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Michael (played by Michael Fuith) drives home from his office job with some groceries. Michael prepares dinner. Michael lets the young boy he’s kidnapped out of the basement to eat and watch television. Michael takes the boy downstairs and closes the doo
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Hailing from the Michael Haneke school of brutally austere Austrian cinema, Markus Schleinzer’s debut feature, Michael, opens with a revealing bit of misdirection. A thirtysomething insurance salesman (Michael Fuith) comes home with a bag of groceries an
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Austrian director Michael Haneke poses after being awarded with the Palme d'Or for his movie 'Das Weisse Band' (The White Ribbon), after the Closing Ceremony of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2009 in Cannes, southern France. View Photo »
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Throughout his career he was interested in psychological torment. . . . And the utter cruelty and sardonic humor that pervades all of these films is, of course, quite relevant to the work of filmmakers like Michael Haneke, Roman Polanski and Stanley Kubrick.
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“Like a Todd Solondz film, Markus Schleinzer's debut feature is a squirm-inducer that makes you feel dirty for having watched it. The narrative, which takes place over the course of five months, follows the daily routine of a 35-year-old, seemingly mild-
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Michael Fuith portrays a pedophile in "Michael." (Strand Releasing / September 28, 2011) For his first feature as writer and director, longtime casting director Markus Schleinzer has created the Austrian entry "Michael," a strange and troubling little fi
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The clean, orderly home has a particular hold on the Austrian imagination — specifically the basement, the nation's subterranean subconscious. This has not been lost on native filmmakers: Rainer Frimmel edited the video confessionals of a Viennese hospit
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Austrian director Michael Haneke delivers a speech next to the president of the jury French actress Isabelle Huppert after being awarded with the Palme d'Or for his movie 'Das Weisse Band' (The White Ribbon) during the Closing Ceremony of the 62nd Cannes... View Photo »
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Austrian Markus Schleinzer makes an impressive directorial debut with “Michael,” the disturbing story of the title character, a 35-year-old pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang, prisoner in the basement of his suburban home. Under the circumst
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For a setting so drab as to be practically featureless, the physical environment of “Michael,” the Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer’s dispassionate portrait of a pedophile, registers more indelibly than in most movies. There is the title character’s
About Michael Haneke
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Michael Haneke (born March 23, 1942 in Munich, Germany) is an Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theater and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work. Full Article
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