The creation of the film and Germany in 1922. At this time, the German people were in dire straits caused by the defeat in the First World War. People's spiritual world was generally filled with panic and negativity. The rise of expressionism in Germany and its influence on movies produced many films that showed the state of people's spiritual world at that time.
The significance of this film lies in the concretization of the vampire, a symbol of horror, especially in the last two chapters of the film showing vampires invading the city, which is so similar to the current picture of the pandemic, so as to inspire thinking:
When the vampire (the plague) comes, people's emotions are the same as the emotions of defeat. Both are the fear of being easily deprived of life. People block doors and windows, close their homes, and prevent the spread of panic by isolating them from society.
At this time, religion played a dispensable role. We saw priests painting a cross on the door to pray for peace from house to house, but before the priest arrived, several people carried out the coffin from a household. (Religion failed to protect the people from disasters in time)
Then is the scientific power represented by the Ph.D. and his students. We have seen them study the dangers of carnivorous plants and the terrifying polyps that are as scary as ghosts, but when the vampires (the plague) that really endanger humans come, they are the most Those who release fear first, because "wise" makes them understand that human beings are facing the force majeure of vampires (the plague) at this time. We say that ignorant people are fearless, and the abandonment of resistance by scientists will become the deepest source of fear. They signaled the issuance of an order to ban the foot, thereby releasing these fears.
Ironically, we have seen that in the instructions issued by people that people are not even allowed to send the infected to the hospital (quite Trump's meaning)
Faced with such a terrible source of disaster, when religion and science have nothing to do, as the book about vampires wrote, his (vampire) shadow will entangle you like a nightmare. We know that even doors and windows Close tightly, as long as the source of the disaster still exists, the fear will not disappear.
But also in the books, there is a glimmer of hope that still exists, and it is the only way to redeem, that is, to be lured by the blood of a "holy and innocent" woman to make the vampire forget the first cock, and this also means At the sacrifice of this woman.
The key to this is undoubtedly the "holiness and innocence", that is, the complete opposite of evil, and women are more competent than men to handle such an illusory reference. We have seen that the source of desperate horror, the vampire (the plague) in the film, was finally wiped out by such a woman. However, the film has never given us a true definition of holiness and innocence. In fact, it is difficult for us to be in the objective world. It defines whether a person is truly holy and innocent. The expressionism at that time was deeply influenced by Nietzsche’s "subjective idealism philosophy", so this judgmental designation seemed to be the only hope for people who had no alternative to the material world that could be comforted. When the material world was destroyed And destruction, they choose to believe that existence is determined by human will. And this time the disappearance of fear and the continuation of hope are based on the price of sacrifice. He reminds people of the praise of "holiness and innocence"
But at a certain level, it seems that it is not humans who have the power to destroy vampires, but that the rising sun will eventually kill the vampires, that is, nature itself. Darkness is finally overcome by light, and light itself comes from nature, from the grace and forgiveness of nature, so as to arouse the awe of nature.
Plague, war, or other disasters, under the image of a vampire, show their impact on people. This kind of horror and reflection have existed since the birth of human history, but they are often easily forgotten. This year we have seen natural and man-made disasters proliferate at the same time, so it is natural to sound the alarm bells with great pain! !
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