"This is a bold, lucid, fiercely intelligent book, a vital addition
to the study of contemporary cinema by one of the UK's brightest
young film critics." . Screen
Existing critical traditions fail to fully account for the
impact of Austrian director, and 2009 Cannes Palm d'Or winner,
Michael Haneke's films, situated as they are between intellectual
projects and popular entertainments. In this first English-language
introduction to, and critical analysis of, his work, each of
Haneke's eight feature films are considered in detail. Particular
attention is given to what the author terms Michael Haneke's
'ethical cinema' and the unique impact of these films upon their
audiences.
Drawing on the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Stanley
Cavell, Catherine Wheatley, introduces a new way of marrying film
and moral philosophy, which explicitly examines the ethics of the
film viewing experience. Haneke's films offer the viewer great
freedom whilst simultaneously imposing a considerable burden of
responsibility. How Haneke achieves this break with more
conventional spectatorship models, and what its far-reaching
implications are for film theory in general, constitute the
principal subject of this book.
Catherine Wheatley holds degrees from the universities of Bath
and Oxford, and is currently a researcher at the University of
Southampton. She is a regular contributor to Sight & Sound
magazine, as well as having published articles in several journals
and books."
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