Tarkovsky's praises and eulogies for the madman Dominic's extreme idealism are undoubtedly pathological. He has fallen into a false sense of responsibility "for your own good" and lacks the spirit of humanism and humanitarianism.
Tarkovsky said in the sculpture time that the madman Dominic criticized the degeneration and material hedonism of modern society, and firmly believed that this was the road to destruction. Moreover, Dominic believes that he has a redemptive and moral responsibility for his family and others, and does not want them to go out into the apocalyptic fallen world. So he imprisoned his family and let them get rid of the materialistic world outside like himself. But did his child say it was the end of the world after he was rescued? It shows how comfortable, comfortable and wonderful the outside world is for his wife and children, but for Dominique, it is a sinking. It is giving up the body to serve spiritual pursuits, and instead makes human beings captive by their own fleshly desires and biological instincts. Tarkovsky said, "Dominic is a bit like a stalker, he sticks to his own ideas, does not succumb to the pursuit of utility and materialism by the whole society, chooses the path of painful martyrdom, and tries to prevent it through personal efforts and self-sacrifice. Human beings have embarked on that crazy road of self-destruction. The most important thing is that people's never-ending conscience keeps him from coveting comfort and food all day long." In Dominique's view, material desire and utilitarianism are the end of the world, and the spiritual world is the eternal place. Toh, it's really good to pursue this thing yourself. Many poets grow up poor and harmless in the rich spiritual world. The bad thing is that Dominic and Tarkovsky think that they are alone in their spiritual beliefs. Pursuit is not enough, he also needs a sense of responsibility, dedication and sacrifice to others, he needs to influence others, force others to get these good things, and selflessly give others these beliefs, which is very evil. He imprisoned his family for 7 years until he was rescued, went to the Roman Forum to preach for many days, and then self-immolated as a martyr. These actions are very consistent with his consistent beliefs. But in the modern concept, imprisoning others and self-immolation are extreme idealism after breaking through the humanitarian bottom line, wanton harm to others and themselves. Universal values and humanitarianism draw a bottom line for human beings, and the biggest characteristic of all extremism is to ignore this bottom line.
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