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Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
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| CinePassionFernando F. CroceRossellini honors both sides of the era's metaphysical split |
| User ReviewMichael TActors walk in, and say their lines, then they leave the room. Rossellini lets you see actors shuffling in and then out of a room after they have quoted Pascal. |
| User ReviewPam FI agree that this film is very hard to watch, due in part to its absolute objective formalism, that makes this more dispensable than a non-fiction film would have done. also, it's constant juddling with faith and science, and its usage of instances to verify it is done methodologically, in term, making film into an investigation, using Ockham's razor to slice the fluff and presenting the truth as truth should be, the simplest, for that is truth understood by all. Creepy and yet fascinating, a film that haunts our soul and forces a consequence, even the death of Monsieur Pascal is done in such ambiguous manner, as to cloud what reasoning there might be for his death, one of the finer vague points in this great film. |
| User ReviewYayo UOne of Rossellini's history films, where he seems more interested in communicating ideas rather than narrative. This certainly creates a unique context and forces engagement through the intellectual more than the experiential. The camera moves beautifully here, often highlighting certain objects or even tensions between people based on its placement and movement. Rossellini also makes only limited use of the close-up, making those few shots more evocative in the overall scheme of the film. |