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Old 08-07-2008, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by me-uk View Post
Its a shot for shot remake as Haneke didnt think there were any problems with the first version apart from it was in the wrong language and thus wasnt being viewed by americans. Personally I dont think the problem was with the language just that the film really isnt very good especially compared to Portrait of a Serial Killer.
It didn't occur to me to compare it to Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (I saw that one in a movie theatre in London once and on VHS a couple of times, a powerful film). I assume that's the film you referred to?

The parts that turned me off with the original Funny Games were especially the ones where:

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the main character turns to the camera and starts making self-referential comments directly to the audience - that completely destroyed the mood...


I liked Haneke's previous movie Caché but I fell asleep when watching The Piano Teacher, something in that one didn't work for me.
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