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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“[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
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
As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. — 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
“[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
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
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
