A Companion to Michael Haneke is a definitive collection of newly-commissioned work that covers Haneke's body of work in its entirety, catering to students and scholars of Haneke at a time when interest in the director and his work is soaring.
- Introduces one of the most important directors to have emerged on the global cinema scene in the past fifteen years
- Includes exclusive interviews with Michael Haneke, including an interview discussion of The White Ribbon
- Considers themes, topics, and subjects that have formed the nucleus of the director's life's work: the fate of European cinema, Haneke in Hollywood, pornography, alienation, citizenship, colonialism, and the gaze of surveillance
- Features critical examinations of La Pianiste, Time of the Wolf, Three Paths to the Lake and Caché, amongst others
A Companion to Michael Haneke
With a new preface addressing the Academy award-winning film, Amour, this new-in-paper edition has established itself as the definitive collection on Michael Haneke--from his early work in television and theater, through his prodigious cinematic output, to his 2009 triumph at Cannes.
A Companion to Michael Haneke brings together essays by leading film scholars, as well as interviews with the director himself, to probe the provocative and controversial themes that have formed the nucleus of Haneke's work--intergenerational dysfunction and social alienation, colonialism and citizenship, surveillance and pornography, mass culture and media violence. The volume also offers a critical examination of the auteur's oeuvre, including Three Paths to the Lake, Lemmings, Benny's Video, The Piano Teacher, Caché, Funny Games, and the 2009 Palme d'Or winner, The White Ribbon.
