Funny games
(DVD)
Contributors
Haneke, Michael, 1942- film director,
Heiduschka, Veit, film producer.
Lothar, Susanne, actor.
Mühe, Ulrich, 1953-2007, actor.
Frisch, Arno, actor.
Heiduschka, Veit, film producer.
Lothar, Susanne, actor.
Mühe, Ulrich, 1953-2007, actor.
Frisch, Arno, actor.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681435831, 1681435837
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Language
ger
ISBN
9781681435831, 1681435837
UPC
715515229814
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
General Note
Wide screen (1.85:1).
General Note
Features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Michael Haneke; New interviews with Haneke and actor Arno Frisch; New interview with film historian Alexander Horwath; Press conference from the 1997 Cannes Film Festival featuring Haneke and actors Susanne Lothar and Ulrike Mühe; Trailer; An essay by critic Bilge Ebiri.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Jürgen Jürges ; editor, Andreas Prochaska ; music, Georg Friedrich Hándel, Pietro Mascagni, W.A. Mozart, John Zorn.
Participants/Performers
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann, Christoph Bantzer.
Description
"Michael Haneke's most notorious production, Funny Games spares no detail in its depiction of the agony of a bourgeois family held captive at their vacation home by a pair of white-gloved young men. In a series of escalating 'games, ' the sadistic duo subject their victims to unspeakable physical and psychological torture over the course of a night. A home-invasion thriller in which the game's threat of bloodshed is made stomach-churningly real, the film ratchets up shocks even as its executioners interrupt the action to address the audience, drawing attention to the way that cinema milks pleasure from pain and stokes our appetite for atrocity. With this controversial treatise on violence and entertainment, Haneke issued a summation of his cinematic philosophy, implicating his audience in a spectacle of unbearable cruelty"--Container
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) Dolby 5.1 surround.
Language
German dialogue with optional English subtitles.
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| Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County Library - Adult Media | FOREIGN-AUSTRIA FUNNY GAMES DVD21417 | FOREIGN: AUSTRIA | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haneke, M., Heiduschka, V., Lothar, S., Mühe, U., Frisch, A., Giering, F., Clapczynski, S., Kunstmann, D., Bantzer, C., Jürges, J., & Prochaska, A. (2019). Funny games (Director-approved DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michael Haneke et al.. 2019. Funny Games. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michael Haneke et al.. Funny Games The Criterion Collection, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haneke, Michael, et al. Funny Games Director-approved DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2019.
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