Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: framing Haneke -- The conceptual frame of reference -- A movement through Haneke's oeuvre -- A marriage of past and present : the overcoming of Fassbinder -- Thinking the event : the virtual in Michael Haneke -- A new order: the method of madness -- Self/aggression: violence in films by Michael Haneke -- The moral of the long take -- The funny frame -- Plot reviews.