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 More Quotes by Michael Haneke More Quotes From Michael Haneke Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody in particular I got inspired from. Michael Haneke numbers directors children I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion. Michael Haneke humans needs thinking 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. Michael Haneke film cutting want 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. Michael Haneke relax principles people I’ve been accused of ‘raping’ the audience in my films, and I admit to that freely — all movies assault the viewer in one way or another. Michael Haneke viewers assault way Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different. Michael Haneke inevitable accepting different 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 different trying war Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film. Michael Haneke awards important directors 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 coffee simple long 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 stubborn and-love patience Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have. Michael Haneke excellence directors thinking 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 issues trying drama What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. Michael Haneke important persons feelings It’s harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. Michael Haneke writing character two A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation. Michael Haneke improvisation strict form Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. Michael Haneke simple giving thinking My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like me, although he had no beard. He had the appearance of a very elegant British-looking man. Michael Haneke good-relationship men father You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing. Michael Haneke violence names art There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means seeing things you're familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there's also hysterical laughter - a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us. Michael Haneke laughter two mean I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else. Michael Haneke actors somewhere-else television
