Amour

Devastating and honestly hard to watch. I’m literally horrified of becoming an old person

kayla

Jarring, moving, confrontational, emotive and deeply sincere. Any great piece of art should possess one or more of these qualities and Haneke's film simply possesses them all. And for me personally, I'd like to add soul searing. I am not that familiar with Haneke's work…

DirkH

Georges Laurent does not shed a tear. Age is the greatest sculptor of all. When young, we are afraid, but we pretend not, of what punches life might throw at us. We are afraid of the future, we are afraid of Death, not of our own but of our beloved ones. Age, apart from…

Peaceful Stoner

Watched Michael Haneke's wrenching Amour tonight and afterwards met him at a reception. He said my book Transcendental Style had been an important book for him. I said, okay, I'll make a transcendental film about you--and I did. I blew him up! He loved it and insisted I…

Paul Schrader

Haneke really be trying to ruin pianos for everybody.

ben

When I was seventeen, my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Suddenly, this indomitable figure in my life was becoming increasingly infantilized and dependent. I would sometimes have to drive around our neighborhood and find him: we could take away his car keys, but we…

DallasFrance

michael haneke just loves torturing us with his masterpieces doesn't he i am literally broken at this point

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

A wise man once told me that love is not about the bedroom. It's about the emergency room, and who will be there for you when there's no one else left.  This movie is called "Amour", the French word for "love." The question that title asks is: what is love at the very end?…

David Chen

I’m completely devastated... their glances, the silence, everything made me so sad man. I saw hands trembling and it wasn’t out of fear, but from remembering the weight of holding someone for so long and knowing what it means to let go. When the film ended, I was…

noen