly wants you to think about, it's a whole different story.
That last line is ... ( 7 months ago by XavierMac)
That last line is arguable. I personally don't think the violence in this movie is acceptable at all. Definitely not sexy. This is the kind of movie you watch once. I won't rent it or buy it or go to see it again, but I'm glad I saw it once. Taking any one line of what Haneke has said of out context can be easily misconstrued. You must listen to the whole interview (not saying you didn't) and remember everything he has said at once. Some of it is paradoxical/hypocritical...
but are we judging ... ( 7 months ago by XavierMac)
but are we judging his reasoning, or the quality of the movie? It's not a typical movie because it tries to provide the viewer with an experience and a thought process, not entertainment... this is another concept which is very hard for people, understandably.
I just watched the ... ( 6 months ago by PaulGappyNorris)
I just watched the US version yesterday.
I disagree entirely. There is no 'acceptable' violence, or, anything remotely 'sexy' in this film.
Brilliant, disturbing, gripping, thought provoking, and, a breath of fresh air to counter the usual pap that comes out of the Hollywood movie machine.
One of the best films I've seen for a long time
man, Haneke is a ... ( 2 months ago by dahfshx)
man, Haneke is a bloody genious!



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