I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Films for TV have to be much closer to the book, mainly because the objective with a TV movie that translates literature… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If I'm reading a book that doesn't leave me with questions, moving questions, that I feel confronted with, then for me it's… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“I like the multiplicity of books, because each book is different in the mind of each reader. It's the same with this… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“I do think that our perception of reality is fragmentary, and in 20th-century literature, it’s totally normal to not describe reality as… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I think watching a movie that simply confirms my feelings is a waste of time. That applies not only to movies, but… — 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
You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the… — 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 Image
What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. — 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 question of… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 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 not. I'm… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
