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You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to make better films, but it certainly can't hurt.
Michael Haneke
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Michael Haneke
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 23
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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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Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.
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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.
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It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good.
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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.
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Never say no. It always depends on what's possible. I don't care so much where it is it's what I want to do that matters.
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