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Funny Games
film by Haneke [1997]
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- In Michael Haneke
With Funny Games (1997), in which two young men sadistically torture a vacationing family for sport, Haneke offered a scenario evocative of popular horror entertainment. His refusal to leaven the grim narrative with titillating thrills or moments of catharsis, however, signaled a deliberate critique of Hollywood…
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