The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna.
The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator,
the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination.
Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.
呃。行叭。毕竟我是冲人来看的。演技是不错的，但是剧情吧，提不起兴趣。
战争很残酷，真实感爆棚，水墨泼洒中光影明灭间，自己仿佛置身于那场战争中，参与感也是极强的。
对于我这种通过剑心和银魂才知道新选组的人来说，冲田总司真美啊（美人多死于肺结核吗，残念。。。。两个多小时就当看新选组的目录简介了，五棱郭买的土方岁三的香袋还是好香好香啊
很佩服导演和制作团队竟然能把残酷的战争拍得如此唯美而独具艺术感，一种全新的尝试，个人觉得十分值得借鉴和推敲。
21世纪是缺少剑戟片导演，还是缺少符合武士气质的演员？满足一项也不至于拍的这么差，在新选组系列电影中，几乎纯洁白开水似的流水账，不带一丁点的氛围剑戟片。本该精彩的情节还没开始即是结束，就算历史纪录片也赠送半分钟的动作戏，无高潮的低温燃烧，真亏了这个片名。视角观点，其实不如《壬生义士传》，更不如上世纪剑戟片。
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江南水乡，山林，溪水，大树，山洞，这些似乎都应该出现在古人水墨画中的的景色，却因为战争抹上了一绯血色。战士在水中“弥留”之时看到的“水下战友”那一段，让人联想到塞浦路斯的水下雕塑博物馆。水是生命之源，生命也葬于水中。这一段超现实主义的表现很有意境。
此外，大概为了表现森林雾气，画面灰白黑，看起来像老电影。感觉看不清屏幕，再加上方言听不懂，满场灰蒙蒙的看字幕，难受费力。
很少见一部电影愿意放弃噱头去致敬这样一群无名英雄，甚至演员也都选用的一批普通青年来突出那种群像感。
眼鏡快瞎了
聚焦个体，展示了一些虚无的信念吗？坠入河中拨开战友们尸体，在树林里打死自己的分身，爆炸声后下起血雨，几个幻想还是比较有想法的。很黑，真的很黑，再加上男演员都蓬头垢面，分不清，真的分不清。小男孩死得有点早。
悲壮的战争可以是大炮轰鸣，可以是枪击连连，但是也可以是孤军在陌生环境静悄悄的前行，在寂静中迎接未知的艰险，紧张的氛围感一下拿捏住了。
呃。行叭。毕竟我是冲人来看的。演技是不错的，但是剧情吧，提不起兴趣。
在无数次内心的挣扎后毅然赴死，这种本能求生到坦然赴死的转变刻画得很真实。
那片浓雾像是山水间薄纱，笼罩住一切罪恶，又像生与死的边界线，踏过去就有可能与世界作别。
流水账之作，唯一亮点在于土方拍照的那场戏，其他乏善可陈。冈田准一在戏中的形象居然和土方有六七分神似，确实有些惊喜。
绝境下油然而生的悲壮感，融入南方的山水中、飘荡在芦苇荡中，带来一种极致美学。
可以说是一部全片素人的电影，当然也可能不是素人，但的确是一群崭新的面孔，这种感觉很好，恰如其分，让人恍惚间真的感觉这就是那群曾经默默无名却很英勇的士兵。
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