Talk:Michael Haneke

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[edit] Bruckner?

The article says "As a dramaturg, he directed a number of stage productions in German, which included Strindberg, Goethe, Bruckner, and Heinrich von Kleist in Berlin, Munich and Vienna." Bruckner was a composer. Büchner, perhaps? Albertine D Sparue 10:11, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Critique of media, not TV or mass media?

The article reads, "a critique directed towards mass media, especially television, as seen in Funny Games, where some of the characters are aware that they feature in a movie, and Benny's Video, in which the main character is driven to kill an innocent girl after seeing a pig slaughtered on TV;"

Actually, the referenced scene of Benny's Video is not "on TV", but it is a home video recorded by Benny. Haneke's critique is neither specifically television nor mass media, but of how persons are distanced from life by its [mis-]representation in recorded forms such as video, film, and other media. However, in Funny Games, the characters are momentarily aware that they are performing in the movie, during which they break the fourth wall. The effect may be more of [[Verfremdungseffekt] rather than a critique of the media.

I think it best to leave it to the original author to revise such relatively finer points into the article.... Tgkohn 21:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)