http://joys.net/8159/funny-games-3/ Bringing Joys and Happiness Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://joys.net/8159/funny-games-3/#comment-20521 Amy Lynn Thu, 09 Jan 2014 06:33:47 +0000 http://joys.net/8159/funny-games-3/#comment-20521 The cure for being too enamored of movie violence! I never realized the extent to which big-budget American action films condition audiences into savoring and craving “justifiable” acts of violence until I saw this fascinating and deeply disturbing Austrian movie from noted German director Michael Haneke. I couldn’t sleep after seeing it, but after about a week had passed, I was very glad that I’d seen it. I’m now “immune” from being manipulated into enjoying onscreen violence, because the movie made me keenly aware of when I AM being manipulated … and of the “commandments” that movies featuring cathartically satisfying acts of vengeance are built upon and dare not violate.

]]> http://joys.net/8159/funny-games-3/#comment-20520 Art Snob "Geek Cinephile Extraordinaire" Thu, 09 Jan 2014 06:13:44 +0000 http://joys.net/8159/funny-games-3/#comment-20520 Clever, effective and disturbing It is a good idea to know something about this film before watching it.

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