Review of Ordet (1955) by Eric B — 21 Mar 2010
Very few films are breathtaking. This is one of those films. It's a transcendental experience that made me go "Ah-ha! So here's one film the 2007 Cannes Film Festival award winner "Silent Light" was paying homage to.
" It's an ode to faith, doubt and life, really, yet, is accessible to so many. I know some people may believe the ending doesn't work, but for me, it was perfect. When you see Little Inger's face light up, her smile beaming from cheek to cheek, you realize this really is a film about childlike wonder and belief more than anything else.
Additionally, every female character in the film is a tour-de-force and far more worthy of being a role model than any of the men. I'd like to think Carl Theodor Dreyer was ahead of his time, in this regard.
Championing for a more progressive, more egalitarian understanding/reading of Scripture, his story really does allow the word to become flesh. It may be set in 1925, but not much has changed (as far as people's hearts go).
It's still as powerful today as I'm sure, it was in 1955.
This review of Ordet (1955) was written by Eric B on 21 Mar 2010.
Ordet has generally received very positive reviews.
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