One brush: Summary: The knight plays against the god of death, delaying the time of death, hoping to find the meaning of life before death. Theme: Existentialism, Faith, Religion, Medieval, Life and Death. Art: Although it is black and white, the tone processing is very interesting. The overall high contrast and dark tone ensure the undertone of the film. I like the light treatment in the mist, the layering is very rich. The music, murals and sculptures that appear in the film I have not verified, but the style is also very strong. The performance of the circus is very Celtic, but unfortunately I can't find the original song in Netease Cloud. I actually like it. A knight is a philosopher whose intellect is not afraid of death, but wants to find meaning in life. The squire is a smart man, with the demeanor of the protagonist of a western. They were all people I liked or yearned for, but they all died, and Joseph, who loved life, survived. We can see that when Joseph and Mia appear alone, the pictures are mostly bright, and the sound effects even have bird calls, which is in sharp contrast with other scenes. Some film critics said that Joseph symbolized ordinary people with pure faith, and that he survived to represent Bergman's belief that only such a person could be saved. I like his optimism, but I steer clear of faith, so I'd rather believe that he is a fool for a fool. What the knight learned from the Joseph family should be the same as the theme in soul some time ago, life has no purpose, enjoy life and live in the moment. The whole film contains a lot of ideas and highlights. I don’t want to tell them all, but the one that touched me a lot was the “housekeeper” of the attendant. She is the character with the weakest sense of existence in the protagonist group. With an excited smile, she said her first and last line, "It's over." She didn't understand it at first, thinking she had missed some plots, but then she went back and watched it again, and she understood, maybe She simply yearns for death. She and the blacksmith can represent the submissive crowd, but she is more like a normal person than the blacksmith. I think she represents the person who had no voice at that time, and life is better than death, and death represents the end of all suffering. But the dance of death at the end made me worry about her. If hell really exists in the film, will she be relieved or will she usher in new suffering. By the way, the dance of death made me very depressed. I thought that people like knights and squires deserved a decent death, rather than being dragged and posing like a corpse.
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