%0 Journal Article
%T Cach¨¦ and the Secret Image
%A Kartik Nair
%J Wide Screen
%D 2009
%I Subaltern Media
%X Michael Haneke¡¯s Cach¨¦ (2005) is a psychological thriller in which a Paris family is haunted by past repressions. These repressions are of both personal and national orders. What distinguishes Cach¨¦ is its ability to draw our attention to how visual information is produced, and what it means to be a witness. This paper considers the film¡¯s pursuit of a revelation towards an articulation of historical guilt ¨C its interest in accessing the ¡®secret¡¯. That secret is an image
%U http://widescreenjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/12/8