I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I’ve been accused of ‘raping’ the audience in my films, and I admit to that freely — all movies assault the viewer… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I'm interested in seeing films that confront me with new things, with films that make me question myself, with films that help… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“[on his satisfaction as an artist] In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think.… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I always seek to mobilize, to call on the imagination of the spectator. It's well-known that the images that are created by… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The trouble is that when you read criticisms about the other films that I've made you get the impression that they're all… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“[on what interests him as a moviegoer] I'm interested in seeing films that confront me with new things, with films that make… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films... Art is there to have a stimulating… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
My feeling, however, is that films that are open are more productive for the audience. The films that, if I'm in a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The trouble is that when you read criticisms about the other films that I've made you get the impression that they're all about themes,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. — Michael Haneke Copy Share
In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good time, to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or not. I'm… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
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 -… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education... and looking at education from the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
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… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share
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![“[on what interests him as a moviegoer] 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. Those are the kinds of films…” quote by Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/12f/michael-haneke-3712_art_on-what-interests-him-as-a-moviegoer-i-m_519225.jpg)
![“You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're not supposed to break the illusion of this being a film, so I make the actor talk to the audience. Provocation is the principle of the whole film [ Funny Games]. It is very ironic.” quote by Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a78/michael-haneke-3712_actors_you-cannot-hurt-animals-so-what-do-i-do_1479959.jpg)
