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By Michael Haneke’s 1997 film Funny Games is the rare cinematic provocation that genuinely provokes.Because it was shot in German with a cast of relative unknowns, however, it failed to make much of a splash upon its very limited U.S. release—and that apparently frustrated Haneke, who had wanted to challenge an American audience most of all. Both have the same disturbing effect, which is to make viewers question exactly what it is they seek from violent entertainment.

Article Because the two films are so identical, which one you see doesn’t much matter.

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Paul and Peter have been compared by viewers to the mass shooting pair Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, responsible for the Columbine High School Massacre.

He’s shy and polite, but on his way out he drops the eggs — an ”accident” — and then he won’t leave.

Funny Games Euro helmer Michael Haneke’s almost shot-by-shot remake of his 1997 chiller “Funny Games U.S.” is as shocking and deliberately manipulative as the original movie. Two killers motivated by nothing at all. "Funny Games" (1997) What's more terrifying than a killer motivated by revenge?

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In At first, one of them (Brady Corbet) comes over to borrow some eggs. Edit. Can a movie be gripping and repellent at the same time? Funny Games (2007). © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation.