The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke 1989) w/ Riley Greenwood

Oct 21

Felicia is joined by Riley Greenwood to discuss a film about a family who makes a questionable decision in Michael Haneke’s The Seventh Continent (1989).

We chat about Haneke's decision to not give the audience any answers but instead allows them to wonder why people make certain decisions. Along with how the story is fragmented to disorient the viewer.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2008/apr/30/hanekeshouseofhorrors

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/cteq/seventh_continent/#:~:text=The%20Seventh%20Continent%20seems%20postmodern,monstrousness%20of%20everyday%20bourgeois%20society.

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8010-michael-haneke-s-alienation-effect

https://flaszonfilm.com/2020/10/30/understanding-michael-haneke-the-seventh-continent-1989/

https://fresques.ina.fr/europe-des-cultures-en/fiche-media/Europe00218/interview-with-michael-haneke.html

OUTRO SONG:
Show of Strength by Echo and the Bunnymen

FILMS MENTIONED:
Amour (Michael Haneke 2012)

Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997)

Fraulein – Ein deutsches Melodram (Michael Haneke 1986)