A Companion to Michael Haneke
WBCF - Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
1. Auflage April 2010
656 Seiten, Hardcover
Fachbuch
Kurzbeschreibung
This is the definitive collection of newly-commissioned essays exploring Haneke's work in its entirety--from his early work, prodigious cinematic output, through to his 2009 triumph at Cannes. The Companion brings together essays by some of the foremost scholars in film studies, as well as exclusive interviews with the director himself. Considering the themes central to Haneke's work--pornography, alienation, citizenship, colonialism, the fate of European cinema, Hollywood, and the gaze of surveillance, the Companion showcases this enigmatic and complicated director with unprecedented depth and breadth.
A Companion to Michael Haneke is a definitive collection of newly-commissioned work that covers Haneke's body of work in its entirety, catering to students and scholars of Haneke at a time when interest in the director and his work is soaring.
* Introduces one of the most important directors to have emerged on the global cinema scene in the past fifteen years
* Caters to students and scholars of Haneke at a time when interest in the director and his work is soaring
* Includes exclusive interviews with Michael Haneke, including an interview discussion of his most recent film, The White Ribbon
* Considers themes, topics, and subjects that have formed the nucleus of the director's life's work: the fate of European cinema, Haneke in Hollywood, pornography, alienation, citizenship, colonialism, and the gaze of surveillance
* Features critical examinations of La Pianiste, Time of the Wolf, Three Paths to the Lake and Caché, amongst others
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Haneke's Anachronism.
Part I: Critical and Topical Approaches to Haneke's Cinema.
Part II: The Television Films.
Part III: The German-Language Theatrical Features.
Part IV: The French-Language Theatrical Features.
Part V: Michael Haneke Speaks.
Filmography.
Index .
