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.
疫情期间202204。看过这个主演小哥好几部电影了。幻灭虽然讲的十九世纪的故事，但对媒体操弄舆论和市场盲目趋利的描绘很生动，至今仍然适用。时代不同，地域不同，但人性是相通的，这个世界从来不包容单纯愚昧，对理想主义更是极为苛刻。另外，如果有人能全身心地支持和包容你，尽量不要辜负这份善意。
“停止幻想，开始生活。”傲慢的贵族对于渴望拥有贵族身份的人无疑是更加蔑视的。
经典就是，故事简单又意味深长，现实中总感觉似曾相识。
Remember where do you come from
这让我突然又想起了《燃烧女子的肖像》来，二者都用到了维瓦尔第的四季小提琴协奏曲，区别在于烧女图是将全片的情绪积压在最后来以配乐的方式而爆发出来，但幻灭又不那么强烈，他更多的是以小提琴协奏曲的激烈情绪表达主角处境的剧烈震动，再然后带给观众较为饱满的情绪表达。两者用法完全不同，但这并不影响他们各自在配乐上的优秀。
电影基于巴尔扎克的小说《幻灭》，每个人物都很真实，讽刺的主题到现在也不过时。纯粹的诗人，艺术家，纯洁的爱情，公正的心灵，在每个时代都是最难守护的东西。电影总统很好，稍微美化了一点点诗人跟贵妇的爱情，没有追随把原著小说里面两人早已显露的对对方的厌烦。不过不影响观影感受。巴尔札克真的太善于运用语言，在电影中每次直接引用原著都让人对原著再添一份向往之情。
7分。原来是巴尔扎克的原著电影，难怪看着很有质感，但电影本身却没任何精彩之处。看这片不如去读原著，真心这样觉得。
He would stop hoping, and start living.
他从小就知道这座湖，当他进入冰冷的水中时，他不知道自己是想要洗干净还是想要去死。他在那里停留了一会，他将停止幻想，开始生活。
海明威说巴黎是一席流动盛宴，这个片子实在是把巴黎纸醉金迷、浮动的欲望展现出来了。上一个让我惊艳的复古质感的电影是巴里林登。台词功底还是得益于巴尔扎克了？
巴尔扎克原作的加成过大….有些场面调度倒也会闪闪发光了。男主长了一张好穷苦的脸，多兰是真的好看，两位女士看起来真的很大贵族！
巴尔扎克之所以永远不会过时，就是因为他笔下的故事，在内核上是跨时代的。这样一个憧憬繁华都市和上流社会的年轻人，他拥有才华，又恰巧还有一些运气和决心，于是便在浮躁的巴黎展开了他自以为是的拳脚。可是人心啊，又怎么会满足于当下呢？一旦打开了野心的大门，猛兽便会分分钟将你吞噬，更何况是这类毫无家底的小镇青年。
还不错，超出预期。就是发现Xavier Dolan的脸已经经不起大银幕特写了。
没读过同名原著小说，从我读过的巴尔扎克的“高老头”“欧也妮葛朗台”我觉得多兰把这部拍的很好啊，就不分析媒体人如何为了钱或者媒体都是有倾向性的，资本怎样，或者贵族如何如何的，我觉得考完这部反而觉得吕西安会东山再起的。
法国那个年代也是乱糟糟的，新旧制度的交替，年轻人的梦想天堂
轻松杀了一众枪手后，被一个脖子中了一枪的人，打中两枪。。。
改编自同名的著名长篇小说，十分值得一看。四星。
“我终于不再期待，开始生活。”
有点当初看香水的感觉了！荒诞又精致，完全不会闷
多兰的戏份可以再多一些吧！主演小哥演的很传神！
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