War is a defeat for humanity.
And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films it would be...
I love actors both my parents were actors and the work with actors is the...
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to...
Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues...
And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact no one seriously...
People expect me to be dark and gloomy then write that I'm a jolly chap and...
My father and I had a good relationship it was very relaxed. He had a lot of...
Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's...
All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
To me it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more...
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the...
When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s it was my intention...
'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different....
It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life...
I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making...
You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art we had...
Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's...
Of course we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To...
Films for TV have to be much closer to the book mainly because the objective...
To be perfectly honest I think that as I'm growing older I'm just growing...
