In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to … - Michael Haneke

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I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

Michael Haneke

In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to say, so I wanted to continue the dialog and that's why I did "Funny Games. " The irony is that after I shot "Funny Games," but it hadn't been released at all anywhere.

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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.

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Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always look at yourself from the outside. Even as a child I always observed myself and the world. I believe that everyone who chooses this path in any way, who chooses to be a describer of life, suffers from this condition. It's like a mental obsession. It can be a great pity too. It robs you of a certain joy in spontaneity.

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Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself

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That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

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I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic.

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