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I think watching a movie that...

I think watching a movie that simply confirms my feelings is a waste of time. That applies not only to movies, but also to books and every form of art.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Usually, when making a film, ...

Usually, when making a film, the surprises are negative surprises. You don't get what you wanted or what you hoped for. The only nice surprises are those that are offered to you by actors when they offer you these gifts, when they are better and give you more than what you had originally conceived. That doesn't happen every day on set, but if it happens a couple of times in the course of making a film, you can consider yourself very lucky.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Film is 24 lies per second at...

Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

I don't need a psychiatrist. ...

I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears with my work. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Even the most elitist directo...

Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I have to think that he's either a liar or a hypocrite.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Because in the feudal system ...

Because in the feudal system of that period at least 80% of people lived in villages, so it's very simple to get a cross-section of society in a single village. You get the microcosm of the social macrocosm.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

It's difficult because you ca...

It's difficult because you can't generalise about these things. But in essence, you deal with children as simply as you deal with actors - you have to show a certain sort of respect. You deal with them lovingly and protect them, but if you protect them enough then they're open to engage with what you want to do with them.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

The dumber people are, the mo...

The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

In terms of cinema and filmma...

In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

In my film "Benny's Video," I...

In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to say, so I wanted to continue the dialog and that's why I did "Funny Games." The irony is that after I shot "Funny Games," but it hadn't been released at all anywhere.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

I'm interested in seeing film...

I'm interested in seeing films that confront me with new things, with films that make me question myself, with films that help me to reflect on subjects that I hadn't thought about before, films that help me progress and advance.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

You become a film critic beca...

You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to make better films, but it certainly can't hurt.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

When ideas lead to ideology, ...

When ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

If you do an original film an...

If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don't have that option and every scene has to work again.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

The film [the white Ribbon] d...

The film [the white Ribbon] does try to use German Fascism as an example, but not specifically Fascism... the results of German Fascism. It shows how people are prepared or indoctrinated for an ideology... people who are already in a state of repression who have been humiliated by society and who clasp at a straw that's offered to them. And how that's then developed into a form of indoctrination.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Film is the manipulative medi...

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

Like every filmmaker, I make ...

Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

That is one of the characteri...

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

If you go with the principle,...

If you go with the principle, you should go with the principle. If I really saw the subject very differently than ten years ago, I would have done a different movie.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

It is boring to have all the ...

It is boring to have all the answers. Only political people have answers.

Michael Haneke 114 quotes

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