A Feature Film Is Twenty-four

At Its Best, Film Should Be Like A Ski Jump. It Should Give The Viewer The Option Of Taking Flight, While The Act Of Jumping Is Left Up To Him.

It Became A Gamble To Myself Whether I Was Able To Do The Exact Same Film ["funny Games"]under Very Different Circumstances.

You'll See More Violence In Any Television Crime Series Than You Will In My Films Art Is There To Have A Stimulating Effect, If It Earns Its Name. You Have To Be Honest, That's The Only Thing.

There Are Really Two Types Of Laughter On The Part Of The Spectator. There Is The Laughter Of Recognition - Which Means Seeing Things You're Familiar With And Laughing At Yourself. But There's Also Hysterical Laughter - A Way Of Dealing With The Things We See That Upset Us.

When Making A Film, I'm Never Concerned About Whether The Theme Is New Or Whether It's Been Done Before In Cinema Or Not. I'm Led To Make Films If There's A Theme That Interests Me Or I Experience Something In My Own Life That Confronts Me With Something That I Want To Deal With.