Take a short note.

Cameron 2022-03-14 08:01:02

Mephistopheles has been portrayed as superb from the costumes to the performance, but Faust has been so weakened that it can be ignored. When the part with Gretchen was over, Faust turned into an angel, the word Liebe (love) appeared on the screen, and then by the end of the show, I was still a little sweaty.

"Mortals keep working hard, and we can save." Goethe said in a conversation with Ekman in 1831, and the secret of Faust's salvation lies in these few lines. "There is an energy in Faust, which ennobles and purifies him more and more, until at death he is saved by the eternal love of the upper world. This is entirely in accordance with our religious conception, because according to this religious conception we You can’t be blessed by your own efforts alone, you have to add the grace of God.”

Obviously Murnau didn’t want to get the complicated realm in Goethe’s book in the movie at all, and the plot was changed beyond recognition. Half an hour after the grand opening, it was time to tell love stories wholeheartedly. The love spoken of in this film cannot rise to the love spoken of in Goethe's book.

Needless to say about the shooting technology, this silent film in 1926 was amazing at the beginning, and I often think about how it was done at that time.

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Extended Reading
  • Yvette 2022-03-21 09:03:24

    The 107-minute version. The tragic spirit with the return of the paradox of desire and the love story as the main line. The superimposition of the picture / avatar / hallucination / flight relies on large scenes and special effects. Fear-indulgence-derived fear. Youth is the greatest joy, the most wonderful The freedom to choose between good and evil. A word that reverberates all over the world - a word with sorrow and sorrow - a word that dissolves all human sins - an eternal word - Liebe (love)

  • Michael 2022-03-14 08:01:02

    2019-7-13 Rewatch; the sets, special effects, lighting, and scenes in the 1920s are not inferior to any blockbuster in the 21st century. It is admirable. Murnau's imagination, scheduling, and control capabilities are truly pioneers! The slanted glory in the church is like the manifestation of divinity. The heroine is gentle and soft. She is an angel who guides Faust out of his obstructed mind; the treaty of making a deal with the devil cannot match the radiance of true love. This eternal and immortal word saves Humanity.

Faust quotes

  • Faust: Deliver me, O elixir of death!

  • Faust: Every man is free to die!