Comments on: Watch: Michael Haneke Calls ‘Downfall’ “Repulsive & Dumb” & Explains His Issues With ‘Schindler’s List’

By: nightgoat72

nightgoat72 — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

I just want Mark Boal to shut up and Haneke to talk. Haneke is awesome.

By: 5555

5555 — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

That was a boring talk. Almost no conversation, just bad questions and long monologues from people with little to say. I love Judd, but he monopolized too much time and said little. It's a shame Haneke was stuck in the writers' ghetto and won't get to engage with the directors

By: zatopek

zatopek — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

"Michael, is it ok for entertainment to make people feel terrible?"

By: daniel

daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

Please, internet, make a Hitler Reacts to Michael Haneke video.

By: ben armington

ben armington — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

Judging from stuff like the PIANO TEACHER and THE WHITE RIBBON, Haneke doesn't seem above a little audience manipulation himself, although it is enjoyable to watch his severe nature take the air out of the room here. Kind of a missed opportunity not to have Tony Kushner and Quentin Tarantino in on this discussion

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

wthell Judd Apatow is there???????? he is sooooooo overrated.

By: El Hanso

El Hanso — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:51 +0000

Holy crap! Haneke at the THR awards season roundtable? Now that's something I thought would never happen. I am not surprised however that he dislikes "Downfall" and "Schindler's List." And "Night & Fog," for him, really seems like the only logical answer to the question how to do the Holocaust on film if not like those other two films.
I like these roundtables. Will check the full thing out later.

By: Collin

Collin — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:50 +0000

Because there's nothing at all emotionally manipulative about killing off animals in nearly all of your movies.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:50 +0000

So,… he is slaying all the Holocoust films. That's funny because Hollywood love to make films about this.
I don't know why Krasinski and Judd Appatow are in the same room of Haneke. -_-"

By: droopy

droopy — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:50 +0000

everyone, especially krasinkski, needs to shut up and let haneke do the talking. the reason krasinski in particular bugs me is because his movie is obviously the kind of manipulative crap that tells your audience exactly how to feel

By: jingmei

jingmei — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:50 +0000

Looks like THR had limited time to organize seperately writers and directors, or actors. In that room only Chris Terrio is a purely awesome writer.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:08:50 +0000

Michael Haneke is great. im' pretty sure 'the white ribbon' is the best film of the last 5 years.