Kinoeye on Haneke.

The new issue of Kinoeye is devoted to Michael Haneke, "perhaps," as Christopher Sharrett writes in his introduction to his interview, "the most controversial of contemporary European directors." What follows is a discussion of music and time (among other things, of course, but that's the gist) and a brief mention of what was, at the time of the interview (November 2002 and April 2003), to be his next film, Hidden. It is, according to Haneke, "about the French occupation of Algeria on a broad level, but more personally a story of guilt and the denial of guilt... So it might be seen as more philosophical than political."

Le Temps du loup

At any rate, five pieces on five films follow:

• Adam Bingham on Le Temps du loup (The Time of the Wolf).
• Sharrett on La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher). Of Isabelle Huppert's performance, by the way, George Fasel recently wrote, "I've been trying to think of who else could have pulled it off and can't come up with another name."
• Tarja Laine on Funny Games.
• Brigitte Peucker on Benny's Video.
• Bingham on Der siebte Kontinent (The Seventh Continent).

Below are pointers to more: Adam James Horton on Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Code Unknown: Incomplete tales of several journeys) and on a 1998 retrospective, and along the right, much more on German and Austrian cinema.

Posted by dwhudson at March 16, 2004 3:29 PM