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Film Quotes by Michael Haneke
- My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for a…
- Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive…
- Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth.
- Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself
- And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be 'Civil War' - not civil war in the…
- 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…
- A feature film is twenty-four lies per second.
- As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.
- At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping…
- I consider all my films experiments.
- Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.
- What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.
- Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes…
- I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers…
- I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an…
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