Humanity behind civilization

Anthony 2022-03-25 09:01:23

A paradox using tragic aesthetics, Herzog's use of stylization is truly unparalleled. In a world full of illusions, he reached the pinnacle of pure allegorical images and created an isolated world in the 19th century. Putting in a lonely wandering wanderer, depicting loneliness in the desert of monstrous yellow sand, and writing in confusion on the hillside filled with clouds, Herzog's understanding of transcendentalism can be said to be the pinnacle. A caricature of the era free from the constraints of three-act dramas, from the perspective of an outsider, he carried out the most brutal deconstruction of European civilization that prevailed in formalism. He told everyone that the original will of civilization is always barbaric. Kant's "Practical Reason" In the first half of the first half of Volume 1, Chapter 2, about the concept of object [I haven't seen it for a year, I can't remember exactly], the length of the argument that the level of will and reason is similar to this. Perhaps this film is exactly the same. A fully embodied implementation of Kant's doctrine

The transition processing is slightly rough, lacks montage control in time, and the blank space is full of charm. It is very comfortable to express the concept of transitioning from "freedom" to "for yourself". There is a sense of Thoreau 's immersion in the nature of life.

Is Kasper a lonely baby? No, he was the holy son of Mary who was living in the world , and a true savvy person who satirized modern civilization and religious holy words. His death revealed a true meaning: when human beings complete the sublimation of literature and art, and complete the understanding of the floating world The appreciation of knowledge, after completing the praise of theological hymns, places human nature itself outside this world called the human world

Herzog may be a poet who praises human nature

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  • Adolfo 2022-03-23 09:03:29

    How Caspar died may not be the point. He is a model of the initial state of human beings who has not been affected by any ideology or secular prejudice. In the category of "normal" society, religion, and logic, he has a clear-cut thinking and cannot be tolerated in the world. Maliciousness from the world/nurturer can even be unjustified. The warmth and kindness of the world comes from children, women, the elderly, small animals, people with low status... There is still humor in such a cruel movie...

  • Bernhard 2022-03-28 09:01:13

    The original state of existence of Kaspar is explained by Herzog as a state similar to that of everyone being drunk and awake, in order to illustrate the destruction of pure human nature, morality and rationality by civilization. I don't understand what Kaspar's dreams and stories are trying to say.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser quotes

  • Kaspar Hauser: Mother, I am so far away from everything.

  • Kaspar Hauser: What are women good for?... Can you tell me that, Katy? Women are not good for anything but sitting still!