The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna.
The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator,
the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination.
Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.
极致的实验地狱绘卷，集大成之作的cult邪典工业作品，三十年的创作的定格逐帧动画，呈现出来的是如同噩梦般的表演，本片主创过于沉浸自我挥洒脑洞的世界，导致有些段落实在不能接受，越到后面越来越迷幻与疯狂，一切都回到原点，什么宇宙大爆炸，人类起源以及神秘丰碑等等，不得不说虽然过于猎奇，但是当中塑模和场景搭建以及各种人事物的造型做工非常了得…
【2022.07.27】通宵没睡看的，表示完全没看懂，感觉纯粹展示的是恶心脏乱的东西，挺重口的，但没啥好看的。
看不懂，像噩梦，没有逻辑性，却可怕！没能坚持看完。
I did not get it. I was just in awe.
一部匠人作品，Phill Tippet是当年的特效大师，定格动画本身就带有一种特殊的质感，拍成恐怖奇幻电影是非常合适的。虽然没有什么故事可言，但是人物与场景设计及许多猎奇的桥段足以吸引着人看下去。无需多项，只需被眼前的画面所震撼。 7/10
看到结尾我看了个寂寞到底讲了个啥？？就是独特画风恶心人？对比我还是喜欢之前那个独特画风狼屋的起码有剧情
8 人的罪孽都由神来铺垫，时间的形态才是恐惧的根源。 一部废土及多元素组成的定格动画。恶心，扭曲，肮脏的世界。
真的 一看就是歪果仁搞出來的
莫名其妙不是探索 丑陋恶心不是荒诞 拼贴杂糅更不是艺术
不爱的都觉得它"疯"了。爱的都认为它"神"了
这部片的风格，太符合我的系统了
首先画面材质光影表现是一绝 全篇基调是阴暗癫狂的，从各种细节能看出是对人类造成的疯狂社会终点的隐喻 很多事情都是毫无意义的过程，在其中诞生，挣扎再毁灭，让这一切开始又放任其堕落腐烂的神是不是疯了
美术不论是阴森逼仄还是流光溢彩，想象力细节都拉满了，三十年的制作周期带来的是纯正的科幻片黄金年代的质感（台词都没有，剧情没啥好说的，有几场戏实在是给我恶心坏了...
最后如梦初醒，才发现，哪里有什么疯神，在时间的尽头，仍然是无尽的痛苦和苍白
7.7/10 铁锈与血肉的残忍组合，难以言表的疯狂世界
妥妥儿的呈现什么叫用很厉害的技术挑粪（真的是字面意思）
苦心孤诣的想概括自己生活的世界有多么不堪，不断拔高审视的高度，没有任何的关怀与怜悯，粗暴的将自然法则塞进盘根错节首尾咬合生生不息的人类社会，自己想阐述的观点反而将自己曝晒在单向度的炼狱循环当中，失去一切意义与价值，正应了那句老话，你要是这么说的话，那话可就不能这么说了。
在看s11 rng打edg间隙看的这部电影，刚开始一度不知道哪个更恶心。看到第三局我悟了，继续看这部电影，竟然发现还可以，电影有很多暗喻和对人类文明的讽刺吧，看不甚懂，图个猎奇
so damn cooooooooool！
太精致的定格动画，每一帧都很用心，就是画面是真的是掉san，而且情节的确非常非常的晦涩。
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