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Whew. I just got done watching Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," and this is a very initial reaction, but I'm blown away. I wouldn't hesitate in calling it brilliant, subversive, exciting cinema, and it got me thinking: what movies take a very in-depth, analytical look at violence, how it interacts with society, its allure, etc.? I came up with some choices; any others you'd add?
- Funny Games (Haneke, 1997)
- The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)
- Le Samourai (Melville, 1967)
- Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
- A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1974)
- Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967)
- I Stand Alone (Noe, 1998)
- The Game (Fincher, 1997)
- Hero (Yimou, 2002)
- M (Lang, 1931)
- Macbeth (Polanski, 1971)
- Princess Mononoke (Mayazaki, 1999)
- Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1951)
- Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)
- Sling Blade (Thornton, 1997)
- The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
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