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Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian satirical psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, and Arno Frisch.The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic games.
Funny Games (alternatively titled Funny Games U.S.) is a 2007 satirical psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke.The film is a shot-for-shot remake of his own 1997 film of the same title, [6] [7] [8] albeit in English and set in the United States with different actors; Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, and Brady Corbet star in the main roles. [9]
Michael Haneke (German: [ˈhaːnəkə]; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. [1]
He has had central roles in two films by Michael Haneke, namely, Benny's Video and Funny Games. [2] Selected filmography. Benny's Video (1992) as Benny [3] Funny Games
Haneke originally offered the role to Isabelle Huppert who turned it down, explaining later “[t]here was very little space for fiction, it was more like a sacrifice for the actors than anything else.” [2] In a 2019 interview for the Criterion Collection release of Funny Games, Haneke explained that Lothar would make herself cry before ...
Though he worked with masters like Michael Haneke on “Funny Games” and Gregg Araki on “Mysterious Skin,” he never felt comfortable on screen. “I was self-conscious. I never knew if I had ...
Pages in category "Films directed by Michael Haneke" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Funny Games (2007 film) H. Happy End (2017 film) L.
Fun fact: It was the first time either actor had ever filmed a sex scene, and the film almost lost Best Picture at the Oscars to La La Land simply because presenter Faye Dunaway was given Emma ...