I can't find anything on the web about it. But I keep hearing words like "Israel" and "Prime Minister Rabin"... in the morning and in the car. it's strange. maybe some sort of W-ISRAEL call letters or something?
perhaps this has something to do with the outcome of the movie or is explained later... maybe I should finish the movie before I ask questions like this? :)
I also thought I heard a name on the radio referencing the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.....I think I heard Sharon or something.
Yes, unfortunately, the version of the film that I saw did not include any subtitles for television or radio broadcasts and also didn't translate any signs visible throughout the movie.
Based on my thoughts and reading other posts, it is quite possible the radio broadcasts likely dealt with dark aspects of human life such as war, death, crime, etc., and these things likely influenced the husband and wife in their decision to end their lives. They did it such a nihilistic fashion however, which is what makes it so much more shocking!
I have a German friend who I'm going to ask to decipher the radio stuff. If you stay tuned to this post I might have some concrete info soon.
Cheers!
"Yeah, they're dead - they're all messed up" NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
hello,
my english is not good, but i can tell you that they hear the news on the radio. mostly about an airplane hijacking in moscow.
bye
uh, age-old thread, but since I'm here: you hear the news on the radio. some random snippets, but mostly negative ones: military attacks in the middle east, a hostage crisis involving children (I think that one came on right after they had sex), rise of right wing politicians in Austria, stuff like that. and the positive ones are rather distant as well, I remember a politician's promise for a reduction of work hours in ten years. essentially it's what you are likely to hear on the news all the time.
you can make of it what you want, but I don't think Haneke was thematizing any of these events or drawing specific parallels between any of them, but rather used them to make not only their lives but the whole world in general seem empty and self-destructive, which probably in turn had an effect on how they lived their live, and on the decision they made. and I guess it's important that none of them ever talk about any of the stuff they are constantly hearing on the news, taking it in but not discussing it.