how faith is made

Lottie 2022-03-20 09:01:57

In order to achieve a deep understanding of this film, one must have a certain understanding of the society and religion in Russia at that time. At this level, I feel deeply lacking and powerless. But at the same time, the film art ontology that the director has always adhered to allows us to feel the artistic reality created by the film even if we cannot touch the deepest philosophical thinking.

Throughout the whole article, Rublev's life was a life of wandering and turbulent. This turmoil is not only physical, but also spiritual. After Lublev left his monastery and set out on his journey, he had been witnessing or experiencing the mutilations and sufferings, including the brutal massacre. This was not a "honor" given to him by God, but in the turbulent environment at the time, such tragedies were everywhere.

At the same time, Rublev has also been engaged in spiritual and ideological confrontation with various people. There are several scenes where Rublev argues with people. In the beginning, Kimer's accusation when he left the monastery, the debate with the old man by the river, the conversation with the woman in the mysterious tribe, and the communication with the soul after the massacre. I don't dare to speculate on the specific meaning of these confrontations, but I only feel the power of religion as an ideology. A few days ago, I heard Director Yang Chao's comments on religion and was deeply touched.

At that time, he talked about the so-called cult, and said: "I have doubts about the concept of the so-called cult. The so-called religion is just a kind of thought, an ideology, and a cult is just a label attached to them by mainstream religions. If the ideology is different, the debate is over. That’s not how our Buddhism came to be. It took so long to debate and persuade each other before it finally became mainstream. It didn’t become mainstream from the very beginning.”

Rublev's life was also a life of arguing for his beliefs. During this process, he was defeated, wavered, and even decided not to paint anymore. But after all of this, he still returned to his beliefs and painted In the "Holy Trinity", Jesus' eyes are so rich, kind, compassionate, firm, angry...

Since most of these debates are verbal games, Laota contributed a lot of wonderful dialogue scenes in this film. It's worth noting that none of these dialogue scenes are head-to-head, a Hollywood-invented way of saving trouble. As long as the two people start to argue, it is a long shot to the end, and then make wonderful internal scheduling in it.

In the conversation between Rublev and the woman, he kept tilting his head to avoid the sight of the woman because the woman was naked, while the woman chased her gaze and ran from left to right, and the camera swayed. And when it comes to love, the camera is slightly pushed forward to the woman, and with the music playing, the woman rushes up to kiss Rublev. This actor's performance also contributed to this. Rublev's eyes have been wandering and dodging, showing inner struggle and shaking, while women represent simple but powerful values ​​- primitive impulse.

After the massacre, Rublev talked to the dead in the church. One of the dead souls was originally on his right side. When he turned around while talking, the camera panned and the dead soul appeared on the left. This treatment not only makes the dialogue more fluid, but also implies that the object of his dialogue is a surreal, non-existent person. This is actually a conversation with your own heart.

In addition to dialogue, there are many excellent scheduling and details to learn. During the massacre, the leader of the Tartar shot an arrow at a rebel, then burned the hay in front of him. Panning down the camera, we saw that the resister had an arrow in his chest rolling down, and panning up, the hay that had been lit before was roaring, and the church in the background was shrouded in flames. There is also a small detail. The leader of the Tatar and the Russian leader who betrayed his countrymen rode in the city to watch the slaughter. At this time, the dog of the Russian leader barked at the Tatar, and the Tatar laughed: "Your little bitch. When you grow up, you don’t know me anymore.” Here is a simple detail, how ironic, even the dog knows who is the foreign enemy, but this Russian leader betrays his compatriots for his own selfish interests.

By the way, Bryayev, who played Ivan, is really suitable for the image of this teenage hero. He has the courage to command a group of adults, and seems to know how to do it by nature. But at the same time there is the innocence and fragility of a child.

Also, although the picture quality, sound quality and subtitle quality of the resources I watched are not bad, but there are inexplicable fast-forwards and deletions in many places, and then I found that almost all the downloadable resources on the Internet are only this version. I finally found an online resource with AV image quality. I wanted to see how "unsightly" these clips that were deleted at the risk of breaking the rhythm of the director's cut were just some naked scenes that didn't count as missing— In one scene, a man and a woman meet in the bushes. The shadows of the trees block their bodies and there is no dew point. I don't know who made this resource like this, or why such a great movie can only be found in this version. What a paradox! Could someone who can watch a movie like "Andrei Rublev" in its entirety, which is three hours long, suffer in any way because of so few nudity scenes?

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Extended Reading
  • Jacinthe 2022-04-20 09:01:48

    [A+] The story read like a poem does not dilute the huge impact of "Andrei Rublev" on religious traditional culture. It is exactly the same as "Lawrence of Arabia", both disguised as ordinary biopics, but in fact Discuss the subversion and destruction of "conflict" in the depths of people's hearts, but Laota extends this to a generalized level. As the film continues to blur the boundaries between the words "savage" and "civilized", the audience is also deviating from the established cognition. Until the Holy Land of Jesus is stained with blood, the seemingly solid and iron-like faith will be lost. Collapsed. The brush in Andrei Rublev's hand can't stop the tragedies on Russian soil, nor can it stop his travels from blurring his own position. Fortunately, he grabbed the last straw called "rejection" and put a heavy lock on his talent. But this does not mean that the vast majority of Moscow people can also face this problem directly. They chose to obey and built the big bell, but when the bell rings, it is also the time when the dream wakes up. We are shocked that the "meaning" endowed by religion comes first It seemed so empty and exhausted.

  • Asa 2022-03-21 09:02:11

    Seeing Tarkovsky's film for the first time is as sacred and solemn as reading a classic masterpiece. The upper and lower parts lasted for more than three hours, setting a record for the length of time I watched a movie in a movie theater. Slightly difficult to digest the film's religious themes, but still fascinated by its neat and magnificent chapter structure. Walking on this miserable land, what a wandering artist, monk, and painter saw and heard. A wasted life. Abandoned Faith. Forgotten history.

Andrei Rublev quotes

  • Kirill: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth and the thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth. Walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes but know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth before the difficult days come and the years draw nigh when thou shalt say "I have no pleasure in them." Remember thy creator before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken or the pitcher shattered at the fountain or the wheel broken at the well. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. "Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher; "All is vanity."

  • Andrei Rublyov: I am what I am. You couldn't teach me integrity.