{"id":325,"date":"2006-07-16T22:26:18","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T05:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/16\/cache-hidden\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:24:29","slug":"cache-hidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/cache-hidden\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes we are the camera in Michael Haneke’s Cach\u00e9 (Hidden)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An art-thriller directed by Michael Haneke<\/a>, of whose previous films I’ve only seen Le Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)<\/em>. A major theme is that of video image-making (a main character is a television host) and surveilance. The interest in video images brings to mind the films of Atom Egoyan (Calendar<\/em>, Felicia’s Journey<\/em>), and perhaps even the search for meaning (that may or may not even be there) in photographs in Blow Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point of view of the “camera” is crucial; sometimes the image we’re watching is revealed as that of an actual video camera within the film. After we learn the first static shot is actually a film-within-the-film, we constantly suspect later static shots until the camera moves. Sometimes, we are the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Juliette<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A digression: if the academic term for a sound heard in the fictional context of the film (as opposed to, say, the score) is “diegetic” but how does one refer to a film or video image seen by characters within a film? Movies ranging from Citizen Kane<\/em> (the newsreel sequence) to Starship Troopers<\/em> (the fascistic TV commercials) feature moving images in the world of the film, so there must be an academic term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cach\u00e9<\/em> famously features an enigmatic final shot, supposedly revealing a clue to a major unanswered plot point. So even though I knew to inspect it closely, and the mere location depicted obviously tells you what to look for, I still couldn’t spot it. Later, someone told me what to look for and I watched again. And sure enough, there is it, beautifully choreographed right there in plain sight. Hint: check out some action that moves from the top left of the screen down to the bottom left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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