Funny Games

How does the film break expectations?
First of all, the child is the first person to die out of the family, this goes against thriller conventions because they are the ones that need to be saved. Also, one of the victims survives at the end in some way but everyone dies. The deaths also go against thriller conventions as most are done out of shot and they are never stretched out, they are all quick and inglorious where as in normal thrillers the victims slowly die or sacrifices themselves. The film breaks cinema expectations because the character breaks the fourth wall which isn't normally good for movies as it breaks immersion into the story. The character also rewinds time quite randomly which doesn't make sense with the story. The film breaks more thriller conventions as the villains aren't disfigured or ugly which you see in most horror films, also the characters speak politely and seem intellectual because they talk about black holes and antimatter.
What is he trying to make the audience think about violence?
We cannot see the violence because we are made to picture what is happening to the victims with visceral sounds so that the violence seems a lot worse and we interpret it in our own way for example when the man is stabbed you can hear him screaming but you cannot see what is going on.
Do you think it is intentional shock?
no because you are made to think about the film and what is going on in the minds of the killers rather than just the way they are killing people.