Michael Haneke’s Caché (2005).

Image Credit: © Denis Manin Films du Losange / Unifrance

This talk by Dr. Martine Pierquin is part of our Summer Film series. You can book here for this talk here; alternatively you can book for all three lectures here.

The talk will provide a general introduction to the philosophical cinema of Austrian director, Michael Haneke, with a focus on his enigmatic and much discussed film, Caché (Hidden, 2005). We will unpick and discuss the formal strategies used by the director to explore societal and moral issues and engage film audiences in active and reflective viewing. The film, and others by the same director, are available for streaming on BFI Player and Amazon Prime.

Lectures will be delivered via Zoom. If you haven’t used Zoom before, please go to www.zoom.us and look at the tutorials. Once you have booked, you will find the Zoom invitation in the Online Event Page on Eventbrite. You will also receive an email with the invitation 24 hours before the event. If you can’t find the invitation, please email berwickea@gmail.com

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