The film tells the story of the German philosopher Nietzsche holding a horse in Turin's Piazza Carlo Alberto crying so hard that he lost his mind, and then tells the fate of the horse and its owner a few days later. This film is not like a feature film in the traditional sense. It simply presents the daily life of the father and daughter. It looks simple and casual, but every long shot is a summary of Tarr's philosophical thinking. The output of ideological style and the foil of "slow" language make the film's philosophical significance continue to extend. Although Tarr borrowed Nietzsche's perspective to illustrate its philosophical significance, it is not difficult to see that there are differences in the philosophical thinking of the two. Nietzsche was full of criticism of the social environment and common values at that time in the 19th century, and he tried to awaken people. The true nature, surpassing the existing state and developing in a higher direction, thereby reaching the state of "superman", he intends to kill a Christian faith, and then changes the traditional structure by will, and replaces the "superman" with the belief of "superman". On the contrary, Tarr is more aware of the hardships of the world. He knows the progress of human beings, but he does not pursue the sublime nature of "superhuman". He affirms the dignity, character and will quality of people in modern society. To start from Nietzsche's point of view but not to start from Nietzsche's point of view is Thall's unique expression and the way he sees the world differently from others. At the same time, it draws on Tarr and Nietzsche's "distrust" of Christianity at the same time. The "anti-Genesis" structure is adopted in the film. According to the "Bible", God created light on the first day. In the film, the light disappeared on the fifth day, and the third day. The sky created the ocean, the water dried up on the fourth day in the movie, and the man was created on the sixth day. In the movie, the father and daughter were on the verge of death on the sixth day. The movie fully constructed the propaganda concept of "God is dead". Tal once said: "The key point is that all of us, including me, are responsible for the destruction of the world. But there is also a force above humanity - the wind is blowing throughout the film - which is also destroying The world. So both humans and higher powers are destroying the world." From this, we can see Tarr's discussion of life. The film uses a large number of long shots to illustrate its own point of view. In a sense, long shots are its most complex and profound way of expressing it. Tarr used only thirty shots to show a picture scroll. The usual long-shot design has drawn the distance from the audience and extended the time infinitely, which creates a "slow" in time and has a positive effect on the film. Nietzsche's crying while hugging a horse is a pity and deplore for all things in the world. Although nothingness is a ruin, life does not need nothingness, but must keep moving forward.
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