meaning of symbols

Lukas 2022-04-21 09:03:03

The whole film is a course on symbols. From the abstract art in the pavilion at the beginning of the film to the figurative art in the pavilion before the end of the film, all the symbols on display are displayed in various forms. The film deduces the generation and fermentation of symbols: symbols without reference are meaningless, art is a symbol, life is a symbol, and society is also a symbol, how can onlookers understand the truth behind it? The main reason why the protagonist finds freedom in art is because he has pierced the surface of symbols.

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  • Nyasia 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Personal best of the year so far. A great nation dares to face its unbearable past. Moved by the exploration and questioning of history, human nature and art, and the praise of freedom and truth. If you've ever seriously thought about "me, me, me", it's impossible not to love this movie. What are you really feeling? What are you really trying to express? Gained too much.

  • Ron 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    Surprisingly, the theme of the art is not a casual display of the empty cloak of "memory subjectivity (subjektives Gedächtnis)". dnsmk's presentation of a similar theme to the previous work is complete and complete: what can the anchor of memory be? Kunst-/Handwerk's choice or ritual/music/posture/image memory are all among them, except for the technical neatness, the main line of the film assumes the optimal three-hour narration under the premise of almost perfect care of the rhythm. dnsmk and Edgar Reitz is undoubtedly the strongest voice in the contemporary German context who is still focusing on expressing "cultural memory"

Never Look Away quotes

  • Kurt Barnert: You smoke?

    Professor Carl Seeband: Sixty-three is the right age to start. The consequences will hardly catch up with me.

  • Kurt Barnert: Not random. Real. Coherent. Consistent. Only reality is consistent. Every reality is consistent. Everything that's true is beautiful. Let's suppose I say six numbers to you now. It's just stupid. Pointless. But if the six numbers are the winning lottery numbers, then they mean something. They have consistency, value, almost beauty. It's the same with the photographs. I want the truth.