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Pat 2021-12-31 08:02:54

The man in black is Joan's split personality, a spiritual fantasy formed by her denial of herself.
Why did my sister die like this? Why were you injured in the war? Why were so many people killed and injured in the war? Why can't we capture the city of Paris? Why was it abandoned by the King of France and fell into the hands of the British? Why should you receive a trial of heresy? The seemingly unconsidered issues accumulated bit by bit and became Joan's unconscious denial of his beliefs, and the man in black appeared. So far, the man in black is not God, not Satan, but the "humanity" deep in her heart. Humanity tells her that you are a person, an ordinary person, not a messenger, denying her "God's will", so She once gave up her previous beliefs for her own life. But the extreme loyalty to God from a young age did not allow her to shake her religion at all, so the person in black changed her identity again and began to deny her "humanity" and criticize her betrayal of God, so she resumed her faith and accepted The fate of death. Is her humanity back at this time? Calmly accepting destiny arrangements cannot be regarded as human nature. Human nature fights against destiny.
No matter how strong and deified Joan was in the war, she was still a little girl who had witnessed the death of her relatives but was helpless, questioning why she existed, shouting for revenge, full of painful self-denial.

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  • Taurean 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    At first I thought it was fantasy, but later I found out that it was just insane. By the end of the movie, I had no idea what the director wanted to express. The biggest failure of the film is that the death of Joan of Arc at the end does not provoke any emotional response such as sympathy, regret, sadness, anger, etc. in the audience.

  • Ethyl 2022-04-23 07:02:41

    Did you really not notice where Dustin Hoffman was when you watched it?

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc quotes

  • Aulon: But how do you know that these voices aren't just really you?

    Joan of Arc: They are me. That's how God speaks to me. Even you could hear them if you listened hard enough.

  • [At Joan's insistence, a letter is fired by arrow over the British walls]

    Joan of Arc: [voice-over] This is the third and last time I will write to you... If you are still here at noon, I warn you that you will hear from me to your very great destruction. Please give me your answer speedily.

    Redbeard: [yells from the tower] Go fuck yourseves!

    Joan of Arc: What did he say?

    Aulon: He said he'd think about it.