Quote by Michael Haneke

Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is.

Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provi

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This quote suggests that mainstream cinema tends to follow a pattern of posing questions and promptly providing answers, aimed at comforting the viewer. However, if these answers truly represented reality, society would be drastically different from its current state. The quote implies that mainstream cinema often presents simplistic, idealized resolutions that may not accurately reflect the complexity and uncertainties of real life.

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