A powerfully graphic film (even though no violence is ever shown on the screen itself) about an Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths who are out to torture them with their "funny games." Haneke's point, that fictional violence is as real as the real world's, is presented chillingly in this extremely well-acted, yet potentially offensive effort. Weak of stomach, beware.
DVD Features:
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
(unspecified) - German
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Interview - 1. Michael Haneke - Director
Trailer
Director of Photography
Jurgen Jurges: German Director Of Photography
Production Designer
Christoph Kanter: Production Designer
Costume Designer
Lisy Christl: Costume Designer
Review 1:
"...[A] beautifully acted and paced German variant of CAPE FEAR..."
Source: New York Times
p.E5 03/11/1998
Review 2:
"[I]t certainly fulfills its aim of exposing the ugly, unpalatable reality of violence."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.88 10/01/2006
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