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"Benny's Video"
1992
Directed by Michael Haneke
The second film in Michael Haneke's "glaciation
trilogy" is a chilling, unforgettable portrait of a fourteen-year-old boy (Arno
Frisch) obsessed with mediated experience. Indifferent to his working
parents and the dull routine of school, Benny is enraptured by recorded
images - action movies, homemade surveillance footage, a violent tape of a
pig being slaughtered. When his preoccupation leads him to murder a young
girl and videotape the act, the depth of Benny's unfeeling - and the
disconnectedness of his parents - becomes distressingly clear. "A tragic
portrait of empty privilege, alienated communication, and despiritualized
bankruptcy" (Strictly Film School). French with English subtitles.
105 minutes. |
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