A Companion to Michael Haneke

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 Hanekefrom 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 Hanekes workintergenerational dysfunction and social alienation, colonialism and citizenship, surveillance and pornography, mass culture and media violence. The volume also offers a critical examination of the auteurs oeuvre, including Three Paths to the Lake, Lemmings, Bennys Video, The Piano Teacher, Cach, Funny Games, and the 2009 Palme dOr winner, The White Ribbon.