I saw his four hour tv-miniseries Lemminge from 1979 today. Quite interesting. Thematically, seemed very of a piece with most of what he has done, even though there were a few scenes of true tenderness between young lovers, which is something very rarely seen further on. Filmically only minor things in place, a few jarring jumpcuts; some shocking violence, obliquely shown. Well and good. Haneke has apparantly made 11 tv-films - if the two-part Lemminge counts as two - but I think that with these two and The Castle, I'm not going to investigate it much further.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
so should i see his adap of Kafka's The Castle?
http://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-castle/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 12:46 (eight years ago) link
It's just as absurd, amusing, and unfinished as the book.
― ledge, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
It's bad!
― video2000, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:31 (eight years ago) link
I liked it better than a lot of his stuff, but I'm not a huge fan of his.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
There you go morbs, yes/no/maybe. Take your pick.
― ledge, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link
Morbs - its not prime Haneke (made for TV), but as you don't like prime Haneke. It has a v good central performance (Ulrich Mühe)
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 7 January 2016 09:26 (eight years ago) link
i like a few, just not lately
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_U_cXgzBo
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 January 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
10-part English-lang TV series "set in a dystopian world"
http://deadline.com/2018/01/michael-haneke-first-tv-series-kelvins-book-fremantlemedia-ufa-fiction-1202270382/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
Is Code Unknown good
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
It's great. It's my favourite Haneke.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 12 February 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
Cool I might watch that tonight. Either that or L’eclisse
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
thanks for the recommendation, I enjoyed it quite a bit! I like The Piano Teacher more but that was great, and refreshingly optimistic
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:10 (six years ago) link
Over on The Current, @GarthGreenwell explores one of the quietest, most unassuming moments in Michael Haneke’s THE PIANO TEACHER (2001) and how it serves as a microcosm of his themes of control and sexuality: https://t.co/mZ3ssgYzu1 pic.twitter.com/i3W3BX2kCF— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) May 13, 2019
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 May 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
i pretty much hated the original funny games. might be the first time i have strongly felt much much smarter than a filmmaker.
― nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
The Seventh Continent was quite something as a first film
― Dan S, Saturday, 2 April 2022 01:18 (one year ago) link
One of those directors some of whose work I hate (Benny's Video) and love (71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, but I haven't seen a lot of his biggest films yet.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
Agreed. Stuff I hate (Benny's Video; Funny Games), stuff I love (Code Unknown; Cache; probably Time of the Wolf on re-watch), and really big ones I still haven't seen yet (The Piano Teacher; The White Ribbon).
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 2 April 2022 02:22 (one year ago) link
No-one's yet explained to me why I should see Funny Games, a film apparently meant to implicate the viewer in the violence of spectatorship etc. etc. OK, I won't watch it and Haneke and I can both win.
I'm now disappointed to discover that the only scene with any energy in Benny's Video is actually a clip from Toxic Avenger.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link