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Funny Games (2007)

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Directed by Michael Haneke.
Notoriously nihilistic filmmaker Michael Haneke revisits one of his most controversial works in this remake of 1997's Funny Games starring Naomi Watts and Tim Roth. When a family of three arrives at their remote summer cabin for a quiet getaway, the sudden arrival of two psychotic men sets the stage for a harrowing life-or-death struggle that offers savage commentary on the use of violence in entertainment. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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KarinaKarina Warners Closes Picturehouse, WIP
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 "I’ve been in a really ominous mood all day. I thought it was just because the sky is grey and I’ve been been listening to this Belong EP, which basically sounds like a prolonged death rattle, but now that I’m reporting the second major story about people losing their jobs in the past couple of hours, I’m starting to feel like it’s not just me. The whole internet feels like the last scene of Madam Butterfly today––death now fills the air. Anyway: the news. Warner Brothers has shut down its two remaining, dueling indie arms, Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse. Warner’s COO Alan Horn released a statement basically saying that the shell of New Line will handle all low budget fare going forward, and claimed to be “confident that the spirit of independent filmmaking and the opportunity to find and give a voice to new talent will continue to have a presence at Warner Bros.” So. What about acquisitions? Will Warners be sending one of the ten New Line employees left standing to Ca ... " [More]
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 "I’ve been in a really ominous mood all day. I thought it was just because the sky is grey and I’ve been been listening to this Belong EP, which basically sounds like a prolonged death rattle, but now that I’m reporting the second major story about people losing their jobs in the past couple of hours, I’m starting to feel like it’s not just me. The whole internet feels like the last scene of Madam Butterfly today––death now fills the air. Anyway: the news. Warner Brothers has shut down its two remaining, dueling indie arms, Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse. Warner’s COO Alan Horn released a statement basically saying that the shell of New Line will handle all low budget fare going forward, and claimed to be “confident that the spirit of independent filmmaking and the opportunity to find and give a voice to new talent will continue to have a presence at Warner Bros.” So. What about acquisitions? Will Warners be sending one of the ten New Line employees left standing to Ca ... " [More]
mercurialmercurial Re:Recasting THE BREAKFAST CLUB ...
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"The Breakfast Club Brady Corbet - Andrew Clark (The Athlete) Jay Baruchel - Brian Ralph Johnson (The Brain) Mark Webber - John Bender (The Criminal) Blake Lively - Claire Standish (The Princess) Nora Zehetner - Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) Paul Giamatti - Richard Vernon (The Principal) Scott Bakula - Carl (The Janitor) Brady Corbet (Funny Games) fits perfectly in the All-American Jock stereotype. Jay Baruchel (Almost Famous) plays the geek better than most. Mark Webber (Stroytelling) is a genuinely disaffected youth. Blake Lively (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) looks like a prom queen. Nora Zehetner (Brick) could definitely pull off the fragile, awkward loner. Paul Giamatti (Sideways) will bring a touch of class to the production as the irksome school principal. Scott Bakula (American Beauty) has that wisdom-spouting man with a mop quality that would be perfect for the janitor. " [More]
indieandrewindieandrew Funny Games
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 "I saw funny games without seeing the original, and without hearing anything about it. i went into the theatre expecting a quasi-good thriller, what i got was so much more. The movie is fantastic, because it works on so many levels. As far as a thriller, it goes against everything you would usually see in a clilche thriller movie. They make a concious choice not to show certain things that most thrillers depend on to keep the audience interested, but Funny Games still manages to keep you on the edge of your seat. the movie reminded me of A Clockwork Orange, with the killers being blaise care-free teens. The true nature of the movie however, is a satire, the film tells the story of a family being tortured and murdered, but tha is not the point. the point is why they are being tortured, and why are you (the audience) paying to see it. The killers often look at the camera and ask the audience questions like "is this enough?" or "you do want plausible plot development do ... " [More]
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 "Films by well-regarded international auteurs such as Michael Haneke rarely receive the critical drubbing afforded to Funny Games. Haneke’s scene-for-scene remake of his own film did actually earn high praise from a few major critics (Owen Gleiberman and Scott Tobias among them), but most critics concurred with J. Hoberman: “Haneke is pretty much a humorless pedant,” the Village Voice critic wrote. And then, the antithetical poster quote: “Professional obligations required that I endure it, but there’s no reason why you should.” So you know things are bad when the one story that makes an effort to rehab your film’s rep from “atrocious” to “polarizing” is itself something of a trainwreck, boasting quizzically misread facts and apparently rushed to publication before its time. I’m particularly troubled by the effort within this Variety story to make excuses for Games‘ disappointing opening weekend performance. Diane Garrett writes: “The pic did resonate with a certain aud, generating ... " [More]
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 "Films by well-regarded international auteurs such as Michael Haneke rarely receive the critical drubbing afforded to Funny Games. Haneke’s scene-for-scene remake of his own film did actually earn high praise from a few major critics (Owen Gleiberman and Scott Tobias among them), but most critics concurred with J. Hoberman: “Haneke is pretty much a humorless pedant,” the Village Voice critic wrote. And then, the antithetical poster quote: “Professional obligations required that I endure it, but there’s no reason why you should.” So you know things are bad when the one story that makes an effort to rehab your film’s rep from “atrocious” to “polarizing” is itself something of a trainwreck, boasting quizzically misread facts and apparently rushed to publication before its time. I’m particularly troubled by the effort within this Variety story to make excuses for Games‘ disappointing opening weekend performance. Diane Garrett writes: “The pic did resonate with a certain aud, generating ... " [More]
KarinaKarina Seeing the Hillary “Monster” Ev ...
