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Michael Haneke

(1942) Film Director Austria

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Michael Haneke is a film director from Austria, best known for Die Klavierspielerin.

Quick Facts About Michael Haneke

Born: March 23, 1942
Nationality: Austria
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Die Klavierspielerin

About Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is a German-born Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, German, and English and has worked in television and theatre. He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award doctor honoris causa of the University of Innsbruck honorary doctor of Paris 8 University

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César Award for Best Director Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art European Film Award for Best Film Axel Corti Prize Romy Sonning Prize European Film Academy Critics Award European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Konrad Wolf Prize Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts Knight of the Legion of Honour

Quotes by Michael Haneke

The trouble is that when you read criticisms about the other films that I've made you get the impression that they're all…

Abstract

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What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.

Feelings

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In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a…

Actors

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A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.

Form

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To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a…

Certain

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“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good…

Art

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When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or…

Cinema

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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

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Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education... and looking at education…

19th century

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Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there…

Children

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My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little…

Although

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If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity…

Audience

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You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to…

Cinema

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I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has…

Argument

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When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It…

American

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Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think.…

Answers

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All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

Another

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For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know,…

Cases

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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…

And love

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Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral,…

Cinema

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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…

Art

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

Answers

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To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than…

Blood

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An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.

Answers

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There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means…

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