Cannes Venice Candidate?: Funny Games

If Michael Haneke’s newest gets a slot in the main competition, I believe this would constitute as a first in the history of the film festival: a filmmaker presenting two different versions of his own picture.

The Cannes-regular, Haneke’s original 1997 version of Funny Games saw a German family be the victims of violence, the 2007 version of Funny Games switches locals (in place of the Hamptons) with Naomi Watts messing up her hairdo and make-up. Knowing what to expect (should make viewers gasp), and what not to expect (your standard, uninventive, Americanized, English-language remake). Warner Independent Pictures will release the film early next year.