A Feature Film Is Twenty-four

Film Is Simply The Most Complex Way You Can Express Yourself

Classicism Becomes Avant-garde When Everyone Else Is Doing Their Utmost To Develop New Stylistic Forms. I Think It's Healthy To Return To Classical Forms.

The Film [the White Ribbon] Does Try To Use German Fascism As An Example, But Not Specifically Fascism... The Results Of German Fascism. It Shows How People Are Prepared Or Indoctrinated For An Ideology... People Who Are Already In A State Of Repression Who Have Been Humiliated By Society And Who Clasp At A Straw That's Offered To Them. And How That's Then Developed Into A Form Of Indoctrination.

Film Is 24 Lies Per Second At The Service Of Truth, Or At The Service Of The Attempt To Find The Truth.

Like Every Filmmaker, I Make My Films To Reach The Widest Audience Possible.