A Companion to Michael Haneke

<i>A Companion to Michael Haneke</i> is a definitive collection of newly-commissioned work that covers Haneke’s body of work in its entirety, catering to students and scholars of Haneke at a time when interest in the director and his work is soaring. <ul> <li>Introduces one of the most important directors to have emerged on the global cinema scene in the past fifteen years</li> <li>Includes exclusive interviews with Michael Haneke, including an interview discussion of <i>The White Ribbon</i></li> <li>Considers themes, topics, and subjects that have formed the nucleus of the director’s life’s work: the fate of European cinema, Haneke in Hollywood, pornography, alienation, citizenship, colonialism, and the gaze of surveillance</li> <li>Features critical examinations of <i>La Pianiste, Time of the Wolf, Three Paths to the Lake</i> and <i>Caché,</i> amongst others</li> </ul>