What distinguishes Jagerstatters supposed martyrdrom from mere pride and stubbornness? To that end, what are Jagerstatter's thoughts on Christians who take up arms against their opponents? Are Christians the Bad Guys for not "turning the other cheek" as all Good Christians should? Are Christians the Good Guys for using violence against Nazis, who Jagerstatter himself considers evil? That would probably be the most important question in the context of Jagerstatter's passivity against participating in a violent struggle against invading Nazis, and yet Malick never poses it. Moreover, I don't think Jagerstatter's unshakeable piety was beneficial to anyone around him at all. Malick's choice to have the crudely caricaturized and jingoistic Bad Germans speak in their native tongue without subtitles, while the Germans that Malick has deemed honorable get to have subtitles, is a great way to "otherize" people in a movie ostensibly about the unspeakable evils of ethnic hatred and prejudice that are the folly of all human beings. It's not the film itself that I found boring, so much as it is the way I found Malick's engagement with the source material to be, especially with his sweeping, monumental montage style. I think A Hidden Life is Malick coming to his senses and deciding to combined on what he made in the 70s and what he was doing in his experimental phase.ĭo you think this movie was some sort of comeback for Terrence Malick? Diehl portrays him as a person being true to higher moral principles and obligations of goodness, regardless of those who think differently.Īlso, as I said on another post, I think this movie is a comeback for Terrence Malick after making his last 3 movies being at his most experimental, to the confusion of anyone who see these movies. I really like August Diehl as Franz Jagerstatter, who portrays him as a man who is being tested on his Loyalties and whether or not he should serve the Nazis. I was really impress with this movie and just love the cinematography that Malick implemented. I just recently watch A Hidden Life, a 2019 film by Terrence Malick, The film depicts the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
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