NYFF '09: Michael Haneke discusses THE WHITE RIBBON

Director Michael Haneke discusses his Palme D'Or winning film THE WHITE RIBBON (Das Weiße Band) with "The Wrestler" director Darren Aronofsky. Part of the 47th New York Film Festival and the HBO Directors Dialogue series.

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Film & Animation

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• the white ribbon
• michael haneke
• new york film festival
• darren aronofsky
• richard pena

[JesusCristo2002]

Darren Aronofsky and Michael Haneke in the same room; two of my generation's best.

[arbide2]

The greatest movie of the last 20 years I think.

[anderzom]

who make the crimes? the kids? the doctor? ????

[crazedmongoose03]

@rakeshgopinath Well, let's not go all TOO much into pointing fingers on who influenced who. I think Haneke's Cache stole a bit from David Lynch's Lost Highway, despite being one of my fave films ever.

At least Aaronofsky, like Tarantino, knows how to steal only from the best. The problem is when people steal from the mediocre, which is most of Hollywood.

[crazedmongoose03]

Man, I greatly enjoy a lot of Aaronofsky films, but I don't think he is close to the same league as Haneke.

[1533Montaigne]

@folladordeprostis

so take this as a proof, that wikipedia is nonsense. think for yourself and don´t believe the hype.

[folladordeprostis]

@1533Montaigne hahahah actually that info it was for a while in wikipedia

[1533Montaigne]

@folladordeprostis

haha, and i heard, your father killed jfk

[JesusCristo2002]

@lordgumboot - That question was asked out of humor for Haneke, Aronofsky knows what he's doing - as an artist he's an observer. If his films are more evident in regards to their influences, it's not because he "lacks the skill", it's because he's a romantic. He (like Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers) loves film, like Scorsese, Polanski, Coppola, Spielberg and is more than capable of taking what's inspired him and making something completely his own - see "Pi" and "The Wrestler".

[JesusCristo2002]

It fascinates me that Haneke had concieved of the idea for "The White Ribbon" a decade prior to the film's release, because it couldn't be anymore relevant to what's occurring right now in the world. This last decade has been defined by philosophical and ideological extremism from the United States to the Middle-East. 9/11 was an attack struck by a philosophically extremist Musslim group.

[DillonSundance]

fun fact: a lot of the german RAF terrorists were children of pastors themselves.

[lordgumboot]

Aronofsky's out of his depth and completely lost. Why did he ask him " do YOU know who did it? " ? I don't think he understood it at all if he thinks that's a sensible question to ask, or that who did it even matters. You can see him try to not look like he's taking notes mentally, whilst simultaneously planning to steal every idea. He's just not got the skill or subtlety, which is why you can play spot the "reference" so easily with his efforts. Repulsion/Black Swan is an easy one to begin w.