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Article: Hidden in plain sight: Robin Wood on Michael Haneke's Cache.(FILM)
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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I LIKE TO MAKE a simple distinction between a reviewer and a critic: The reviewer writes for those who haven't seen a film, telling readers whether they shouldn't and offering a fairly clear idea of what the film is and does; the critic assumes the reader has seen it, making a plot synopsis superfluous, and attempts to engage him or her in an imaginary dialogue about its content, its degree of success, its value. The great literary critic F. R. Leavis summed up very succinctly the ideal critical exchange: "This is so, isn't it?" "Yes, but ..."
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With the films of Michael Haneke, this principle assumes particular importance. The ...
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