could we place the films of austrian director michael haneke in the nihilist
category? i am thinking specifically of 'funny games' and 'benny's video'.
The neutral / flat perspective towards the extremely shocking violence, the
confusion between 'empathy' with those being victimised, and then the
brechtian alienating devices which implicate spectatorship and
identification into the violence itself.
joel.
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