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 "In continuing to use his movie blog as a platform for Hillary Clinton hate wrapped in the thinest of pop cultural guises, is Jeffrey Wells doing some kind of brilliant, absurdist theater, or has the presidential election simply driven him insane? First, when Baby Mama was announced as the opening night film for the Tribeca Film Festival, Wells admitted “a certain part of me would like to see Baby Mama go down as a kind of karma payback for [Tina] Fey’s Hillary shilling.” I went to SXSW and ignored Wells’ blog for a week; when I came back, I discovered a post titled “Funny Games = Hillary Campaign.” Note the lack of prevaricating question mark in the headline: this is an unequivocal statement. So what’s Wells’ evidence that Michael Haneke’s English-language remake of his own 1997 thriller has anything materially or spiritually in common with the troubled campaign of the first serious female presidential candidate? It’s specious, of course––amongst other things, he notes that the ant ... " [More]
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 "In continuing to use his movie blog as a platform for Hillary Clinton hate wrapped in the thinest of pop cultural guises, is Jeffrey Wells doing some kind of brilliant, absurdist theater, or has the presidential election simply driven him insane? First, when Baby Mama was announced as the opening night film for the Tribeca Film Festival, Wells admitted “a certain part of me would like to see Baby Mama go down as a kind of karma payback for [Tina] Fey’s Hillary shilling.” I went to SXSW and ignored Wells’ blog for a week; when I came back, I discovered a post titled “Funny Games = Hillary Campaign.” Note the lack of prevaricating question mark in the headline: this is an unequivocal statement. So what’s Wells’ evidence that Michael Haneke’s English-language remake of his own 1997 thriller has anything materially or spiritually in common with the troubled campaign of the first serious female presidential candidate? It’s specious, of course––amongst other things, he notes that the ant ... " [More]
SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Funny Games. Clip of the Day.
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 "Horror site Bloody-Disgusting is hosting a new clip from Funny Games, Michael Haneke’s English-language remake of his 1997 film of the same name. This go-round stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet; in this clip, a ridiculously creepy Pitt goads Watts on an unpleasant scavenger hunt. Watch it here. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog " [More]
RisseladaRisselada Re: What If Hitchcock Could Use ...
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"There actually have been a huge number of instances of directors remaking their own work.Yasujiro Ozu essentially remade most of his movies over and over from what I hear, some officially like A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)Quite recently it seems as though directors of foreign movies that are successful, often remake their films in English with American stars. Here's a few examples.Robert RodriguezEl Mariachi (1992)Desperado (1995)George SluizerThe Vanishing (1988)The Vanishing (1993)Takashi ShimizuJu-On: The Grudge (2003)The Grudge (2004)Michael HanekeFunny Games (1997)Funny Games (2008)Hideo NakataRingu 2 (1999)The Ring Two (2005)Consider the fact that Evil Dead 2 is essentially a remake of The Evil Dead. I hear that is because Raimi wanted to use footage from The Evil Dead in the beginning of Army of Darkness but he lost the rights. So he decided to just remake the whole movie first. I'm not sure if this is actually true.A lot of filmmaker ... " [More]
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