In 2001 when Michael Haneke decided to adapt Elfriede Jelinek’s amazing novel The Piano Teacher, Elfriede Jelinek had not yet won the Nobel Prize for her work, and Haneke had not yet made The White Ribbon. The Piano Teacher is a direct (and one of many regular) criticism of Austrian society by Elfriede Jelinek. She […]
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Hiroshima Mon Amour – Resnais and Duras and the tragedy of memory. (Film review)
posted by lisathatcher
How does one speak about a project that both Marguerite Duras and Alain Resnais called ‘impossible’? I’ve been thinking for days how to talk about Hiroshima Mon Amour and I still can’t think about what to say. It was intended originally as another documentary like Night and Fog, only this time about the horrors of […]
SFF: Amour – Michael Haneke and the question of the end.
posted by lisathatcher
I saw Amour last night at the Sydney Film Festival and I am still wrapped up in its world. What a delicate, beautifully made film – one completely deserving its accolades and applause. There is little to say that hasn’t already been said about this film – and it isn’t due for release till after […]
Lisa Thatcher 