Michael Haneke

I consider all my films experiments. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#experiments #films #i

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 ingesting spoon-fed images. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#audience #completes #consumers #film #give

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

#child #contrary #difficult #director #disturbing

A feature film is twenty-four lies per second. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#feature film #film #lies #per #second

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#control freak #doing #exactly #far #freak

It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#critics #disease #hard #labeled #laziness

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#harder #just #people #room #story

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#avoid #course #death #different #feel

On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#i #into #involved #jokes #keep

'The White Ribbon' had to be in German because of the subject matter, that was clear. But in the case of 'Amour,' it could have taken place in any country. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#because #case #clear #could #country