{"product_id":"9780190495930","title":"Hearing Haneke: The Sound Tracks of a Radical Auteur","description":"Michael Haneke's films subject us to extreme experiences of disturbance, desperation, grief, and violence. They are unsoftened by music, punctuated by accosting noises, shaped by painful silences, and charged with aggressive dialogue. The sound tracks are even more traumatic to hear than his stories are to see, but they also offer us the transformative possibilities of reawakened sonic awareness. Haneke's use of sound redefines cinema in ways that can help us re-hear everything-including our own voices, and everything around us-better.  Though Haneke's films make exceptional demands on us, he is among the most celebrated of living auteurs: he is two-time receipt of the Palme D'Or at Cannes Film Festival (for \u003cem\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eAmour\u003c\/em\u003e (2012)), and Academy Award winner of Best Foreign Language Film (for \u003cem\u003eAmour\u003c\/em\u003e), along with numerous other awards. The radical confrontationality of his cinema makes him an internationally controversial, as well as revered, subject. \u003cem\u003eHearing Haneke\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length study of the sound tracks that define this living legacy.  This book explores the haunting, subversive, and political significance of all aural elements through Haneke's major feature films (dialogue, sound effects, silences, and music), all of which are meticulously conducted by him. Many critics read Haneke as coolly dispassionate about showing scenes of humanity under threat, but\u003cem\u003e Hearing Haneke \u003c\/em\u003eargues that all facets of his sound tracks stress humane understanding and the importance of compassion. This book provides exceptionally detailed analyses of all Haneke's most celebrated films: including \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Continent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFunny Games\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCode Unknown\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaché\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAmour\u003c\/em\u003e. The writing brings together film theory, musicology, history, and cultural studies in ways that resonate broadly. \u003cem\u003eHearing Haneke\u003c\/em\u003e will matter to anyone who cares about the power of art to inspire progressive change.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109342593264,"sku":"9780190495930","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190495930_p0.jpg?v=1763659504","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190495930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}