Today, let's talk about the movie "The Secret of the Book of Kells".
Title The Secret of Kells / Brendan and the Secret of Kells (2009), alias The Secret of Kells (Taiwan) / The Secret of Kells Abbey / The Gospels of Brandon and Kells / Brenda and Kell St. Book Secrets.
The film is Irish director Tom Moore's first animated feature film.
Several of his animated films have distinct personal characteristics, starting from the first "Secret of the Book of Kells", to the later "Song of the Sea", "The Breadwinner" and "Wolf Walker", which can make people feel At a glance, it is his work.
These four works have all been nominated for the best animated feature film by Omouka, and they have also won a lot of other awards, with good quality and good performance.
Tom Moore was born in Newryshire, Northern Ireland in 1977, dedicated to promoting Irish culture.
Several of his works are based on Irish folklore, and this "Secret of the Book of Kells" brings the most precious cultural relics to the big screen.
Tom Moore has been developing the film since 1999.
At that time, he and his friends watched a series of cartoons for the first time, among which the more influential Richard Williams (Richard Williams) "The Thief and the Liar" (1993), Disney's "Mulan" (1998) and Hayao Miyazaki.
These films are Persian, Chinese and Japanese cultural styles, which directly influenced Tom Moore's subsequent creations. From several of his films, it is obvious that there are shadows of the above-mentioned animated films.
The Book of Kells is a legendary book that is said to have the power to drive out darkness and usher in light.
In a walled monastery in Ireland, young monk Brandon is practicing. One day, a painter from afar, Itami, visited the monastery, which instantly aroused Brandon's interest in painting.
At the same time, Viking pirates from the north have been eyeing Ireland, and the monks of the monastery have to build high walls and store food in addition to painting scriptures, ready to resist foreign invasion.
Young Brandon needs to face the pressure inside and outside the walls, complete the drawing of a monumental project, and achieve personal growth.
The Book of Kells
The characters and stories in The Secret of Kells are fictional, but the most important Book of Kells has a wonderful prototype.
The Book of Kells is an actual decorative picture book of the four Gospel manuscripts of the Christian Bible, dating back to Ireland in the early Middle Ages (probably the beginning of the 8th century).
The Book of Kells is a gorgeous Irish-Saxon masterpiece, characterized by the reuse of geometric designs rather than naturalism, the heavy use of colourful planes and complex interlacing patterns.
The characters and buildings in the film are all done with geometric figures, with a lot of symmetrical backgrounds, just like the paintings in the Book of Kells.
The earliest Book of Kells may have been drawn in an Irish monastery on the Scottish island of Iona. After the abbey was attacked by the Vikings, the book was moved to Kells Abbey in County Meath, where many parts were completed.
According to historical and archaeological evidence, the Book of Kells was moved several times after it was completed and lost at various times. It has been housed in the library of Trinity College Dublin since the 17th century and is believed to be possibly the most valuable artifact of Irish history ever discovered.
The film "Secret of the Book of Kells" corresponds to the story of the Viking attack.
Viking pirates were like a group of uncivilized barbarians, who used force to cross the high wall and slaughter. The monks tried to draw and complete the Book of Kells to dispel the darkness.
The little fairy Aisling that appears in the film also has deep roots.
The name Ashling is taken from a 17th century Irish school of poetry.
Ashling means "Dream vision" in Irish.
In one of Ashling's poems, the poet visualizes the Irish spirit. In the poem, the Irish spirit incarnates a young and beautiful woman who guides and inspires poets to write about their country. Just like Ashling did in The Secret of the Book of Kells.
The cat Pangur ban, who plays an important supporting role, also has a prototype source.
Pan Song Pang is taken from an 8th century Irish poem written by a monk to his pet cat. Pangur Bán means fuller white.
In the subtitles at the end of the film, we can hear Aidan reciting a condensed version of the poem in modern Irish.
Brandon's collection of berries also has a historical basis.
The oak "berries" that Brandon went deep into the forest to collect were actually oak tree marble knobs, formed by a hornbee laying eggs on the tree, which were then used to make iron gall ink.
Traces of iron gall ink have been found on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the "lost" Book of Judas.
And a little tidbit.
In the Blu-ray version of the film, the prequel comics show that in AD 790, Brandon was an infant when he was rescued from the Vikings by his uncle Cherach.
The feature film takes place when Brandon is 12 years old, so the film primarily takes place in 802 AD.
This is also the real date of the Viking raid on Iona in real life. The Vikings attack and break Aidan and the book take refuge in Kells.
The advantages and disadvantages of The Secret of the Book of Kells are equally obvious.
The advantage is the beautiful style of painting. Like "The Book of Kells", every picture is full of details, and every frame can be taken out as a desktop. The soundtrack is full of national characteristics, and people will know the story of which nationality it is after listening to it. When making the film, the history is very rigorously studied, the details are not overlooked, and the sincerity is full. Under the blessing of Irish national culture, the whole film has a sense of historical responsibility.
The downside is that the story is incomplete. The whole article emphasizes that the Book of Kells can "dispel the darkness and usher in the light", but unfortunately it did not complete the closed loop in this regard until the end. The so-called "secret" of the Book of Kells has not been properly expressed. There are many religious elements, but insufficient humanistic care.
historical relics stories,
A magnificent masterpiece.
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