Movie notes

Ludwig 2022-01-18 08:01:23

00:02:42 Panning the camera 180 degrees, from the son's bedroom to the father's bedroom (distant view) to the son going out and finally to the second son's room.

00:04:03 One road, three people walked by one after another.

00:04:27 Looking up (distant view), Johannes appeared, standing between the sky and the earth, like a God preaching to all living beings, but in front of him there were only weeds. The camera pans 180 degrees to the other three people (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit).

00:05:36 Bottom shot (close-up shot), the ground part is reduced, and the character image is taller.

00:06:50 The camera begins to follow his father. After Johannes appeared, he followed Johannes. He took the candle to the window and tried to illuminate the darkness of the world with candlelight.

00:07:30 Voice-over questions and answers directly to the audience.

00:09:03 The woman puts the candle back to its original position, and the camera follows the woman back to its original position.

00:10:05 There are too many pastors, what I need is someone who can awaken the world (the image of Sheng Yu is established)

00:12:27 The characters leave one after another, leaving only the father alone. So far the five-minute long shot is over.

00:13:29 Questions about faith. If a person has a bad heart, faith alone is not enough. You are kind-hearted, but you have no faith. (Faith Paradox)

00:18:27 Father appears, and the lens shifts from the long shot to the close shot.

00:19:39 The camera moves to Johannes (there is a corpse in front of the living room), and the camera moves back to the father and daughter.

00:23:58 The woman asked his father if he had loved him. The father was obviously perfunctory. At this time, the camera panned to the right, and the background changed from the father's photo to the mother's photo.

00:27:25 Father sits in the pigpen. The daughter stood by the pigpen gate, and the old man said that none of his three sons would change, and some had cut off their faith. You can still see the door at this time (there is a way out)

00:28:18 The daughter walked to the left. At this time, the door was no longer visible (there was no way out). You look like God has abandoned you.

00:29:53 The daughter expressed hope and walked out of the pigpen with her father.

00:34:41 The pastor met Johannes for the first time. I build a house, and no one wants to live in it. They all want to build it themselves, even if they don’t know how to build it. Therefore, some people live in unfinished shacks, others live in ruins, and most people are homeless. .

00:36:48 Faith is gone. People believe in the dead Jesus but don't believe in the living Jesus (people never believe in miracles in reality).

00:37:56 Johannes kept his back to the priest (abandoned by God)

00:42:54 Both fathers require their daughter-in-law (son-in-law) to have the same beliefs as their own. (Battle of faith level)

00:47:14 The characters keep moving. The position and height represent the strength of the power, and the strength of the power is constantly changing in the dialogue. The father didn't look down on the tailor at first, but the tailor didn't look down on his son, so he became angry and left behind all beliefs.

00:56:21 Religious hypocrisy, the debate between bright and happy Christians and sinful and suffering Christians.

01:00:21 My belief is for life and happiness, yours is for death, my belief is for the warmth of life, and yours is for the cold of death.

01:03:06 In the name of the Lord, I hope she will die. What is the essence of faith? Is it a tool to save lives or to wrestle? The distorted beliefs and religious hypocrisy are all exhibited.

01:09:17 The voice-over cow calls, and then Johannes appears.

01:13:15 The camera follows Johannes, and his father gradually collapses.

01:19:54 The camera rotates around Johannes. Sheng Yu meets a pure child, everything is so pure.

01:21:15 The old man who has always been tough is now so helpless, his faith is shaken again.

01:25:02. What do you think helped, your prayers or my medical skills, the old man still blurts out that it is God’s blessing.

01:25:39. Questioning God. The pastor and the doctor are a contest between faith and science.

01:27:38 The old man switched positions between the priest and the doctor, and the camera always contained only two people.

01:30:23 Outdoor light hits the wall through the window.

01:32:01 Johannes leaves the arena, the eldest son enters the arena, his wife dies, and the cow screams.

01:33:50 Doctors can't solve death, God can.

01:36:09 The old man said three times that the Lord took away what he had given.

01:37:00 The wind in the background instantly reminds Fellini, the serious atmosphere, the prelude to the climax.

01:39:20 When Johannes ran away, the old man shouted on the small road at the beginning. At this time, it was overgrown with weeds compared to the beginning.

01:41:45 The original text of the Bible, this passage also appeared in the "Matthew Gospel". The tailor reflected on his actions from this passage.

01:44:13 Symmetrical composition.

01:49:53 The sacred picture, the composition of the master.

01:52:49 Reconciliation. Happy while being sad.

01:56:50 Johannes returned, regaining his sanity.

01:57:34 You are blaspheming God with indifferent faith.

01:59:18 No one really has faith. Johannes lost hope, thinking that Inger was destined to rot in the coffin, but the little girl believed him. The most pious believer turned out to be a pure child.

02:00:30 During the prayer of Johannes, the panoramic lens continuously cuts to close-up of the little girl's face (ambush pen)

02:01:10 The miracle really appeared.

02:03:00 Now we no longer use long shots but close-ups of multiple characters, showing everyone's mental state.

02:04:16 The pendulum sounded into the picture, and the word life became a swan song, which turned into immortality in the black screen. It is no longer necessary to say what the essence of faith is.

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Extended Reading
  • Declan 2022-04-23 07:03:54

    My eyes fall on the sex of lovers: we look at each other, we speak to each other obscure, we love each other like poppies and memories, we sleep like wine in a conch shell, like a sea in the blood of the moon.

  • Krystel 2022-03-23 09:03:04

    A very pure film about faith, what is the true meaning of faith? Is it the "object" to be believed in, or is it the "choice" to believe in itself?

Ordet quotes

  • Morten Borgen: What good does all this do, Johannes?

    Johannes Borgen: I am the light of the world, but the darkness does not comprehend it. I have come unto mine own, but mine own does not receive me.

  • Inger Borgen: Johannes will be himself again.

    Morten Borgen: I've hoped and hoped he might, but he'll never get any better.

    Inger Borgen: Why don't you believe so?

    Morten Borgen: Miracles don't happen any more.

    Inger Borgen: Nothing is impossible, if one prays to Him for it.

    Morten Borgen: I have prayed and prayed and prayed, Inger.

    Inger Borgen: Then you must go on praying, for Jesus has promised what we pray to him for, He will give us.

    Morten Borgen: I know, Inger, I know - but what good have all my prayers done?