FUNNY GAMES (2007)
March 13 : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“Aggressive, confrontational, and scolding…punishes the audience for its casual bloodlust by giving it all the sickening torture and mayhem it could possibly desire.” -Scott Tobias, The AV Club
Michael Haneke, the austere Austrian, takes on America with an English language remake every bit as shocking as his brilliantly conceived original 1997 FUNNY GAMES. In this exploration of cinema audiences’ perverse craving for violence, Haneke retells the story through the eyes of a middle-class couple (Naomi Watts and Tim Roth) who arrive at their secluded holiday home in the Hamptons for a two-week vacation. Soon after, a young man (Brady Corbet, recently nominated for an Oscar for directing The Brutalist) makes a surprise call, and asks to borrow some eggs. When the man is joined by his ‘charming’ friend (Michael Pitt), what initially appears to be an innocuous visit by their neighbor’s guests, soon turns into a horrifying ordeal for all concerned as the two men embark upon a twisted campaign of torment and raw terror.
This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s March-long series, Disruptive Guests, featuring films where visitors from other countries, other worlds, and other socioeconomic statuses upend domestic normalcy.
Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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