pedant
Y
D
–noun
1. a person who makes an excessive
or
inappropriate display of learning.
2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
3. a person who adheres rigidly
to
book knowledge without regard to common sense.
4. Obsolete. a schoolmaster.
Everything is calculated. Self-consciously manipulating conventions more or less invented by D.W. Griffith in the days of the nickelodeon, Funny Games is what a German might call a "devilish trick," or schelmenstreich. But, unlike other prankster showmen—the names Lars von Trier and Carlos Reygadas cavort to mind—Haneke is pretty much a humorless pedant.
I did admire his adaptation of The Piano Teacher, thanks largely to Isabelle Huppert's bravura performance, although, reading Elfriede Jelinek's novel, I was surprised to discover that it was actually comic. Thus, Das Funnygame is a very severe schelmenstreich. The movie's early emphasis on the family's innocent, time-killing competitions is preparation for the joyless sport Haneke will have with the spectator.
nickelodeon
五分錢電影院
自動點唱機
idiot savant
erudite
polymath
Force of July: An idiosyncratic [polymath] turns delicate whimsy into a heartfelt story of us.
The inclusive title of [polymath] Miranda July's first feature film is [apt] for a multimedia artist who has often sought to forge virtual communities through her work.
dunce
decathlon
symposium
A symposium in the "men are pigs" school of gender relations
polemic
controversial argument
elevates "Descent" beyond case study and into the realm of [bomb]-throwing polemic.
moot
Criticisms of this as disgusting or depraved are [moot]
the critics' need to attack Cavani as historically [inaccurate] become moot
egghead
except, that is, for a [cadre] of eggheads who [hail] the work as a visionary achievement.
Crypto
Y
D
–noun
1. a person who makes an excessive
or
inappropriate display of learning.
2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
3. a person who adheres rigidly
to
book knowledge without regard to common sense.
4. Obsolete. a schoolmaster.
Everything is calculated. Self-consciously manipulating conventions more or less invented by D.W. Griffith in the days of the nickelodeon, Funny Games is what a German might call a "devilish trick," or schelmenstreich. But, unlike other prankster showmen—the names Lars von Trier and Carlos Reygadas cavort to mind—Haneke is pretty much a humorless pedant.
I did admire his adaptation of The Piano Teacher, thanks largely to Isabelle Huppert's bravura performance, although, reading Elfriede Jelinek's novel, I was surprised to discover that it was actually comic. Thus, Das Funnygame is a very severe schelmenstreich. The movie's early emphasis on the family's innocent, time-killing competitions is preparation for the joyless sport Haneke will have with the spectator.
nickelodeon
五分錢電影院
自動點唱機
idiot savant
erudite
polymath
Force of July: An idiosyncratic [polymath] turns delicate whimsy into a heartfelt story of us.
The inclusive title of [polymath] Miranda July's first feature film is [apt] for a multimedia artist who has often sought to forge virtual communities through her work.
dunce
decathlon
symposium
A symposium in the "men are pigs" school of gender relations
polemic
controversial argument
elevates "Descent" beyond case study and into the realm of [bomb]-throwing polemic.
moot
Criticisms of this as disgusting or depraved are [moot]
the critics' need to attack Cavani as historically [inaccurate] become moot
egghead
except, that is, for a [cadre] of eggheads who [hail] the work as a visionary achievement.
Crypto
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