Funny Games (Juegos Divertidos)
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Funny Games (Juegos Divertidos) es una película austriaco-estadounidense de comedia negra de 1997 escrita y dirigida por Michael Haneke. La película sigue la historia de dos jóvenes, Peter y Paul, que secuestran a una familia - George, Ann y su hijo Georgie - mientras están de vacaciones en una cabaña junto al lago. A medida que la familia intenta escapar de la cabaña, Peter y Paul toman el control y comienzan a jugar "juegos" retorcidos con ellos. Estos juegos implican obligar a la familia a participar en actividades humillantes y sádicas, como comer comida asquerosa o realizar rutinas de baile incómodas. El objetivo principal de los jóvenes es divertirse manipulando y atormentando a sus cautivos. A medida que avanza la película, la moral de la familia comienza a desmoronarse bajo la implacable tortura psicológica. George, el padre, intenta razonar con Peter y Paul, pero permanecen impasibles. Ann, la madre, se desespera cada vez más a medida que su familia se ve destrozada por los juegos retorcidos. Georgie, el hijo pequeño, es sometido a un trato aún más cruel, obligado a participar en actividades degradantes que son a la vez desgarradoras y aterradoras. A lo largo de la película, Haneke critica la obsesión de la sociedad moderna por la violencia, el entretenimiento y el voyeurismo. Los dos jóvenes, Peter y Paul, pueden ser vistos como representaciones de los aspectos más oscuros de nuestra sociedad: consumidores de brutalidad que se alimentan del sufrimiento de otras personas. Sus juegos sádicos sirven como un comentario sobre cómo todos somos cómplices en la perpetuación de la violencia y la crueldad, a menudo sin siquiera darnos cuenta. A medida que la situación de la familia se vuelve más desesperada, la película toma un giro oscuro hacia una conclusión trágica. Funny Games (Juegos Divertidos) es una exploración provocadora e inquietante de la naturaleza humana, que obliga a los espectadores a confrontar su propia complicidad en el mundo que les rodea.
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Hazel
Two Awkward Killers and an Unhappy Housewife
Chloe
Haneke is unparalleled in his exposure of the evil within humanity. Watching this film is an extreme experience. Few can escape this cycle of violence; perhaps Buddha, Jesus, and maybe even Gandhi.
Bridget
Haneke said that during the Cannes screening, the audience cheered and applauded when the female homeowner shot and killed one of the tormentors. But when they saw the film being rewound by the other tormentor with a remote control, the theater went silent. Everyone was stunned and at a loss.
Daniela
Haneke's experiment in "Funny Games" fails because he assumes an idealized audience, one entirely under his control. But as an independent, thinking viewer with agency, I must explicitly reject Haneke's didacticism and refuse to accept his shifting of responsibility onto me. Art portrays violence not because viewers inherently desire to consume it, but because of its own violent potential. So, artists, please do your job properly and refrain from telling me how to think.
Cora
Haneke is such a ruthless and merciless director. After the son is murdered, the long take uses a fixed camera position in a distant shot. The audience is consistently placed in this passive, objective perspective, observing the emotional state of the couple as they mentally break down. He refuses to give close-ups, refuses to move the camera, completely forcing the audience to genuinely experience and reflect on the relationship between violence and the media. The rewind-in-reality and direct address to the camera are equally brilliant, countless highlights throughout.
Fiona
Cruel and nihilistic, Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" is a thought-provoking thriller that examines the darkest aspects of human nature. With its rigid camera work and mundane pace, the film skillfully builds tension, making the audience feel just as trapped and helpless as the characters. The performances are raw and unsettling, adding to the sense of unease that permeates every frame. A brutal and unflinching critique of modern society's voyeuristic tendencies, "Funny Games" is a hard-hitting, unforgettable experience.
Adriana
A tense, unsettling, and socially conscious thriller, Funny Games scrutinizes the audience's relationship with violence and entertainment, presenting a scenario where two sociopathic youths subject a middle-class family to brutal "games". With an unnerving atmosphere and ruthless portrayals, the film critiques the voyeuristic tendencies of viewers and the blurred lines between reality and fiction. Beneath its surface-level shock value, Funny Games offers a thought-provoking commentary on societal desensitization and the manipulation of emotions for entertainment.
