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The Resource Funny games, Wega Film ; ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Buch & Regie, Michael Haneke ; Produzent, Veit Heiduschka ; eine Produktion der Wega-Film, Wien

Funny games, Wega Film ; ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Buch & Regie, Michael Haneke ; Produzent, Veit Heiduschka ; eine Produktion der Wega-Film, Wien

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Summary
"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
Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • ger
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Publication
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (109 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • 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
Isbn
9781681435831
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http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/012/318/000000000012318441.jpg
Instance
Label
Funny games
Title
Funny games
Statement of responsibility
Wega Film ; ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Buch & Regie, Michael Haneke ; Produzent, Veit Heiduschka ; eine Produktion der Wega-Film, Wien
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Film producer
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Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • ger
Summary
"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
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Jürgen Jürges ; editor, Andreas Prochaska ; music, Georg Friedrich Hándel, Pietro Mascagni, W.A. Mozart, John Zorn
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Language note
German dialogue with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F83 2019
PerformerNote
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann, Christoph Bantzer
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1942-
  • 1953-2007
  • 1971-2010
  • 1986-
  • 1944-
  • 1940-
  • 1964-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Haneke, Michael
  • Heiduschka, Veit
  • Lothar, Susanne
  • Mühe, Ulrich
  • Frisch, Arno
  • Giering, Frank
  • Clapczynski, Stefan
  • Kunstmann, Doris
  • Bantzer, Christoph
  • Jürges, Jürgen
  • Prochaska, Andreas
  • Wega Film (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
109
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
975
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  • Serial murderers
  • Home invasion
  • Hostages
  • Families
  • Vacation homes
  • Games
  • Families
  • Games
  • Hostages
  • Serial murderers
  • Vacation homes
Technique
live action
Label
Funny games, Wega Film ; ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Buch & Regie, Michael Haneke ; Produzent, Veit Heiduschka ; eine Produktion der Wega-Film, Wien
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/012/318/000000000012318441.jpg
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Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • 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
Accompanying material
1 folded booklet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1091058288
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (109 min.)
Isbn
9781681435831
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515229814
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Publisher number
CC3026DDVD
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1091058288
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) Dolby 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Funny games, Wega Film ; ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Buch & Regie, Michael Haneke ; Produzent, Veit Heiduschka ; eine Produktion der Wega-Film, Wien
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/012/318/000000000012318441.jpg
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • 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
Accompanying material
1 folded booklet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1091058288
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (109 min.)
Isbn
9781681435831
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515229814
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Publisher number
CC3026DDVD
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1091058288
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) Dolby 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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