Kafka

Isai 2022-04-11 09:01:07

It's not a complete biopic, but it does a good job of Kafka. The film begins with the disappearance of one of his few friends. The director takes us step by step to gradually understand Kafka. As Kafka has called off his engagement three times in this film, he also insinuates Kafka many times. His works, such as castles, trials, verdicts, and some famous quotes... When Kafka entered the castle, the picture changed from black and white to color, which was like his delusional world. As Kafka said in the film, he described these ...and the director used this color shift to express Kafka's absurd fantasy world. Maybe Kafka also only has fantasy worlds in color.
The truth that the film draws out step by step is so cruel, this dark, corrupt politics is also often metaphorical in Kafka's work. I haven't read Kafka's work, and in my opinion this work not only expresses "Kafka" very well, but also is not as boring as a traditional biopic.

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Extended Reading
  • Cary 2022-04-19 09:03:17

    The rhythm is very slow, but the plot develops very quickly. You enter the "castle" in a swish, and come out again in a swish.

  • Lois 2022-04-11 09:01:07

    The neat black and white picture has the effect of a stage play, but this time Jeremy Irons' personal performance did not break through the neurosis.

Kafka quotes

  • Chief Clerk: Oh, I know you were friendly with that poor fellow, what was his name -

    Franz Kafka: Raban... Eduard Raban.

    Chief Clerk: Yes, yes, Raban. But he was too like you. Even more like you, perhaps, than you are yourself.

  • Doctor Murnau: A crowd is easier to control than an individual. A crowd has a common purpose. The purpose of the individual is always in question.

    Franz Kafka: That's what you're trying to eliminate, isn't it? Everything that makes one human being different from another. But you'll *never*, *never* reach a man's soul through a lens.

    Doctor Murnau: That rather depends on which end of the microscope you're on, doesn't it?