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27 April 2008 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

-   Following the critical and commercial shortfall of his self-remake Funny Games, famed Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke will return to Europe for his next film Das Weisse Band (The White Tape). Shooting is set to begin in June and throughout the summer, with additional shooting in the winter. Set in a countryside school in pre-Nazi Germany 1913, the film will examine the educational system that paved the way for Hitler’s fascist machinations and its subsequent indoctrination of a generation. This marks Haneke’s first German production since the original Funny Games in 1997.  Obvious subject matter for the minimalist-auteur, Band continues his fascination with human cruelty and society, here in the form of ritual punishment and subjugation. One has to wonder how Haneke’s predilection for long, bordering on pretentious, static shots and aversion to a musical score will translate to a project of this scope. The film will most likely »

1 article from 2008