Is this really love? Haneke just presents, not explains.

Henderson 2022-04-21 09:02:21

The whole film is almost a home space, with two seniors with strong acting skills.

Most use still shots, but the composition is beautiful, the lighting is exquisite, and every frame is oily.

The characters and stories are extremely simple. They are a loving old man and an old lady who are music teachers. One day, the old lady suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. She was taken care of by the old man, but her daughter and son-in-law had their own work to do without much help. In the end, the old man In the end, I couldn't take it anymore, so I suffocated the old lady with the quilt. But under such a simple plot, the excavation of the emotional core is too deep and bottomless.

In terms of performance, because the two actors are big actors in the movie emperor and actor class, you can actually see the freshness of many improvisations, as well as the precise grasp of details such as breath, eye rhythm, etc., impeccable. Through a trace of emotional savings, the quantitative change finally turned into a qualitative change. One day in a peaceful life, when I saw the pillow, I felt relieved without premeditated, so I covered it.

In fact, each of us has our own problems that we have to face and solve, and we really have no time to interfere in the lives of others.

However, I neither respect nor dislike this way of expressing love. It is reasonable to exist. In our real life, there are actually many such cases, but they are not known.

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Extended Reading
  • Loyce 2021-12-18 08:01:03

    Each shot reveals a cold temperament, but at the same time it is full of human softness and affection. This gentle cruelty, cruel gentleness shocked my heart! Worthy of Palme d'Or.

  • Thomas 2021-12-18 08:01:03

    After seeing it, it took a while. In addition to the pre-publicity of facing birth, old age, sickness and death, the torture of illness and love, there is also a strong sense of powerlessness, and the pain that small people ultimately have to face. Minimalist style expands the plot of a confined space. The empty mirror is used very well, allowing the audience time to digest the emotional impact of the plot. Haneke was so cool. The poster is very gentle, but the movie has not only a gentle side

Amour quotes

  • Anne: What would you say if no one came to your funeral?

    Georges: Nothing, presumably.

  • Georges: [telling a childhood memory] ... some banal romance or other about a nobleman and a lower middle-class girl who couldn't have each other and who then, out of sheer magnanimity, decide to renounce their love - in fact, I don't quite remember it any more. In any case, afterwards I was thoroughly distraught, and it took me a bit of time to calm down. In the courtyard of the house where grandma lived, there was a young guy at the window who asked me where I'd been. He was a couple of years older than me, a braggart who really impressed me. "To the movies," I said, because I was proud that my grandma had given me the money to go all alone to the cinema. "What did you see?" I started to tell him the story of the movie, and as I did, all the emotion came back. I didn't want to cry in front of the boy, but it was impossible; there I was, crying out loud in the courtyard, and I told him the whole drama to the bitter end.

    Anne: So? How did he react?

    Georges: No idea. He probably found it amusing. I don't remember. I don't remember the film either. But I remember the feeling. That I was ashamed of crying, but that telling him the story made all my feelings and tears come back, almost more powerfully than when I was actually watching the film, and that I just couldn't stop.