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One of contemporary cinema’s most original, provocative, and uncompromising filmmakers, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke dares viewers to stare into the void of modern existence. With his first three theatrical features, The Seventh Continent, Benny’s Video, and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance—a trilogy depicting a coldly bureaucratic society in which genuine human relationships ...
Sep 26, 2018 · Haneke made his feature-film debut (after working in numerous TV projects) with “The Seventh Continent” (aka ‘Der siebente Kontinent’, 1989), which happened to have commenced his unofficial ‘emotional glaciation’ trilogy [followed by “Benny’s Video” and “71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance”]. In a formidable and assured manner, Haneke conveyed his profound themes ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Picture 7/10. The Criterion Collection groups together three of Michael Haneke’s early feature films forming a loose trilogy: The Seventh Continent, Benny’s Video and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance. Each film is presented in this set (aptly titled Michael Haneke: Trilogy) on an individual dual-layer disc in the aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
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One of contemporary cinema’s most original, provocative, and uncompromising filmmakers, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke dares viewers to stare into the void of modern existence. With his first three theatrical features, The Seventh Continent, Benny’s Video, and71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance—a trilogy depicting a coldly bureaucratic society i...
The third and final dual-layer disc in Criterion’s new set, Michael Haneke: Trilogy, presents 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, delivered here with a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. The master was taken from a scan of the 35mm original camera negative. Criterion is again working with an older master a...
The film’s lossless PCM single-channel soundtrack sounds similar to the other films: mostly quiet with a handful of louder moments. Dialogue sounds clear and sharp, there’s no damage present, and dynamic range can be surprisingly wide.
The features begin (again) through an interview with director Michael Haneke, recorded in 2005 for other DVD releases. This conversation goes down a path similar to his interviews found on the other discs, the director explaining his influences behind the film before getting into detail about what he was trying to say. In his other interviews he do...
The disc closes with a feature-length documentary, but the film would greatly benefit from a new scan and restoration. BUY AT:
Dec 31, 2022 · The Criterion Collection presents Michael Haneke’s debut feature film The Seventh Continent on Blu-ray, presenting the film its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. It’s currently available exclusively through Criterion’s latest set, Michael Haneke: Trilogy, and is found on the first dual-layer disc. It has been given a 1080p/24hz high ...
Jun 22, 2022 · Considering Michael Haneke’s entire filmography, we note how certain constants of the Glaciation Trilogy are also maintained in his later works. This concerns above all an upper-class context, a violence that arrives as the final consequence of a series of tensions that have been too long dormant, a frequent use of the off-screen and a skilful play with the perceptions of the viewer, whose ...
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Dec 6, 2022 · 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance can, from a purely structural point of view, be considered as Benny’s Video turned inside out: whereas its predecessor was an exploration of the fallout of an arbitrary killing, with consequences spreading outward from a single brutal act, the third film in Haneke’s trilogy follows a number of apparently unrelated story lines and subtly, gracefully ...
