RadiantFilm @RadiantFilm-9 Michael Haneke on Funny Games (1997) а counter-program to Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994): "My goal there was a kind of counter-program to Natural Born Killers. I

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Michael Haneke on Funny Games (1997) а
counter-program to Oliver Stone’s Natural Born
Killers (1994):
"My goal there was a kind of counter-program
to Natural Born Killers. In my view, Oliver
Stone's film, and use it only as example, is the
attempt to use a fascist aesthetic to achieve an
anti-fascist goal, and this doesn't work. What is
accomplished is something the opposite, since
what is produced is something like a cult film
where the montage style complements the
violence represented and presents it largely ina
positive light. It might be argued that Natural
Born Killers makes the violent image alluring
while allowing no space for the viewer. feel this
would be very difficult to argue about Funny
Games. Benny's Video and Funny Games are
different kinds of obscenity, in the sense that
intended a slap in the face and a provocation.
и
The World That is Known: An Interview with
Michael Haneke Christopher Sharrett,
Cineaste, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer 2003)