第七洲
The Seventh Continent (Der Siebente Kontinent)

奧地利 Austria / 1989 / 104min / 35mm / Colour
德語對白，英文字幕 In German with English subtitles
演員 Cast：Dieter Berner, Udo Samel, Leni Tanzer

漢尼卡的首部電影作品，亦為其「冰川三部曲」之首，從中可找到多個後期作品再度出現的主題、拍攝技巧及震撼元素。安娜與丈夫佐治及女兒伊娃是一個過著平凡生活的平凡家庭，某一天，他們毅然決定毀滅一切。影片的結局殘酷、現實、令人震駭。但令人不安的並非銀幕上的暴力，而是導演冷峻的呈現手法：近鏡描寫竟可是如此的疏離及無情，人們都是無名氏無面容，人們都只是刻板生活機械流程的奴隸。雖然取材自一篇新聞文章，但《第七洲》顯然不是彷紀錄片，漢尼卡全無意圖去探究該家庭突發舉動背後的動機。

Michael Haneke’s first feature film and the first of his “Glaciation Trilogy” already displays many of the themes, techniques and shock values that would become very familiar in his subsequent works. In every respect, Anna and George and their daughter Eva form a normal family, doing everyday normal things, but one day they decide to destroy everything they have, and the result is brutal, shocking and realistic. The film is disturbing not so much for any on-screen violence as for the cold, matter of fact manner in which it is depicted: close-ups in a cool, detached manner, showing people as anonymous and faceless – slaves to routines and mechanical processes. Haneke took inspiration for the film from a newspaper article, but he makes no documentarian attempt to understand or explain the reasoning behind the family’s actions.