Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Réalisateur:

Michael Haneke

Scénariste:

Michael Haneke (written by)

Date de sortie:

27 mars 2008 (Greece)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Horreur | Thriller

Accroche:

Shall we begin?

Intrigue:

Two psychotic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Death | Hostage | Remake | Serial Killer

Récompenses:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

The Haneke Factor

Ensemble

Naomi Watts	...	Ann Farber
Tim Roth	...	George Farber
Michael Pitt	...	Paul
Brady Corbet	...	Peter
Devon Gearhart	...	Georgie Farber
Boyd Gaines	...	Fred Thompson
Siobhan Fallon	...	Betsy Thompson (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
Robert LuPone	...	Robert
Susanne C. Hanke	...	Betsy's Sister-in-Law (as Susanne Hanke)
Linda Moran	...	Eve

Autre(s) titre(s):

Funny Games (USA)
Funny Games U.S. (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for terror, violence and some language.

Durée:

111 min

Pays:

USA | France | UK | Autriche | Allemagne | Italy

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Ireland:16 | UK:18 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #43792) | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | France:-16 (with warning) | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA | Austria:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Argentina:16 | Iceland:18 | South Korea:18

Lieux de tournage:

Broadway Stages, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Société:

Celluloid Dreams

Anecdotes:

The production crew used the blueprints from the 1997 original. The set of the house in the 2007 American remake has the same proportions as that of the 1997 set.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: When Paul "rewinds" the film he presses the Volume Down (-) button on the remote control rather than the Rewind button.

Guillemet:

Peter: [to Anne] Would you be so kind as to go and make us something to eat?

Connexions De Film:

Références A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Bande son:

QUINTETT FOR CLARINETT VIOLINS, VIOLA & VIOLONCELLO

The Haneke Factor

The masochist side to my personality saw both versions of Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" and like them. Well "like" may not be the right word but let me tell you that I couldn't shake those images out of my mind for days. It happened the same with Haneke's last film "The White Ribbon" as well as with "Cache" and in particular with "The Piano Teacher" I'm fascinated by Michael Haneke but I don't trust him. I'm aware of his brilliance just as aware as he is. There is a self consciousness about his work that strips it of any form of innocence. That's very disturbing. Luis Bunuel felt triumphant when people fainted or vomited during his films but, in his case, it was clear where he was coming from. Ingman Bergman's purity couldn't have allow him to do a film like "Funny Games", Haneke made it, twice. An artist or a con man? I think both but that in itself is not that unusual, what is unusual is that the con is so rivetingly perpetrated. The ending of his film may provoke in you the desire to throw something at the screen and curse, curse very loudly. But, and here is where the con really works, I found myself wanting to see his films again. What's wrong with me? I think the answer is that I love film and Michael Heneke revisits some of my favorite filmmakers and does to them what the home invaders do to the family of "Funny Games" Extraordinary in as many ways as it is appalling. "Funny Games is considered, by some, to be Michael Heneke's most commercial film, isn't that funny?