Campus Units
World Languages and Cultures
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2-10-2021
Journal or Book Title
The German Quarterly
Volume
94
Issue
1
First Page
116
Last Page
130
DOI
10.1111/gequ.12159
Abstract
This essay argues that Haneke's Glaciation Trilogy actively engages the mounting financialization of self during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Against the backdrop of Robert Bresson's 1983 film L'argent, which features the relatively new automated teller machine (ATM), the study analyzes the provocative destruction of money scene in Der siebente Kontinent (1989), the pyramid scheme and financial strategy of hedging against risk in Benny's Video (1992), and the violent denouement in a Viennese bank that concludes 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994). While both Bresson and Haneke focus on money, the latter accentuates the increasing financialization of daily life. Drawing on the work of critical finance theorists, this study demonstrates how Haneke explores the ascent of the risk‐managing, financialized self as part of his trenchant critique of violence in the era of financial capitalism.
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Copyright Owner
The Author
Copyright Date
2021
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Carter, William H., "Money, Violence, and the Financialized Self in Michael Haneke's Glaciation Trilogy" (2021). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 232.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/232
Comments
This is an article published as Carter, William H. "Money, Violence, and the Financialized Self in Michael Haneke's Glaciation Trilogy," 94.1 (2021). Posted with permission