Roger Ebert once said that "movie to me" is like a magical machine, which continuously produces something called resonance. Through movies, I can talk to people from different time and space and generate emotions with them. The resonance of Yang Tong and the fear and beauty rooted in the depths of our human nature. "And "Aguirre God's Wrath" is that it can strongly and continuously arouse the audience's resonance and thinking.
First of all, the style of the film is rough, simple, rough and true. There is a documentary feel. Because the life and death shown in this film are naked. With his own traditional aesthetic skills, the director also has a deep understanding and control of the realistic artistic characteristics of the film. He is particularly good at depicting the inner activities of the characters in vivid details, and mobilizing the color and sound of the film to serve the shaping of the characters. Of course, this movie has the shadow of French New Wave movies, and it mainly expresses individuality. It is different from mainstream movies of the same period. It refutes tradition and does not have a fixed aesthetic program. In "Aguirre, God's Wrath", the director extensively used long and depth-of-field lenses to maintain the integrity of time and space.
According to Pippa Pasolini, "Because the film does not directly express the concept of similarity, it is recommended by metaphors." Of course, "Aguirre, God's Wrath" uses a lot of contrast, such as a group of people in Chinese clothes. Incompatible with the harsh natural environment, the tall mountains and the uneven grassland formed a strong contrast. For example, they claimed that civilized people wanted to spread Christianity to the barbarians, but when they saw the gold on the barbarian’s neck, they rudely snatched it. Everyone behaved. Very excited. Compared with barbarians, they are very calm. The two are in contrast, as if civilized people have become barbarians, and barbarians have become civilized people. For example, the horse is running wildly, and some people next to it are restraining the horse, but the king on the other side artificially spread the tablecloth and put the unripe wild fruits on the table and began to eat. A static and a movement form a contrast. The king's actions were not only not gentle and inelegant, but rather stiff and ridiculous. Do inappropriate things at inappropriate times. Like the director’s invisibly expressed point of view, this is a farce, and the director satirized the farce. It's as if their party was originally going to spread Christianity. But in the end everyone died, and only Aguirre remained. He grabbed a monkey and said to himself like crazy: "I, Aguirre, the wrath of God. I will marry my own daughter and be with her. Build the purest dynasty in the history of the earth; we will rule the American continent together, and we will live forever." He proclaimed himself "God's Wrath." He didn't believe in God anymore. He thought that he was God, and he could only succeed by himself. He went from spreading Christianity to barbarians to not believing in Christianity. Of course, the director also hinted before. When the priest gave the Bible to the barbarian, the barbarian threw it on the ground, and he said, what good is a book that doesn't speak and has no sound. It's really useless, otherwise Aguir and his party will not die and he will be the only one left. It is not so much the anger of God as it is the anger of Aguirre. He is angry with God's inaction, so he becomes God. Although "Aguirre, God's Wrath" does not have a gorgeous scene and the director does not have particularly superb photography skills, a good film is that it is worthy of scrutiny, and it can bring a lot of thinking and reflection to the audience. Can reflect social realities. Although "Aguirre, God's Wrath" is rough and not amazing, it is a good movie that gets more flavor as you watch it.
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