Category: 1990s

• The Thin Red Line (1998) dir. Terrence Malick

  3–4 minutes

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  September 4, 2025

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  1990s, Drama

  One of the most stirring images in The Thin Red Line (1998) is the shot where the camera appears to float over the grass in the Guadalcanal battlefield. After all the bloodshed and destruction, Terrence Malick’s tendency to focus on the more peaceful and philosophical shines through, not unlike how the sun shines through the…

  

• Funny Games (1997) dir. Michael Haneke

  2–4 minutes

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  September 4, 2025

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  1990s, Thriller, Western European

  I had a very unpleasant time watching Funny Games (1997), which I now understand was the point. Unlike the other films we have seen in this class, director Michael Haneke deliberately sought for the audience to view the violence onscreen as bystanders. This is exemplified by Peter and Paul breaking the fourth wall to interact…