It seems that the earlier the film is, the more handy it is to play with montage art. The filming method of the film is absolutely eye-catching. In addition to allowing the imagination in the brain to be presented to the audience in an overlapping manner on the screen, there are even fast-reversed shots showing the disappearing process of the devil's gold coins. The close-ups of countless facial expressions show the pain and madness of people in the age of ignorance. This should not be called "witchcraft of the past." This is clearly the oppression of people by the religions of the past. At the end of the story, the director also raised a question: out of the era of stupid and ignorant superstition, will the pain of the elderly and women be alleviated?
I feel that if I was born in the Middle Ages, I would probably not survive the opening song. The ten-century dark age was simply "a million ways to die for women," many of which included men and children. In those days, if you were old and ugly, then you were a witch; if you were young and beautiful, then you would surely seduce other people to commit crimes, so you were the messenger of the devil; if you did not confess your sins, you would be given all kinds of tricks Torture beyond the imagination of normal people; if you plead guilty, both you and your child will be tied to a wooden stake and burned to death. Your ugliness, mops, cats passing by the door, dirty urine, etc., are all proof that you are an accomplice of the devil. Of course, you also have the opportunity to prove your innocence, such as weighing you and a chicken. If you are lighter than it, it proves that your soul is pure, otherwise you should be burned to death; if you tie up your hands and feet and throw them into the river Here, if you come up, it proves that you are the devil and should be burned to death, if you sink and drown, then it proves that you are innocent, and others can thank God. If you are aggrieved, you can also make up stories that can assert that who is like you are the devil's accomplices, and you will not be lonely in hell in the future.
The film uses a large number of books, illustrations, paintings, narrations, etc. to prove people’s imagination of witchcraft in that era. The strange thing is that the respectable judges, monks, etc. are the people who know the devil best, knowing their characteristics, Sabbath What I like to do, even as if I have witnessed the lifelike depiction of the devil's secret carnival, and then use dirty and nasty means to force people to admit their evil deeds. Compared with the devils who just let believers kiss their butts, these missionaries should be the existence of people's real fear.
At that time, materials were scarce and living conditions were extremely bad, but people's imagination was extremely strong. Probably the most romantic thing a missionary can think of is to propagate endless fear and pain to ordinary people. Otherwise, why just use ordinary people at the knife? Is poverty the original sin? The devil was in the mouth of the missionaries, but the blood and death appeared in the hands of these missionaries. No wonder this film will be banned for a long time.
At the end of the story, the Middle Ages developed into modern society. In addition to religious imprisonment, what awaits women is the injustice of the law and the lack of medical skills. Although it's just an understatement, we know that fear and hypocrisy will not disappear. They are more reproductive and contagious than good genes, and they are lurking in people's hearts from generation to generation. The most terrifying thing has always been human, the devil, isn't it the little monster in the heart of human beings. What people resist is the devil or the self. The last surrender is the complexity of human nature or the perplexity of indulgence and depravity.
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