Michael Haneke

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

#life

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#art #question #art

I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#close #closer #contradictions #dream #dream world

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

— Michael Haneke

#artist #give #i #message #questions

As a private person, professionally I am invisible. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#i #i am #invisible #person #private

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 is left up to him. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#best #film #flight #give #him

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

— Michael Haneke

#film #filmmaker #genre #make #only

Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#becomes #classical #develop #doing #else

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#conflict #deal #drama #issues #lives

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 that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#author #because #demanding #get #i