As A Private Person, Professionally I Am

I Try To Get Closer To Reality, To Get Close To The Contradictions. The Cinema World Can Be A Real World Rather Than A Dream World.

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.

I Think Watching A Movie That Simply Confirms My Feelings Is A Waste Of Time. That Applies Not Only To Movies, But Also To Books And Every Form Of Art.

You Cannot Hurt Animals, So What Do I Do? I Kill The Dog First. Then I Do It With The Boy. You're Not Supposed To Break The Illusion Of This Being A Film, So I Make The Actor Talk To The Audience. Provocation Is The Principle Of The Whole Film [ Funny Games]. It Is Very Ironic.

A Feature Film Is Twenty-four Lies Per Second.