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Michael Haneke Quotes

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 artistic reflection. I always aim to look directly at what I’m dealing with. I think it’s a task of dramatic art to confront us with things that in the entertainment industry are usually swept under the rug Picture Quote #1

I’m not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I’m very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up a coffee, you look here, you say the line. We try it with the cameras rolling, and if it doesn’t work, we adjust it until it does. It’s very simple Picture Quote #1

I’m not really a happy person. It’s a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic Picture Quote #1

Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always look at yourself from the outside. Even as a child I always observed myself and the world. I believe that everyone who chooses this path in any way, who chooses to be a describer of life, suffers from this condition. It’s like a mental obsession. It can be a great pity too. It robs you of a certain joy in spontaneity Picture Quote #1

I don’t need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears with my work. That’s the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something Picture Quote #1

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 elements of life consumable Picture Quote #1

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Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth Picture Quote #1

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director Picture Quote #1

It’s much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations Picture Quote #1

If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding what’s important to them Picture Quote #1

In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 artistic reflection. I always aim to look directly at what I’m dealing with. I think it’s a task of dramatic art to confront us with things that in the entertainment industry are usually swept under the rug (Michael Haneke Quotes) I’m not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I’m very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up a coffee, you look here, you say the line. We try it with the cameras rolling, and if it doesn’t work, we adjust it until it does. It’s very simple (Michael Haneke Quotes) I’m not really a happy person. It’s a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic (Michael Haneke Quotes) Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always look at yourself from the outside. Even as a child I always observed myself and the world. I believe that everyone who chooses this path in any way, who chooses to be a describer of life, suffers from this condition. It’s like a mental obsession. It can be a great pity too. It robs you of a certain joy in spontaneity (Michael Haneke Quotes) I don’t need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears with my work. That’s the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something (Michael Haneke Quotes) 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 elements of life consumable (Michael Haneke Quotes) Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth (Michael Haneke Quotes) I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director (Michael Haneke Quotes) It’s much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations (Michael Haneke Quotes) If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding what’s important to them (Michael Haneke Quotes) In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended (Michael Haneke Quotes) 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 (Michael Haneke Quotes)

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