Joan of Arc helped King Charles VII of France to reverse the defeat of the Hundred Years' War, and was then abandoned by her, sold to England, and sentenced to be burned at the stake by a church court. She was the first true patriot in Western history as well as in modern history. Because the concept of a modern sovereign state only gradually took shape in the 14th and 15th centuries, which was accompanied by the decline of the European Holy See, which aimed to establish a European Christian republic, and the emergence of local churches. As to Joan of Arc, conclusions cannot be drawn arbitrarily, because she is both the daughter of God and man, and the vanguard of national consciousness. The two seem to be contradictory, but the contradiction often accompanies human beings and life. Take Joan of Arc as an example. Her sense of sovereignty and piety, martial and faithful, the contradiction makes her both have the piety of St. Anthony, and have an alternative slightly martial. of chivalry. The contradiction is really an important concept: the contradiction between the subject and the community, the contradiction between the soul and human nature, the contradiction between life and death, the contradiction between piety and desire, the source of contradiction and suffering. Joan of Arc's Passion is so forward-looking and merciful, it accurately predicts the intensified and sharp contradictions (modern state, modernization, enlightenment thought) that human beings have suffered in the past five hundred years, just because the two sides of the contradiction intensify. Some people will question the sanctity of Joan of Arc, just because of her patriotism, but I personally think that holiness is not only piety, but also not only love, the contradiction and suffering of Joan of Arc are both sacred, such as Jesus, she suffered the suffering of all mankind. , but fifteen hundred years have passed, and human beings have gone further on the road of contradiction. From a certain point of view, this is a good thing. As for why there are always saints like Joan of Arc? On the one hand, everyone needs a spiritual coordinate, whether it can be touched or not; on the other hand, it is the supreme combination of contradiction and love. The love for human beings is so real, fiery, and accessible that it suffers for the sins of human beings. , has become the ultimate creed of the kindest and sincere part of everyone. I firmly believe that this creed can be mined. Coming to the movie itself, among all the movies I've seen so far, this movie is extremely special. It has few scenes and a single form. The whole piece is almost rooted in the transcript of the trial of Joan of Arc, but the density of ideas it throws out , The frequency of soul torture is the highest in film history. So much so that I can still think positively in the first half, but in the second half I can't think any more, and can only let my senses wander in the statue-like portraits and the arias that fill the whole film. This movie goes beyond the movie. It is a rare pocket book. Whenever you encounter contradictions, confusion, extremes, and numbness, watch it again, and the alarm bell rings.
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