"Funny Games" is the rare kind of picture one could watch even in the 22nd century! This film is Bunuel's macabre satire "Le charm discret de la Bourgeoisie" turned into a horror!
I was shocked and outraged the first time I saw it, fascinated and mesmerized the second time and every time I watch it I never cease to find surprising elements that bother my mind and challenge my imagination!
First of all I was surprised to see that a lot of people saw in this picture just a very convincing anti-violence manifest! This "cat and mouse" film/game embodies the ruthless critique of a social class that ceases to ACT OR THINK and eventually loses its instinct of preservation.I found it to be no critique of a certain society: American, Canadian or Western European but the critique of the bourgeoisie which lives within each and every individual and ultimately the critique of the Modern Man (No Hero, No Villain but a passive element part of a system).
Secondly I was also puzzled to find out that many people considered the interaction actor/viewer to be a shortcoming and eventually spoiled their pleasure to live the drama of the 3 victims.
Well...as long as we accept the film to be a metaphor with no real vivid characters I see no reason why we shouldn't accept this convention too!
We are given a CONVENTION and we accept it.It's the same in theater: we know that not a real drama unfolds in front of our eyes on the stage but a re-enactment with some characters; nevertheless we still experience different emotions: we cry we laugh...in one word we accept the illusion!!
Not a film for everyone! My vote 10/10
I was shocked and outraged the first time I saw it, fascinated and mesmerized the second time and every time I watch it I never cease to find surprising elements that bother my mind and challenge my imagination!
First of all I was surprised to see that a lot of people saw in this picture just a very convincing anti-violence manifest! This "cat and mouse" film/game embodies the ruthless critique of a social class that ceases to ACT OR THINK and eventually loses its instinct of preservation.I found it to be no critique of a certain society: American, Canadian or Western European but the critique of the bourgeoisie which lives within each and every individual and ultimately the critique of the Modern Man (No Hero, No Villain but a passive element part of a system).
Secondly I was also puzzled to find out that many people considered the interaction actor/viewer to be a shortcoming and eventually spoiled their pleasure to live the drama of the 3 victims.
Well...as long as we accept the film to be a metaphor with no real vivid characters I see no reason why we shouldn't accept this convention too!
We are given a CONVENTION and we accept it.It's the same in theater: we know that not a real drama unfolds in front of our eyes on the stage but a re-enactment with some characters; nevertheless we still experience different emotions: we cry we laugh...in one word we accept the illusion!!
Not a film for everyone! My vote 10/10