The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke 2001) w/ Jeanmarie Vargas

Oct 28

Felicia is joined by Jeanmarie Vargas to discuss Michael Haneke’s film about a woman just trying to live out her sexual fantasies in The Piano Teacher (2001).

We chat about Haneke’s shift in the 2000s to create more films focused on women and their struggles. Along with the importance of diegetic music as it relates to pushing the story forward.

This marks the end of the Haneke series, it was a pleasure (even when it was a displeasure) to revisit his films and watch them through multiple new lenses. He’s such a layered artist whose work will always remain relevant and I hope my guests and I have inspired you to watch more of his work (or maybe it’s time for a rewatch).

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Sources:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4994-michael-haneke-on-the-art-of-the-erotic-long-take

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4965-the-piano-teacher-bad-romances

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6342-breaking-the-ice-the-beginning-of-desire-in-the-piano-teacher

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/09/londonfilmfestival2001.londonfilmfestival1

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/michael-haneke/piano_teacher/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/cteq/the-piano-teacher/

https://cinemafromthespectrum.com/2017/04/03/the-piano-teacher-review/

https://www.fearsomequeer.net/blog/film-retrospective-the-piano-teacher