The first person in the film gives a lonely, quiet atmosphere, which is reinforced by the diary-style monologue. The pastor’s emotions are very strong to the viewer in this atmosphere, and even empathetic, as if being in the feeling of the only person in the world, almost can ignore everything and feel it only by emotion, I believe there is very little The film can do it. For example, he said: "I am not interested in telling the so-called secrets of others... This seems to be salting my wound..."
In fact, perhaps only by doing this can I understand Bresson's true intentions. This kind of sincerity is touching and even shocking. We can perceive the human heart from any trace of people's expressions, and feel an echo from the extreme silence and stillness. Even if the priest did not redeem anyone, even himself. However, no matter how the world changes, we still believe in it. As he said at the end, "What does it matter, everything is merciful." The
image actually has a sense of poverty, without too much movement, even when the priest died, he did not give too much description of the hustle and bustle, but that's why we are To be able to experience the slightest bit of emotional interaction from the look, from the words, from the few actions, without being disturbed by any bells and whistles, I believe that Bresson hopes that people will be more focused on experiencing the feelings of a person. , Even penetrated the body and found that the soul was dormant on it, not something else.
For example, when the priest went to see a doctor, the film did not show the priest in the room knowing that he was about to die. Instead, he walked out slowly and reacted slightly when picking up the luggage. We can feel how sad he was. Even without knowledge of religion, we can still feel the state of mind when the countess threw the necklace into the fireplace and the priest picked it up again.
Think of "Joan of Arc", Luc Besson's Joan of Arc, no matter how legendary or extraordinary she tells Joan, it is far from us. Indeed, we know what is the use of the life of Joan of Arc. Perhaps only in Jean-Derry of Bresson can we feel the true suffering and faith of Joan of Arc.
As Bazin said about this film, "The language that cannot be read with your lips must be the voice of the soul."
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