Benny's video [videorecording] / Ein Film von Michael Haneke ; Produktion, Veit Heiduschka, Bernard Lang ; Buch und Regie, Michael Haneke ; Eine Coproduktion der Wega Filmproduktionges.M.B.H. mit Bernard Lang AG.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. K460. A foreign film (Austria, Switzerland) Second of a feature-film trilogy (known in English as the "Emotional glaciation" or "Glaciation" trilogy) beginning with Der siebente Kontinent (The seventh continent) and ending with 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (71 fragments of a chronology of chance) Special features include an interview with Michael Haneke (2005, 20:00) Originally part of a boxed set entitled: The films of Michael Haneke. Digital, mono. Aspect ratio: 1;85:1; enhanced for 16x9 TVs. Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner.
Summary:
"Accustomed to a trite routine of school activities, daily visits to a local video store, and hours in front of his bedroom TV, Benny finds himself enthralled by his tape of a slaughtered swine. Staying alone in his parents' apartment, Benny eventually brings home an unknown girl, immediately exposing her to the rapturous videotaping. Then, after revealing that he stole the gun that took the pig's life, Benny coldly shoots his guest and turns his unwrought curiosity into a slaughter video franchise."--Container.
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