Nov 6, 20232 min readGetting Lectured by Michael Haneke in ‘Funny Games’ [Horror Queers Podcast]Silly Americans… After concluding spooky season with a reappraisal of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (the Director’s Cut), we’re moving into November by kicking off a new theme of episodes on toxic masculinity. First up is Michael Haneke‘s fourth wall-breaking film Funny Games! In Funny Games, Anna (Susanne Lothar) and Georg (Ulrich Mühe) and their son Georgie (Stefan […] The post Getting Lectured by Michael Haneke in ‘Funny Games’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
May 4, 20238 min read‘Funny Games’ vs. ‘Funny Games’ – One of the Most Curious Remake Experiments of Them AllWatching two Michael Haneke features back-to-back doesn’t sound all that outrageous, right? What if they’re Funny Games (1997) and Funny Games (2007)? You start with one of the more disturbing flicks in Criterion’s closet, then immediately follow it with an American shot-for-shot remake that relives the same nightmare. My inner masochist couldn’t skip on tackling […] The post ‘Funny Games’ vs. ‘Funny Games’ – One of the Most Curious Remake Experiments of Them All appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.