When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable.
Michael Haneke
Related I had seen 'Do the Right Thing' when I was at college, and it was incredibly inspiring as a ... JUSTIN CHADWICK The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?' TOMMY LEE JONES Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, an... MANUEL PUIG 'American Sniper' is a film that erases history, spectacularizes violence, and reduces war a... HENRY GIROUX I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas... JEAN-LUC GODARD American cinema is international like the fairy tales were international BERNARD TAVERNIER Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American sol... DASHANNE STOKES The big French movie distributors are the Trojan horse of the American cinema. JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a... QUENTIN TARANTINO 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' was my first American movie. It was my first movie in an American ... BEL POWLEY Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent com... ANDRZEJ WAJDA I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man&... MALCOLM X I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing... JOHNNY VEGAS Violence is as American as cherry pie. H. RAP BROWN I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema. TATUM O'NEAL Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 ti... MICHAEL HANEKE The scene of independent cinema is already a large scene in America, and not in a negative way, but ... XAVIER DOLAN Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Ful... NIGEL LYTHGOE I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to t... WAGNER MOURA There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. W... EDWARD JAMES OLMOS It is a pro-U.N. movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a mov... SCOTT RITTER I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery,... BHARATI MUKHERJEE From the American newspapers, you'd think America was populated by naked women and cinema stars NANCY WITCHER ASTOR, VISCOUNTESS I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie. H. RAP BROWN I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie. HUBERT GEROID BROWN American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. TOM HOOPER From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema sta... NANCY ASTOR From the American newspapers, you'd think America was populated by naked women and cinema stars NANCY WITCHER ASTOR VISCOUNTESS O.K., if the desire to knock America off its pedestal, to redistribute American income to other coun... DINESH D'SOUZA Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny. ZEDD 'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audien... LEE SIEGEL It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failu... SCOTT RITTER The thing about watching a show about the Iraq war, especially for an American audience, is that it ... LUKE MACFARLANE I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think ... WIM WENDERS They are highly dependent on the interest of the American audience. They have to maintain interest i... DAN DOCTOROFF We are humbled by the other nominees in this category. You have made this year one of the most breat... CATHY SCHULMAN Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel li... ALEXANDER PAYNE American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly importa... VINCENTE MINNELLI I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an ... MONICA BELLUCCI Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee m... GEORGE F. WILL It used to be that the highest ambition of American novelists was to write 'the Great American N... MICHAEL KORDA I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me ... DINESH D'SOUZA I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a we... REBEL WILSON I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depend... SANDRA CISNEROS I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man'... MALCOLM X The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way wh... HENRY A. WALLACE Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee m... GEORGE F. WILL Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committ... GEORGE WILL I'm married to an American. I work for a company that is, you know, its headquarters in the U.S. WAEL GHONIM I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 2... JACKIE CHAN Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Amer... BILL MAHER The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. PETER USTINOV Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. 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THEODORE ROOSEVELT 'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel m... MICHAEL HANEKE 'American Idol' is a juggernaut... Because of my 'American Idol' win, I am able to d... TAYLOR HICKS I'm the only one in my family with an American accent. LOLA KIRKE My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. FREDERICK WISEMAN I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the ... PER PETTERSON All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ... DON MCLEAN When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen th... MONICA BELLUCCI We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way. EDWARD KENNEDY Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. America... KAREN ALLEN No American films?’ ‘I don’t like comic strips.’ ‘Film noir?’ J.G. BALLARD An American can have a Ford in any color so long as its black. HENRY FORD Well it was a natural thing being married to a Texan. I wanted to become an American because Texas i... PETER MAYHEW Well it was a natural thing being married to a Texan. I wanted to become an American because Texas i... PETER MAYHEW When you watch the first 'American Pie' movie, you're like... 'I know that jock who&... HAYDEN SCHLOSSBERG I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor. HARVEY PEKAR The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of publi... HENRY A. WALLACE I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an
American! DANIEL WEBSTER This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic l... HENRY MINTZBERG I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American. DANIEL WEBSTER I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American DANIEL WEBSTER I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American. JOHN F. KENNEDY The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlem... FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies. ERIC BALFOUR The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in th... FRANK I. COBB The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American e... OCTAVIO PAZ I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American m... JIM DEMINT I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer ... DANIEL ALARCON Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - ... MAXWELL CAULFIELD
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