On December 6, 1928, the fire destroyed the original Castanopsis, and only the remaining part was left. In order not to let the painstaking work suffer, Dreyer re-shot, and compared with the old version, the new version is as large as the original. face. Unfortunately, God made another joke with the director. Another time, the fire in 1929 burned down the second version of the director’s approval. Seeing that Castanopsis is getting smaller and smaller, the great masterpiece has never been seen since then, 50 years later. In 1981, a cleaning worker at the Kikemark Sykehus Psychiatric Clinic in Oslo, Norway, accidentally discovered in the closet that a Danish examiner had stamped the original seal on the original paper and stamped the original version of the 1928 certificate of Castanopsis, which may be the work of the local hospital. The staff used the projector to show the patient to watch, but then she put it on the shelf, and no one cared about it.
It is pitiful to see that the film can still be reborn in the two fires. It may be that God wants to restore Joan of Arc's innocence. It is a blessing for the believers and film lovers.
In the British Inquisition, a woman of French nationality who was captured by the British dressed in men's clothing, in the name of God, wanted to expel the British army from the French border, and was escorted to the court for trial. She was isolated and helpless, and the persecution of religious groups made her heart. Broken, the judge wants to force Joan to sign a plea agreement to close the case as soon as possible.
The film did not film the miracle of Joan, was inspired by the Lord, and led soldiers to battle, but focused on the process of interrogating that Joan was guilty of double crimes: heretics and witches. The film uses close-up shots of the judges, clergy, soldiers, and the faces of Joan of Arc. The true language of the film compares the Lord’s saints who do righteousness on earth, and the high level of the church with the sacred crown on the earth, convincing the audience. Appointing her daughter's purity and innocence to stand at the center, Jeanne, who has become the target of the higher court and the object of encirclement and suppression, looks around, fearlessly round eyes directly at the crowd, tears of compassion are like the holy water of chastity, washing her own sins, and lamenting Stupid pastors, judges, and soldiers who mocked and played with her; she repeatedly asked herself, as a daughter appointed by God, why the mission failed, but the church that God established on earth was judged by God’s people? The tears that flowed out of her eyes were speechless arguments. Blame.
Judges and clergy make eye contact, bite their ears to discuss how to commit crimes, the horrible faces under the close-ups; clues and traps everywhere about God's revelation and questions about the relationship between God and children, even if they are intellectuals who have read poetry and are familiar with religious theology It is not easy to answer all questions in accordance with God’s will and satisfy the questioner, let alone Joan, who is illiterate and needs to be assisted by others holding the wrist when signing the name? The
saint answers the conspiracy one by one in a field that goes beyond theological scope. The treacherous problem caused the priest's forehead to sweat and his eyes drifted; the sacred appearance and the robe sprinkled with holy water to God's answer to Joan were devastated. God is with Joan of Arc, the shadow of the cross on the ground is the daughter who smiles, relaxes her nervous and helpless emotions, temporarily forgets the miracle of religious judgment, but the apostle of God possessed by the devil tramples and destroys the cross of redemption, the director’s ingenuity is unique. The symbolism and impressionism of the gods demonstrate the intent of God to love his children and that the devil is everywhere.
In 1456, Joan succeeded in reversing the case because of his mother's pleading with Pope Calixter III, and was canonized by Pope Benedict XV as a saint on May 16, 1920.
Written by Patrick Chan on October 2, 2006
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