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LONDON
2019
THE DOORS OF MICHAEL HANEKE
Text by Ali J. Dalloul
"The doors of Michael Haneke is a video essay about the usage of doors, long shots and rhythm in three films directed by Michael Haneke.
This project was done during my Masters program in London in May 2019.
While watching “White Ribbon” (2009), I realized that many doors appear in most of the scenes, and they’re usually contained in long takes provoking something in the story. This is when I decided to cut down the film and filter those scenes. It feels like the doors in this film are not just any doors. They represent the characters’ inner fears. Whenever one is opened, there’s pain or grief.
I started looking for the same pattern in Haneke’s other films. When I started comparing these clips using split-screen, I found a new layer of a unique rhythm, mastered by the mise en scène. The comparison between these scenes uncovers a synchronization on many levels: camera movement, actors, events. The internal rhythm of scenes is the main rhythm in Haneke’s cinema. By comparing these scenes in my video essay, I felt like Haneke is always trying to tell the same story in different ways, without ever ceasing to surprise in the most unexpected situations"
ARTIST:
ALI J. DALLOUL
Ali J. Dalloul is a filmmaker and post-production artist. He has a Masters in “Editing and Postproduction” from the London South Bank University. Since 2013, Ali has worked as an editor and director on documentaries, short films, TV, commercials, music videos, trailers, and animation.
His own projects are usually a compilation of different audible and visual elements in order to create a certain narrative. The editing process is usually very experimental and it involves a lot of personal memories. He uses different film and video aspect ratios together, and sometimes he crops elements from different frames to create video collage. He also uses different audio elements from sound recordings, music tracks and sound effects.