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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager in UsefulNotes/{{Vienna}} whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.

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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager in UsefulNotes/{{Vienna}} whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe Creator/UlrichMuhe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.
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* PeepingTom: Benny tries to record his mother in the bathroom.

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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager in Vienna whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.

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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager in Vienna UsefulNotes/{{Vienna}} whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.
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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.

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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager in Vienna whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society, with Ulrich Mühe and Creator/AngelaWinkler also starring as his parents.
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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society.

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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society.
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''Benny's Video'' is a 1992 {{psychological horror}} movie directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The second installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''Benny's Video'' stars Arno Frisch as the titular Benny, a fourteen-year-old teenager whose obsession with videos and cameras isolates him from the rest of society.

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!!This film provides examples of:
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Anna and Georg try to cover up their son's crime, only for Benny to spill the beans at the end.]]
* ConArtist: Eva, Benny's sister, runs a PonziScheme and makes good money off it.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Benny's murder is done just offscreen.]]
* ImportantHaircut: Benny shaves his head [[spoiler:after murdering a random girl]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One scene begins with Anna using the toilet. Almost immediately, Benny tries to break in the bathroom to record his mother with the camera. While Anna successfully kicks him out, she remains oblivious of the audience watching her from beyond the FourthWall.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Choir music plays while Benny walks to school before the movie transitions to a scene of some choir kids practicing their songs.
* ParentalNeglect: From their [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first appearance]], Benny's parents don't spend much time with their children and only start paying closer attention to their son [[spoiler:after he reveals to them that he killed someone]].
* PeepingTom: Benny tries to record his mother in the bathroom.
* ProsceniumReveal: The opening sequence is revealed to be a recording when Benny rewinds the tape and replays the video in slow motion.
* SilentConversation: Benny and the blond girl's conversation outside the video store is completely overshadowed by the ambient noise.
* TheSociopath: The titular character is confirmed to be this [[spoiler:when he coldly murders someone with a cattle gun]].
* TeensAreMonsters: After watching some videos of farmers slaughtering pigs, Benny gets the idea [[spoiler:to kill a person on camera]] to understand what it is like.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Benny is a fourteen-year-old who smokes cigarettes [[spoiler:and kills people]].
* YouBastard: The main character is a voyeur who is curious about violence, kind of like the audience.
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