Michael Haneke

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June 2024 Reading, Viewing

Greatest Hits: Everett's "Erasure," Zweig's "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Code Inconnu." Lowest Lows: "S.W.A.T." (2003). Ouch.

10 months ago
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Manic March 2024 Reading, Writing

David Graeber's "The Utopia of Rules," Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," Ida Lupino in "Women's Prison." Is it too late to…

1 year ago
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Frigid February 2024 Reading & Watching

The so-called Glaciation Trilogy and the only Hamaguchi film I hadn't seen, as well as David Graeber's "Utopia of Rules"

1 year ago
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“71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance” (1994): Is Michael Haneke Anti-Narrative?

Elsewhere Haneke has described some of his films as anti-narrative. Is it true of "71 Fragments of a Chronology of…

1 year ago
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Reflections on “Benny’s Video” (1992): Image, Sound, Reality, Parental Neglect

The televisual void has sucked away all vestiges of reality from lived experience: Benny makes videos to capture what is…

1 year ago
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“The Seventh Continent” (1989) by Michael Haneke

"The Seventh Continent" is Australia, where Georges, Anna, and Eva are going to live, right after they annihilate all vestiges…

1 year ago