The Passion of Joan of Arc

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3C: A Criticism Concerning Critics

What I’m sharing with you at the moment is some sentence I noted down, which, in my opinion, is worth of keeping: “Everyone wants a little taste of the good life, but it’s often difficult to figure out just how to cook it up and savor it. After all, the recipe for success can be more complex than the method behind a yotam Ottolenghi vegetable dish.”

The things I was thinking of writing down and this quote somehow came together in my mischievous mind. Critics love to take their reputation for granted, consider everything they watch “a film to dislike” and they simply ignore the recipe for “criticism.” I am so in notice of the fact that criticizing is a complex way to make money and people have to make a blunder. However, how come it is possible for them to claim “The Passion of Joan of Arc” is all boring?

Let me make something clear. Clear enough. Enough to make you see the truth. “The things that are imperfect always have an interesting story to them.” And, if you haven’t read the story to the movie, it is your own fault to be bored while watching it. It’s a movie that describes Joan’s trial and execution, as she’s interrogated by the French and tempted to say something heretical or dishonest. After being threatened with burning at the stake, she signs a “confession”, only later to recant it and submit to her death. The film is, as must be expected, a trial of Joan’s faith in the ace of persecution and evil. The French continually try to decieve her, and yet she remains steadfast. Is there anything here that makes you feel like you are going to amuse yourself in due course of the movie?

My purpose of writing about “The Passion of Joan of Arc” was actually making a suggestion, yet I couldn’t keep myself from writing a bunch of words for people denigrating it. (There’s no way people, given when it was made, can dislike it. This is still an opinion essay, though.)

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Dreyer’s continuous close ups and how they are composed and framed in each shot is an absolute masterstroke. They could all stand alone as invidual pieces of art. I know that it was a critical success when first released, despite the objections and cutting of the film by clerical and government authorities. This is what makes it a movie which deserves to be respected all along.

The only thing I find as a “minus” is that there could be more intertitles than there are, but no matter what, it’s worth of watching at least once in a life time.

Bibliographywww.tasteofcinema.com - so as to pick a better way to express the story.

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