The Cinema of Michael Haneke: Europe Utopia

Also has ISBN 1906660298 ; 9781906660291 ; 9780231504652Michael Haneke is one of the most important directors working in Europe today. The Cinema of Michael Haneke offers a comprehensive examination of the director's central themes and preoccupations - bourgeois alienation, modes and critiques of spectatorship, the role of the media -and analyses hitherto marginalized aspects of Haneke's work. -- Ben McCann is senior lecturer in French Studies at the University of Adelaide -- David Soria is senior lecturer in Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University and managing editor of the journal Film-PhilosophyBen McCann and David Sorfahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16589409