11/7/2023 0 Comments Haneke 71 fragments![]() ![]() It was the first time a film of his was sent to the Cannes Film Festival (out of competition lineup) but he managed to cause some commotion in the audience with polemic scenes that were meant to extract all possible reactions from the crowd. internal values while exposing an apparent perfect family that runs into physical and material disintegration for reasons unknown. In it, Haneke deals with the duality of social values vs. Films that exist to confront audiences and not comfort them. In The Seventh Continent (1989), Haneke establishes the foundation of what his future cinema would be about: a cinema that doesn't provides answers but one that dares to throw more and more questions, a cinema that reflects and analyses the human condition in its darkest and unexpected ways outside of any Hollywood formula. The years spent on television works prompted him to finally direct his first cinema feature, during his early 40's, which is somewhat unusual for film directors. He went on to direct five more TV films and two episodes from the miniseries "Lemminge" (1979)_. His career behind camera started with After Liverpool (1974), which he wrote and directed. At the University of Vienna he studied drama, philosophy and psychology, and after graduation he went on to become a film critic and TV editor. This grand figure from Austrian cinema was born in Germany on 23 March 1942, from a German father and an Austrian mother, with both parents being from the artistic world working as actors, a career that Michael also tried but without much success. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world cinema, Haneke wrote and directed films in several languages: French, German and English, working with a great variety of actors, such as Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Toby Jones, Ülrich Muhe, Arno Frisch and the list goes on. The director is also a favorite of the international film festival circuit and has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for both THE WHITE RIBBON and AMOUR (the latter was also a Best Foreign-Language Oscar winner).A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. ![]() While such titles as FUNNY GAMES (1997 – and remade by the director 10 years later) and HAPPY END (2017) belie their serious subject matter, Haneke’s reputation for thought-provoking drama has made him a magnet for performers eager to tackle challenging characters in difficult situations Juliette Binoche ( CACHÉ, CODE UNKNOWN) and Isabelle Huppert (THE PIANO TEACHER, TIME OF THE WOLF) have done some of their best work for him. With their unblinking look at desperate acts and beleaguered protagonists, these films mapped out a cinema of discomfort for which Haneke has become famous. After making his start in the German television industry, he made his feature filmmaking debut in 1989 with THE SEVENTH CONTINENT, the first part of a “glaciation trilogy” that would continue with BENNY’S VIDEO (1992) and 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE (1994). Raised in Austria by parents who were both entertainers, Michael Haneke had considered becoming an actor himself before embarking on a remarkably distinguished career behind the camera. Our series culminates in a live virtual career conversation with the director, followed by a double feature of THE PIANO TEACHER and AMOUR, as part of the official selection of Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 2, coming in June 2023. The American Cinematheque is thrilled to present this complete film retrospective for one of the most celebrated filmmakers of contemporary world cinema, Michael Haneke. ![]()
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