Okay, let's talk about "The Trial of Joan of Arc". Although this movie is not long, it still shocked me. I watched it more than a year ago. It is about Joan of Arc being tried and finally sentenced to her. burned at the stake. I remember Lu Xun in "Wild Grass. Vengeance II" about the death of Jesus Christ, he finally said:
God left him, and he was still a "son of man"; however, the Israelites even nailed the "son of man" to death . The people who nailed and killed the "Son of Man" were more bloody and bloody than those who nailed the "Son of God".
Lu Xun's few short sentences can also be said to be my feelings when I watched Joan of Arc's trial. This film of Joan of Arc has always been rigorously produced like Bresson, the picture is solemn and concise, and the overall style is solemn and full of compassion. . In my opinion, this movie Bresson wants to find out what is the origin of the Christian spirit or the Roman Catholic spirit through the trial of Joan of Arc? ? Personally, I always thought that Christ was a completely pure and true man who emerged from the greatest reality when Rome was in decline, moral collapse and darkness in which everyone was guilty, not God, he could be God The reason is that he is at the moment with a highest sense of revenge: nailing his body to a cross so that he can preserve and resurrect the spirit! To the greatest extent possible on the earth to retain the way of heaven belonging to the West - the Greek gods and the spirit of the Old Testament. (It seems that Strauss also thinks this way, but I just saw it in an article recently.) It is because of this that Christ was crucified on the cross, and then he was finally what Lu Xun thought was a "human being". The people who nailed and killed the "son of man" were more bloody and bloody than those who nailed and killed the "son of God". The same is true of Joan of Arc, she just set herself at the stake and burnt her own flesh, what is the Christian spirit of a mediocre age! Just like the old tower in "Nostalgia", Dominic ignited his own body on the one hand, and the spirit he symbolized was difficult to hold the candle in the poet's blue and corrupted bath after several efforts. The candle, which symbolized the continuation of the One Spirit, finally collapsed to one side, while the tiny sacred flame of the candle was preserved and continued to burn! Of course, in the last film, "The Sacrifice", Dominic's madman burns the house down... that's what I'm trying to say is a Hamlet-style revenge, and a revenge in the highest sense, like Haizi In the end, he broke his head in the mountain pass of the gods, and the last stage of Hölderlin's life borrowed his play "The Death of Enpedocles" and "Oedipus" through the peaceful leap of the philosopher into the crater And the revenge of his own eyes, his own flesh, so that the spirit can continue in the age of mediocrity. Of course, this is also the meaning of Lu Xun's revenge in the weeds!
Of course, Bresson's films are integral. I think it's difficult to analyze a master's works by dismantling them. Looking at it this way, it may have to be more related to the reality he faced in the French Catholic Church at that time, and finally went to the predicament and the reasons for the historical origin caused by this itself. Well, I'm not very convenient to surf the Internet, so I said something casually. I don't know if I have mentioned a little bit about the movie. Maybe a layman is always scratching his head.
Attachment: Isn't "The Judgment of Joan of Arc" irrational? Of course, extreme rationality must be followed by absolute fiery.
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is the case, if "The Judgment of Joan of Arc" is irrational, and Bresson's films are irrational, then there is no film in this world that is rational enough!
However, this also seems to depend on each person's temperament. A group of theologians in the Middle Ages debated the relationship between belief in God and reason. Different people have different opinions in different periods, and they are mainly divided into two types. One is the tension between sex and belief, which is the highest symbol of Aveloiism, and the other is Thomas The highest combination of rationality and faith. For French Catholicism, it can be said to be the noblest and most sacred spirit of theology left at that time or in the whole of Europe. Moreover, in Catholicism there is a very mysterious religious theocracy, the Jesus Society, which has cultivated and produced many great philosophers in modern times. It was only because of the later Lutheran-style religious reform of the populace and the great revolutionary storm launched by the lower classes that the French Catholic aristocratic blood was completely subverted, making the Catholic aristocratic spirit decline in Europe, and for the later Europe to move towards the mediocrity of democracy and equality. Clear the way for modern society
I think that in the film "The Trial of Joan of Arc", Bresson may be looking for a lot of Catholicism's own reasons that lead to this mediocre society in modern times, that is, what was the original origin of Catholicism's own spirit? What is the true spirit of Christ, and hope to find some way out for the future of Catholicism in Europe. Of course, this is also the biggest dilemma he faces... and so on. It seems that you don’t like religious discussions. I used to think so too. A few years ago, I was obsessed with Christian theology by myself. Later, I worshipped Confucius and listened and studied the words of Eastern sages devoutly.
Strong enough to strip away the personal [heavy burden] completely, and accept the [divine grace] like a newborn baby. I hate movies that discuss religion, except for the momentary divinity, sweet as a tear from Kabylia. ------------- After reading your words, it reminds me of some of the words in Wei Yi's "Heavy Duty and Divine Grace", which I appreciate very much.
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