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Unease and Curiosity: Cognitive Approach to the Film Caché by Michael Haneke
Based on a cognitive
and category apparatus, the text analyzes techniques used
by Michael Haneke in his film Caché (2005), in order
to achieve the desired cognitive and emotional effects
on the spectator. Already from the beginning of the film
he introduces a specific film level within the film; moreover,
he plays with spectators by inserting long static shots
in different places in the film without revealing whether
it’s a film level or a film level within the film.
Apparently
non-motivated long shots build up uncertainty and enable
the spectator to make assumptions about the meaning of
shots. The main source of the provoked unease and curiosity
is the combination of the visible and the invisible, that
is, the caché. The author concludes that the film Caché is
a unique work that skilfully breaks the rules of a traditional
film with a story-line. Its power stems precisely from
its anti-rhetoric narration, non-variable framing and inexistence
of a clear theme.
Igor Bezinoviæ |
