Quote by: Michael Haneke

My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for a cinema of insistent questions instead of false (because too quick) answers, for clarifying distance in place of violating closeness, for provocation and dialogue instead of consumption and consensus.


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Author Bio


  • NameMichael Haneke
  • DescriptionAustrian film director and screenwriter
  • BornMarch 23, 1942
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Writer
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; Romy; Gold Decoration For Services To The City Of Vienna; Konrad Wolf Prize; Princess Of Asturias Award - Art