#films

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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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 emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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I'm not a big guy anyway. I'm only, what, 150 pounds? I was 190 for 'Batman,' 179 for 'Warrior.' Films make you look big. ↗

— Tom Hardy

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There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled. ↗

— Tom Hardy

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I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films. ↗

— Renny Harlin

#films #i #making #old #years

There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films. ↗

— Renny Harlin

#because #deal #dreaming #films #finance

This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything. ↗

— Renny Harlin

#anything #around #cigarettes #doing #films

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. ↗

— Ed Harris

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