Goya's Ghosts

Yvette 2022-04-20 09:02:37

Absurd people are born into a more absurd world. You say that you have a firm belief in this world, so good, God will test you, and it will force you to admit that you are a baboon. Even if you are proud for a while, you will always fall to the bottom. Don't be naive, God is not necessarily God Himself. When the power of a certain authority is above everything else, then he is also God. The truth no longer exists, the world is set by them, you are a good citizen, abide by the law, and you will also suffer from disaster. Namely Elise. The first highlight of the film that attracted me was Goya's printmaking, which was very subtle, and the second one was when the old Bibatu (Elise's father) put a cleric on trial - money and power may be the majority The sadness of the rich, but Lao Bi has set a great example for these people. It is true that a high position and authority is awe-inspiring, but in my territory, you have to listen to me, otherwise you will be tit for tat and let you know that I am powerful . Who can guarantee that the old man didn't play a small drum in his heart when he did this, but his love for his daughter made him willing to take a big risk, and when he succeeded, he wisely gave the monk a step down. Carrots and sticks are really universal truths .

The first sentence says that the film is describing a world that is absurd and unjust. In the middle of the film, Elise was released from the sanctuary by the French army. Although she was tortured by 15 years of prison, she still saved her life. On the contrary The noble fathers and brothers outside died tragically under the iron shoes of the war. The story continues, Napoleon led the French army and the British to take turns to occupy Spain, in the name of helping the people get rid of the severe rule, but through Goya's mouth, we once again see that the essence of the war is actually a game of desires of a few people. The original winner of the game turned his face and went to the guillotine again, but Elise, the "little angel" who had been tortured for half her life, was finally able to hold the baby, hold the hand of "Dad", and enjoy the illusory happiness of family reunion. And Goya, the protagonist of the title, can be regarded as an account of the "little angel" and moral law in his heart. In the end, the story does not have a clear ending, and everyone walks into an unknown world in a daze. There will be wars, separations, impermanence in life, and everything is out of our hands.

I venture to guess whether this film can be classified as Schopenhauer - the whole world is ruled by a blind, irrational, absurd "will". In real life, people's egoistic "will to live" cannot be satisfied, so life is full of pain--Elas is still full of love and respect for the monk who raped her; and her own daughter continues her Mother's misfortune, reduced to a man's plaything.
Denies any phenomenon of historical progress, hates the people, democracy and revolution, even bourgeois reforms - so whether the French or the British invaded, the Spanish regime changed hands again and again, the people still cheered the new ruler, And danced cheerfully on the guillotine.

Thank you for a movie that allows me to write so many words, but the quality of the movie itself is really not enough. For example, the title of the film is Goya, but basically his brother's appearance is optional, such as the smoothness of the story. Sex makes me want to go away when I look at it. Otali Portman, I don't even know that this is the first time she has made a breakthrough in appearance, but I still have no feeling for the character she has created, especially the evaluation of the witch when she appeared on the scene "It's hunched, ugly, and stinky. "Well, let's be retributed, in the end, even the witch wants to draw a line with it, what should I say, deserve it? Yes or no?

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Goya's Ghosts quotes

  • Inés: [model pointing at defaced portrait] Why doesn't that painting have a face?

    Goya: Because he is a ghost.

    Inés: No, he is not.

    Goya: Have you ever seen a ghost?

    Inés: No. But I have seen a witch.

    Goya: Oh, did you?

    Inés: Yes, but she had a face.

    Goya: So what did she look like?

    Inés: She was... all bent and creepy, and she...

    [whispers:]

    Inés: stank.

    [makes disparaging sound]

    Goya: That's interesting, because the witch that I know, she's... she's young, very lovely, and she smells of jasmine.

    Inés: [smiles] She does?

    Goya: She does. And I'm working on her portrait... right now.

    Inés: [smiles as it dawns on her what he means] I'm no witch!

    Goya: [chuckles] How do you know?

  • Tomás Bilbatúa: [worried father, to his young daughter] You have received a summons from the Holy Office.

    [she sits down]

    Tomás Bilbatúa: Do you have any idea what it might be about?

    Inés: No...

    Tomás Bilbatúa: Where did you go with your brothers last night?

    Inés: The tavern.

    [shakes her head]

    Tomás Bilbatúa: Think. Did you say something sacrilegious?

    Inés: [shakes her head] No.

    Tomás Bilbatúa: [to his two sons] Was there an incident or something they could hold against her?

    Álvaro Bilbatúa: She kissed the feet of a dwarf.

    [Inés sticks her tongue out at him]

    Tomás Bilbatúa: [to his daughter] You did?

    Álvaro Bilbatúa: She did.

    [his mother scoffs]

    Inés: Everyone did.

    Ángel Bilbatúa: You know... they can summon her just to... testify against someone else.

    María Isabel Bilbatúa: [hoarsely] Someone else?

    Inés: Is there someone you know they might be interested in?

    Inés: I don't know.

    [shakes her head]

    Inés: No.