Michael Haneke is one of my favorite directors. His work includes movies such as The Piano teacher, Code Unknown, Hidden and many others worth renting on the nearest videostore. Films full of psychological charge, violence and transgression frame his filmography.
An intense director, no doubt, and that's why you can't stop what's coming our way, anytime soon, since it was already released in the States and was supposed to have started showing in theaters here (in Brazil) on March 28th.
Funny Games (2007) is a shot-by-shot remake of the original psychological drama Funny Games (1997) directed by Haneke himself. The production even used the blueprints from the original set to reconstitute the scenary with the same proportions! And I have to admit I still don't know why Haneke chose to do this. Maybe to reach another type of audience, or a broader one, which I'll explain better later on.
One thing I have to admit though is that the original movie, which I saw at the beggining of the year, is one of the most violent disturbing movies I saw in the last couple of years. Perhaps I'm being a little to radical but the point is: if this movie is anything like the previous one, it will certainly leave a mark on you. Make you squirm in your chair and maybe even look away or close your eyes on a scene or two. Thus, I am certain to say that I wait anxiously to see if this remake will make justice to its predecessor (Let's hope so!), which featured some spectacular acting from all the main cast, all very attuned with one another.
I'll probably take some time later to give one of Haneke's movie a proper review, since I don't consider this one. This is just me trying to warm our spirits up for his new film, which will probably reach a broader audience, like I mentioned before, for it stars high profiles such as Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt. The fisrt Funny Games was set in Germany and the only actor you would probably know (specially if you watched the amazing Oscar winning The Life of Others, 2006) is Ulrich Mühe, who unfortunately died last year.
So, if my computer comes back from the dead I'll be pleased to post my next movie review tomorrow! I'm pretty excited about this blog thing, it's been great writing about something I'm so passionate about and I've also received some very complimentary feedback about it, which I'm very thankful for.
Okay, that's a wrap everybody!
An intense director, no doubt, and that's why you can't stop what's coming our way, anytime soon, since it was already released in the States and was supposed to have started showing in theaters here (in Brazil) on March 28th.
Funny Games (2007) is a shot-by-shot remake of the original psychological drama Funny Games (1997) directed by Haneke himself. The production even used the blueprints from the original set to reconstitute the scenary with the same proportions! And I have to admit I still don't know why Haneke chose to do this. Maybe to reach another type of audience, or a broader one, which I'll explain better later on.
One thing I have to admit though is that the original movie, which I saw at the beggining of the year, is one of the most violent disturbing movies I saw in the last couple of years. Perhaps I'm being a little to radical but the point is: if this movie is anything like the previous one, it will certainly leave a mark on you. Make you squirm in your chair and maybe even look away or close your eyes on a scene or two. Thus, I am certain to say that I wait anxiously to see if this remake will make justice to its predecessor (Let's hope so!), which featured some spectacular acting from all the main cast, all very attuned with one another.
I'll probably take some time later to give one of Haneke's movie a proper review, since I don't consider this one. This is just me trying to warm our spirits up for his new film, which will probably reach a broader audience, like I mentioned before, for it stars high profiles such as Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt. The fisrt Funny Games was set in Germany and the only actor you would probably know (specially if you watched the amazing Oscar winning The Life of Others, 2006) is Ulrich Mühe, who unfortunately died last year.
So, if my computer comes back from the dead I'll be pleased to post my next movie review tomorrow! I'm pretty excited about this blog thing, it's been great writing about something I'm so passionate about and I've also received some very complimentary feedback about it, which I'm very thankful for.
Okay, that's a wrap everybody!
1 comments:
I've never watched the original movie, the one that inspired this upcoming remake, but I'll take your word for how good it is and hope this new one is as great as the inspirational one. LOL ;)
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