The Passion of Joan of Arc Comments

Dion 2021-12-20 08:01:15

[A-] There is a heroic image of "Joan of Arc" in the hearts of the world, so the director took advantage of this, without any portrayal of Joan himself, and made full use of the close-up to highlight the torture and suffering he suffered at the end of his life. The internal painful struggle, the characters almost only have close-ups from beginning to end, and this is even more shocking in this film. This kind of complete close-up performance is unprecedented. But this is also a great test for...

Camron 2021-12-20 08:01:15

9/10. Due to the lack of a panoramic view of the environment, coupled with the sharp and skewed camera angle destroying the clear spatial reference, it radically subverts the relationship between human and space. The figures of priests and guards are swollen and often enter the screen in strange postures leaning to the left or right, like floating ghosts. When the judges whisper to each other, the camera slides over their linear and overlapping figures, bulging heads, arched doors and windows,...

Eldora 2021-12-20 08:01:15

Aesthetics captures the narrative, the face captures the faith, pitching, solid color, tilting, all visual design is only to highlight the gaze of "faith", she is not only the Virgin/son of the religious language, but also the movie star system of later generations. We The obsession with appearance always carries traces of faith. With a little association, you can reach Anna Karina or Scarlett Johansson from her weeping or opening. Dreyer never photographed simulacra beyond the human world, but...

Maximillian 2021-12-20 08:01:15

The interspersed narrative constructed with a large number of portrait shots is undoubtedly the most experimental bold transcendence of this film. The rigorous composition and lens sense directly affect the performance and style of later generations of...