Felicia is joined by Riley Greenwood to discuss a film about a family who makes a questionable decision in Michael Haneke’s The Seventh Continent (1989). We chat about how Haneke decision to not give the audience any answers but instead allows them to wonder why people make certain life decisions. Along with how the story is fragmented to disorient the viewer. Send us your thoughts on the episode by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected] Follow Riley here: IG: @rileydreamwood Letterboxd: @rileydreamwood Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2008/apr/30/hanekeshouseofhorrors https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/cteq/seventh_continent/#:~:text=The%20Seventh%20Continent%20seems%20postmodern,monstrousness%20of%20everyday%20bourgeois%20society. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8010-michael-haneke-s-alienation-effect https://flaszonfilm.com/2020/10/30/understanding-michael-haneke-the-seventh-continent-1989/ https://fresques.ina.fr/europe-des-cultures-en/fiche-media/Europe00218/interview-with-michael-haneke.html OUTRO SONG: Show of Strength by Echo and the Bunnymen FILMS MENTIONED: Amour (Michael Haneke 2012) Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997) Fraulein – Ein deutsches Melodram (Michael Haneke 1986) Benny's Video (Michael Haneke 1992) The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke 2001) The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke 2009) 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke 1994) La notte (Michelangelo Antonioni 1961) Beau Travail (Claire Denis 1999) La cerémonie (Claude Chabrol 1995)