His [Straub's] cinema changed my life. All of Straub’s films changed my life. All of them are models. I would say Die Patriotin (The Patriot), Nicht Versöhnt (Not Reconciled), Othon, and Machorka-Muff.
When I saw The Patriot, I thought, this is the first real film since the Lumière brothers.
— Angela Schanelec · Film Comment Interview: Angela Schanelec