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The question is simple. Would you rather be a man that is happy, but tortures people in the process, or a man that is unhappy, but lives ethically? Both man have a clear conscience, they don't regret anything and they never will. They don't see themslves as bad or wrong, they are certain of the rightness of their path. So, which one would you be?
This philisofical and ethical question as also a clear political dimension. The monarch, the torturer,…
I really liked this movie. It is about how war and ideological conditioning devoid people of any sense of empathy but also the pride they create ultimately lead to death and misery.
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Angst is a movie about pleasure. The protagonist gets his pleasure from torturing and killing people. He is a sadist. Throughout the movie, we are put into his shoes. We are told of his past, we are shown how he reasons and how he acts. In a way, we are led to become him, to understand him, to kill with him. And so here is the canundrum: is he a monster? Should he be condemned? Isn't he just like everyone…
"Viridiana" is, as is usual for Bunel, a movie about religion and politics. In it, the nun-to-be Viridiana visits her uncle and his forced, trough his cunning, to live with his family after his death. The movie shows the struggle that Viridiana goes trough to reeach her objective of religious gratificcation by helping the poor. However, she soon discovers that an inherently violent, greedy and hateful attitude is present in every one, even in the poor. And so, her dream…
