"Breaking the waves" is a 19th-century Brondi romantic and dark film. The film is divided into eight chapters. Although it seems a bit ironic from the wedding chapter to the funeral chapter, the beginning of these chapters has a beautiful scenery and a beautiful music to set off the whole story. The color of the scenery is a bit like Oil painting and music also feel very comfortable, showing the emotions of every chapter. The film has the tactics used by director Lars von Trier, simple characters, plots, shaky and arbitrary lens language, and it depicts the simple but not simple, and the extreme people and things in the ordinary. If the director has a strong criticism and condemnation in the film, it is the intense desire and passion that burst out of the depths of human nature when facing the stubborn traditional constraints, and there are sharp and irreconcilable contradictions with it, and at the same time in the higher one. The philosophy of the layers highly questioned the religious paranoia and the suppression of human nature. Emily Watson, who plays Beth, has become the biggest highlight of the film. Although it is the first screen, she has already shown her proficient acting skills.
Breaking the Waves evaluation action
2022-01-02 08:01
Extended Reading
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Madeline 2022-03-26 09:01:07
Rewatch. Dogma's first post-95 LVT film, with sets, soundtracks, special effects...but most importantly, it has the realistic immersion the manifesto hopes to convey. The first thing that comes to mind is the Holy Fool in the Orthodox Church (Skardo in Stalker), but it's not accurate. Because Beth's subjectivity is close to zero! Although the opposition between women and the conservative society of the political economy frame is established from the beginning (Beth has never been in the same frame with the priest), Beth has not rebelled against it. LVT especially understands that love is not the focus of the film at all, so why did Young let Beth fall into the arms of other men, and why did Beth change from a "virgin" to a "prostitute"? None of the films give a clear logical explanation—and this is what makes "Breaking the Waves" particularly fascinating: editing through emotional continuity. Throughout the ages, there have been countless movies about the direct communication between people and God in disguise and questioning the intermediary and legitimacy of the church. The reason why "Breaking the Waves" can survive is its high level of immersion in reality. There is no power or magic at all.
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Dimitri 2022-01-02 08:01:35
Zarathustra came down the mountain and met a white-haired old saint in the forest. The old man saw that Zarathuste's eyes were pure, but there was a bit of evil hidden up and down the corners of his mouth, and he walked like a dance. Zarathustra said that because he loved the world, he was going to die. The old man declared that he only loves God, not the world. Saying goodbye to the old man, Zarathustra continued down the mountain, surprised that the old man did not know that God had died.
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[first lines]
Bess McNeill: His name is Jan.
The Minister: I do not know him.
Bess McNeill: [coyly] He's from the lake.
The Minister: You know we do not favor matrimony with outsiders.
An Elder: Can you even tell us what matrimony is?
Bess McNeill: It's when two people are joined in God.
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Jan Nyman: Love is a mighty power, isn't it?