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Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28577 Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke Du Preez, Amanda Goosen, Daniel P. (Danie) gouws.anjomari@gmail.com Gouws, Anjo-Mari Benny’s video Being-with-others Existentialism The nothing Being-in-the-world Thrownness Being Ontology Being-towards-death Martin heidegger Michael haneke Der siebente kontinent Anxiety Vergletscherung-trilogie 71 fragmente einer chronologie des zufalls Caché La pianiste Funny games UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. This study investigates certain existential themes found in the work of Austrian director Michael Haneke. As such the focus is on the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger, specifcally Heidegger’s notion of Being as always being-towards-death. There are six flms under discussion – the three flms comprising his Vergletscherung-trilogie (Der Siebente Kontinent, Benny’s Video and 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls), and his later flms Funny Games, La Pianiste, and Caché. Michael Haneke has been lauded as “Austria’s most esteemed and most controversial active flmmaker” (Frey 2003:1), a director whose work transgresses the boundaries of mainstream flm in terms of both its form and content. In fact, the director argues, he is responsible for “rap[ing] the spectator to independence”. Haneke’s work features a solid measure of existential themes, examining the alienation and isolation of the individual, the despair brought on by the monotony of modern society, and the seeming meaninglessness of man’s existence. This study aims to show that much of Haneke’s existential thought can be drawn back to Heidegger’s concept of Being, and the various ways in which Being is constituted. Focusing particularly on the notion of Being as being-towards-death, two other constitutive elements are also included – Being as always being-in-the-world and Being as always being-with-others. Being-in-the-world is examined on two fronts, looking at Haneke’s treatment of the public space, and of the domestic setting of the home. Beingwith- others is likewise elucidated in terms of the perspective Haneke offers on society as Heidegger’s Das Man, and the more intimate relationships within the family unit. By coupling these elements with Heidegger’s notions of thrownness, anxiety and the nothing, this study thus investigates how Haneke’s rendition of being-in-the-world and being-withothers inevitably, and fundamentally, means being-towards-death. Visual Arts unrestricted 2013-09-07T13:44:17Z 2012-10-25 2013-09-07T13:44:17Z 2012-09-13 2012 2012-10-09 Dissertation Gouws, A-M 2012, Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28577 > C12/9/282/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28577 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092012-101807/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Benny’s video Being-with-others Existentialism The nothing Being-in-the-world Thrownness Being Ontology Being-towards-death Martin heidegger Michael haneke Der siebente kontinent Anxiety Vergletscherung-trilogie 71 fragmente einer chronologie des zufalls Caché La pianiste Funny games UCTD Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title | Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title_full | Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title_fullStr | Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title_short | Being-towards-death : Heideggerian ontology in selected films of Michael Haneke |
| title_sort | being towards death heideggerian ontology in selected films of michael haneke |
| topic | Benny’s video Being-with-others Existentialism The nothing Being-in-the-world Thrownness Being Ontology Being-towards-death Martin heidegger Michael haneke Der siebente kontinent Anxiety Vergletscherung-trilogie 71 fragmente einer chronologie des zufalls Caché La pianiste Funny games UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28577 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092012-101807/ |