Passion of Joan d'Arc - A must see
Passion of Joan d'Arc is a 1928 French silent film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (one of the first great directors of history). The film tells about the last moments of the Christianity and French culture icon Joan d'Arc.
In this film, Dreyer shows himself as a brilliant director, capting the scent of Joan's contained pain (who is interpreted by Maria Falconetti, that shows here, in my opinion, the best female acting in silent movies). The texts are ahead of its time, having even notable quotes. Is almost impossible to sympathize with the supporting characters because they either accuse Joan of heresy, or try to save her. Although this doesn't prejudice the public's experience, therefore I won't remove points from this topic.
I watched the 1985 restored version (what was much better because the film ended in the perfect tone, the 20 extra minutes of the original version wouldn't be really required), followed by a majestical soundtrack, helping to dictate the motion picture's tone of tension and anguish. By the way, if I caracterized the feature in one word, it would be distressing. because it was one of the first films that used the gore effects as something that doesn't prejudice the script due to the previous commented Falconetti's acting and because of its cinematography, which with simple horizontal movements passes the main character's anguish, being 'suffocated' by the supporting characters , all the shots made from up to down, representing Joan's servility.
The Passion of Joan d'Arc is crude, violent, deep, DISTRESSING and should be more valorized by the public due to the odissey that was this picture's production and what happened after been released. 10/10
I watched the 1985 restored version (what was much better because the film ended in the perfect tone, the 20 extra minutes of the original version wouldn't be really required), followed by a majestical soundtrack, helping to dictate the motion picture's tone of tension and anguish. By the way, if I caracterized the feature in one word, it would be distressing. because it was one of the first films that used the gore effects as something that doesn't prejudice the script due to the previous commented Falconetti's acting and because of its cinematography, which with simple horizontal movements passes the main character's anguish, being 'suffocated' by the supporting characters , all the shots made from up to down, representing Joan's servility.
The Passion of Joan d'Arc is crude, violent, deep, DISTRESSING and should be more valorized by the public due to the odissey that was this picture's production and what happened after been released. 10/10
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