Comments on: Stumbling on the Road to Haneke Rehab http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Craig Kennedy http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84590 Craig Kennedy Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:19:28 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84590 Don't make me come over there T. First Law of The Center of the Universe: If I'm reading it, it's for me. Don’t make me come over there T.
First Law of The Center of the Universe: If I’m reading it, it’s for me.

]]> By: T.Holly http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84580 T.Holly Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:54:05 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84580 Wow, that was angry; who do *you* think... Wow, that was angry; who do *you* think…

]]> By: T.Holly http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84579 T.Holly Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:52:07 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84579 Yeah, really. I mean, who do think this stuff is written for? Just because you get it on-line doesn't mean it's *for* you. Yeah, really. I mean, who do think this stuff is written for? Just because you get it on-line doesn’t mean it’s *for* you.

]]> By: Diane Garrett http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84572 Diane Garrett Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:42:03 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84572 Message received. I'm just saying: There's more than one way to read between the lines. Message received. I’m just saying: There’s more than one way to read between the lines.

]]> By: Craig Kennedy http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84555 Craig Kennedy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84555 I'm not going to tell a person who gets paid to write how to write, but I found the sentence misleading and I don't think clarifying it would've required the use of a bludgeon. I can see I've already shut the door of discourse with my earlier snippy comment so I'll just leave it at that. I’m not going to tell a person who gets paid to write how to write, but I found the sentence misleading and I don’t think clarifying it would’ve required the use of a bludgeon.

I can see I’ve already shut the door of discourse with my earlier snippy comment so I’ll just leave it at that.

]]> By: Diane Garrett http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84550 Diane Garrett Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:03:40 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84550 Silly me, I thought the BO numbers would make that point perfectly clear. Maybe that's why I put them in the very next sentence. But now that you've pointed it out to me I see the error of my ways: Always better to bludgeon. Silly me, I thought the BO numbers would make that point perfectly clear. Maybe that’s why I put them in the very next sentence. But now that you’ve pointed it out to me I see the error of my ways: Always better to bludgeon.

]]> By: Craig Kennedy http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84543 Craig Kennedy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:31:15 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84543 It's true "saying something resonated with a certain aud is hardly casting a pic as a niche hit", but it's not casting a film as a stiff either, which Funny Games certainly seems to be. Also, do you guys talk in Varietese like that when you're just standing around the watercooler shooting the shit? I think I'm done being a jerk now. You may carry on about your business. It’s true “saying something resonated with a certain aud is hardly casting a pic as a niche hit”, but it’s not casting a film as a stiff either, which Funny Games certainly seems to be.

Also, do you guys talk in Varietese like that when you’re just standing around the watercooler shooting the shit?

I think I’m done being a jerk now. You may carry on about your business.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84531 Jeff Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:01:12 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84531 By the way, I'm not ashamed to admit I really liked the movie, although I watched the original the night before and definitely preferred it. My roommate hated it. It's a divisive film. It is polarizing audiences. Some argue it's trash, others say it makes a statement and takes an interesting position on American moviegoers' obsession with violence. To each their own. I'm watching Benny's Video this weekend on Netflix. Haneke may frustrate the viewers but his films always have meat to chew on, which is more than I can say for this week's new releases. By the way, I’m not ashamed to admit I really liked the movie, although I watched the original the night before and definitely preferred it. My roommate hated it. It’s a divisive film. It is polarizing audiences. Some argue it’s trash, others say it makes a statement and takes an interesting position on American moviegoers’ obsession with violence. To each their own. I’m watching Benny’s Video this weekend on Netflix. Haneke may frustrate the viewers but his films always have meat to chew on, which is more than I can say for this week’s new releases.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84527 Jeff Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:10 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84527 Hmmm... maybe before we jump all over Variety for editorial gaffes, people should be a little more careful with their headlines, don't you think? Haneke has 1 N, not 2. Please post a correction. Thanks! Hmmm… maybe before we jump all over Variety for editorial gaffes, people should be a little more careful with their headlines, don’t you think? Haneke has 1 N, not 2. Please post a correction. Thanks!

]]> By: Diane Garrett http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84526 Diane Garrett Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:20:17 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84526 Karina -- thanks for alerting me to the production gaffe, which our web folk have now fixed. I must take issue with your interpretation of my item, however. Saying something resonated with a certain aud is hardly casting a pic as a niche hit; there's a big reason for that qualifier. The fact is, some people LOVED the movie, and I'm not ashamed to say a dear friend is one of them. His description of the heated response at a Pasadena screening last weekend prompted me to write the item. It certainly wasn't a studio flack. Anyway, thanks again for the heads up. Karina — thanks for alerting me to the production gaffe, which our web folk have now fixed.

I must take issue with your interpretation of my item, however. Saying something resonated with a certain aud is hardly casting a pic as a niche hit; there’s a big reason for that qualifier.

The fact is, some people LOVED the movie, and I’m not ashamed to say a dear friend is one of them. His description of the heated response at a Pasadena screening last weekend prompted me to write the item.

It certainly wasn’t a studio flack.

Anyway, thanks again for the heads up.

]]> By: Glenn Kenny http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84517 Glenn Kenny Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:15:25 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/21/stumbling-on-the-road-to-hanneke-rehab/#comment-84517 Hmm. Maybe they're being, like, meta. As in the movie, itself, no? Probably not. Hmm. Maybe they’re being, like, meta. As in the movie, itself, no?

Probably not.

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