Michael Haneke
That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.Collection: Fascism
I never use soundtrack; it is always part of the story.Collection: Stories
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.Collection: Challenges
It's difficult because you can't generalise about these things. But in essence, you deal with children as simply as you deal with actors - you have to show a certain sort of respect. You deal with them lovingly and protect them, but if you protect them enough then they're open to engage with what you want to do with them.Collection: Children
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.Collection: Progress
I consider all my films an experiment, at least in my mind.Collection: Mind
It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good.Collection: Two
For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know, that is always different. It's always the case. We never know what happened then.Collection: Reality
Because in the feudal system of that period at least 80% of people lived in villages, so it's very simple to get a cross-section of society in a single village. You get the microcosm of the social macrocosm.Collection: Simple
Never say no. It always depends on what's possible. I don't care so much where it is; it's what I want to do that matters.Collection: Care
Of course there are many films about the period of Fascism itself but I don't know of any about that period beforehand. But it wasn't that specific fact that they weren't there that got me to think about this in the first place. It's not what led to the basic idea for the film, although it became apparent when I began to think about it.Collection: Thinking
Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I have to think that he's either a liar or a hypocrite.Collection: Liars
The difficulty, then, is when you create a church, an institution, and you create a dogma. When you create an ideology, that's the danger. Communism, too, is a beautiful idea, but millions of people died when communism became an ideology.Collection: Beautiful
When ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre.Collection: Enemy
It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances.Collection: Games
If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don't have that option and every scene has to work again.Collection: Cutting
People have been educated to expect answers, even before the questions come along. It's the TV principle. You offer three possible answers before the questions come to relax and calm the audience.Collection: People
It’s unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or your father. They were strong and now they’re like a baby – it’s not so funny.Collection: Strong
If I’m reading a book that doesn’t leave me with questions, moving questions, that I feel confronted with, then for me it’s a waste of time. I don’t want to read a book that simply confirms what I already know.Collection: Reading