Aguirre, the Wrath of God

By Jordy 2022-03-25 09:01:10

"I am the wrath of God"

2018.5.17

Written on the front: This is a very different film I watched recently. On the one hand, it is set in more than 1500 years. On the other hand, although it does not have a rich plot structure, it is also surprisingly good-looking.

"I am the wrath of God"

At first I saw Aguirre only as an adventurer who coveted gold treasures, but later...

By Verona 2022-03-25 09:01:10

fantasy near utopia

"Aguirre, the Wrath of God" is also translated as "The Wrath of God". In 1986, it was rated as one of the top ten business cards in the world by Hong Kong. Director Herzog used the picture to record a visionary's difficult journey up the Amazon river on a raft, showing the strange and magnificent scenery of the South American jungle. There are three photographers in this film, one is dedicated to shooting scenery, and the other two are second photographers. The scenes of the film are very well...

By Milan 2022-03-24 09:02:12

A voyage to man's own sick mind and mad nightmare

The beautiful tropical rainforest landscape on both sides of the Amazon River, under the theme of the film's emphasis on expressing the crazy and paranoid character of the protagonist, has almost become a high barrier that oppresses people's nerves like a cage. The chirping of birds and insects directly taken from the natural scenes in the film did not serve as an auxiliary sound effect to create the picturesque scenery along the banks of the river, but constituted a kind of terrifying noise...

By Isaiah 2022-03-23 09:02:10

"Achill, God's Wrath" 1973

The Spanish invaders believed in the legends about the Golden City made by the Indians, so they traveled through mountains and rivers and went deep into the cannibal tropical jungle, hoping to take the Golden City as their own as soon as possible, but the Golden City can only be in the distance.
       When the clouds and mist, the rugged mountain road, and the staggering people walking down the steep mountain road jumped out of the frame, I felt the insignificance of man before nature...

By Rubye 2022-03-23 09:02:10

sleepy madness

Maybe I'm really not suitable for this rhythm and atmosphere of the movie, the whole film feels dull and depressing, giving people a feeling of being unable to breathe, and the application of long takes aggravates this feeling, when you stare at the expressions of the actors After watching for half a minute, you will think, why this shot is so long!
For people who don't know history and don't pursue history, this film is simply unwatchable. I watched it because I was very curious that the...

By Lukas 2023-06-12 07:58:52

Herzog's films are always about extremes, extreme people doing extreme things. The arrogant attitude of modern civilization is reflected everywhere in the original scene, just like the Indian patriarch who threw the Bible to the ground was beaten to death. In the end, the civilization was defeated by the primitive, and Aguirre still stood on the raft, surrounded by dead and sick soldiers. He paid the price for arrogance and madness, but he did not know it. This is the most terrible story....

By Hattie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

The second Herzog + Kinski film I watched after "Nosferatu", the rough and savage texture is reminiscent of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Although the direction of force is different, the mockery of grand words such as conquest and glory has the same goal. Aguirre is the epitome of the ambitions of the great colonial era. From abandoning the motherland, building puppets, false democracy to the blatant high-pressure politics in the later period, and finally to the bleak ending of nothing,...

By Alexander 2022-04-24 07:01:14

#4Herzog# The new German film is a masterpiece of the gods, the miniature human evolution history in the closed rainforest, the endless greed for wealth, and the cruel power struggle. The group portraits have distinct characters, except for Aguirre, the stupid and cowardly puppet emperor, the priest who helped Zhou's abuse, and the wise and courageous leader's wife. The critique of religious hypocrisy is straight-forward. On the one hand, it is the arrogance of man's victory over the...

By Monserrat 2022-04-24 07:01:14

See what machinations, what wars, what adventures, see Herzog strip human beings out of philosophical questions, see Herzog shrink history, and the world will be wiped out in an...

By Nestor 2022-04-24 07:01:14

European countries are basically unified in Christianity, and there are relatively few conflicts. They thought they could preach wherever they went, but they were repeatedly shot by Indians with arrows. The scenery is good, the waterfall is turbulent. Die one by one, knowing that there is no return, or to explore. In the end, many monkeys eat human corpses, which is more...