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Velitiana as a memory
Alexandria 2022-03-23 09:02:48
After turning off the lights, Buñuel's movie "Velitiana" kept playing in my mind, and I finished watching half of the movie at noon. Sometimes watching these dull and slow movies is purely for meditation, but often the mind becomes more and more chaotic after a while, forcing to think. It is generally believed that this is a critical film of religious morality, a satire of human lust and greed, a metaphor of class and social contradictions, and Veritiana has compromised and fallen. But Verityna is really just a lamb who was frightened in the chaos of reality. She will no longer give, smile, be tolerant, rescue, and care like before? Do you really want to think that her outward weakness is her inner weakness, her silence is her hiddenness, her hesitation is her collapse, and her kindness is her sin? On the contrary, it should be envisaged to step down from the altar, into life, and accept cruelty, instead of blindly asking why Verityna is beautiful, strong, loving, and worth looking forward to... (2010 September)
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Edwina 2022-03-23 09:02:48
In the opening song of "Hallelujah", there is an allegory of such a seemingly absurd "religious" movie, as well as the picture that resembles the "Last Supper" - the master's thing is not to think about it Let the average person understand, let alone us mortals, I don't have those movie-scholar-type moviegoers who worship or watch it thoroughly, so I can only feel that I have seen the classics. As for whether I understand it, I don't understand it.
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Monte 2022-03-16 09:01:06
I don’t agree with the mainstream that this is Bunuel’s best work. The director gave up his usual surrealism and satirized the conflict between religion and reality with a not-rich story. "All cats are gray at night" clearly implies the appearance of religious hypocrisy. The imitation of "The Last Supper" does increase the irony. Perhaps more metaphors are still to be discovered before a professional film review is found, but in general I feel that the story itself is a weakness.
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Viridiana: Hail Mary, full of grace. And blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
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Viridiana: Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me.