tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413418028303666065.post-74748516346758151662008-03-19T20:29:00.002-04:002008-03-19T20:53:12.273-04:00At <a href="http://www.tnr.com/">The New Republic</a> Jacob Rubin and Christopher Orr debate the merits of <em>Funny Games</em>, the new film--actually a remake of his own 1997 film--by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke (director of <em>The Piano Teacher</em> and <em>Cache</em>).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=9424262e-f893-4961-8934-65b595150e15">Rubin</a> calls it "a brutal, manipulative film" but suggests "there is much value in Funny Games," while <a href="http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=121fa9a4-0519-48c6-9ccb-d194a48dfd7a">Orr</a> states that it "is hardly the first violent, sadistic film to present itself as a critique of violence and sadism in film ... yet Haneke's film is ... perhaps the most repellent."<br /><br />Having seen most of Haneke's recent films I'm interested in seeing this but I generally avoid violent films. Perhaps I'll borrow the original from my library first.Dwayne D. Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838017756012967091noreply@blogger.com