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Carl Theodor Dreyer / 卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶 · 1955

Ordet

Ordet

The dead, cataleptic woman becomes thought itself. Only when Johannes ceases to believe himself another world does he understand how belief restores life and love to this world.

Film details

Original title
Ordet
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer / 卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶
Year
1955
Region
Denmark
Reading attribution: Atlas editorial synthesis · Sources and locators

Close-reading questions

  1. 01
    How does Johannes's speech move from proclaiming another world to a belief that produces consequences in this one?
  2. 02
    How does the resurrection reconnect body, speech, and collective looking rather than use miracle to cancel the time of death?

Analysis and scene sources

Shots and scenes

Primary texts, scholarship, and locators

Theory coordinate: Cinema 2, Minnesota 1989, ch. 7, p. 170

  1. 01
    Cinema 2: The Time-Image

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Viewing gateways and editions

  1. Verified complete Bilibili carrier: 【中字】词语 Ordetbilibili.comOpen film page ↗
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    Accessible when checked
    Version extent
    Recorded as a complete version
    Source type
    User-uploaded page

    Edition note: Chinese-subtitled complete single-part film · 2:05:32.

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