Dreyer's Joan of Arc is more sacred and dramatic, which I think is in line with an imagination of Joan of Arc in his time. In my opinion, it is a stronger expressionism and represents one of the highest artistic achievements of silent film. And Bresson's Joan of Arc is more three-dimensional, more modern, and more real, or the difference from Dreyer is that Dreyer chose to "god" her, while Bresson chose "human" "To change her, I personally think that Joan of Arc by Bresson is an underrated masterpiece of art, and it is difficult to interpret it in a certain direction, because it has the basic perspective of theology and religion at the macro level, and also has more The figurative group perspective and the individual microscopic spiritual perspective, so when I talk about this film, I have to interpret it from three perspectives (the film review discarded the last two, and only wrote the first one, there is no time to expand, it is also a bit complicated, and it is difficult to concretize it. To interpret, the latter two are based on Bresson's art, and the other is based on Joan of Arc's soul). First, religion and God, God and Joan of Arc, religion and Joan of Arc, let’s talk about religion and God first. In fact, history has recorded more than once. In different eras and national religions, there are people who hold the banner of the Lord and do evil things. Religious interests, take the ignorance-style group worship as a means to continuously maintain the interests of the ruling class, and constantly establish religious enemies to kill and sin. To some extent, religion is an alienated belief. This is my long-standing view. , the current religion and the past religion, their composition is the same complex and not pure, of course, this is only a part of the bad manifestation of religion, I am not denying the meaning of all religions, in this work, the role of religion is , obviously the bad part, the power class of these religions has a given purpose, and it is determined that this is a trial with a predestined outcome. Second, God and Joan of Arc, from the current scientific age, it may be difficult for us to trust the close relationship between Joan of Arc and faith, because it is full of strong religious colors, but from the aesthetic point of view of art, we must believe in the close relationship between Joan of Arc and faith. De is so close to God without a doubt that we must firmly believe that she is a saint, so her persistence is meaningful, and the close connection between her and her faith is established. Third, religion and Joan of Arc are actually the two subjects of this work. Religion is the alienated power class, and Joan of Arc is the religious enemy established by the alienated power class. In this trial, we can Religion regarded as alienation judges God. From this interchangeable position, we look at Joan of Arc’s steadfastness of belief, persecution, and inner struggle experienced by her person during the trial of Joan of Arc. The body of a "female" once held the same rights as men. What she said and did was not in line with the interests of the religious party dominated by the male power class. I They are also like the eyes in the prison that are constantly peeping into the eyes of religion's persecution of Joan of Arc, seeking and recording the truth. Fortunately, Bresson almost created a very flesh-and-blood image of Joan of Arc in the process of restoration and simplification. She has human weaknesses, but also has the piety and sacrifice of believers. She is the incarnation of God, but Judged by believers of God! The most shocking scene in the film was the part where Joan of Arc walked barefoot to the cross at the stake. This was a step toward death, but I saw purity and nobility, piety and courage in my bare feet. It is almost a biographical film, even if it only has the experience of the trial, but the presentation of Joan of Arc's characters, I think it has successfully shaped the soul of a character, the actress's performance is extremely good, included in my top 100 movie history Performance! The information density of the whole work is so great that I don’t think interpretation is important. To feel it, go through the trial with Joan of Arc, and substitute her words and deeds. I believe that you will understand her greatness! 90 points for video, 100 points for script
What is rare in the movie is that it aims at trial, not suffering, but in this persecution, we have no doubt that Joan of Arc suffered because of her belief! Director 95 points for performance, 100 points for innovation, 95 points for works, 96 points for content coefficient, 0.95, film history, 91 points biographies, but it goes deeper than all biographies!
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