The history of Danish country church architecture is told by showing scenes of how the church was used by the congregation, beginning with the celebration of mass in a small and simple wooden church 800 years ago, and ending with the congregation singing in a village church of to-day. The development and the growth of the pattern of church architecture is shown.
Dreyer in this film shows a series of churches from different periods with churchgoers in period clothing. Each period is separated by a shot of a church bell double-exposed on the sky. Although the film has a vibrant and instructive way of communicating the different epochs and styles to students, it does not exhibit the artistic quality that usually distinguishes a Dreyer film, except perhaps in some of the costumes, which were originally made for Day of Wrath.
The board of Dansk Kulturfilm in autumn 1945 decided that their planned church film would exclusively be about village churches. Dreyer would rework the script that was written by editor and folk high-school principal Bernhard Jensen, aided by a committee of experts consisting of architect H. Lønborg-Jensen and Victor Hermansen, curator at the National Museum of Denmark. Dreyer had a first draft ready in mid-March, entitled Kirken er et gammelt Hus ("The Church Is an Old House"), which was distributed to the members of the committee for their comments.
In the last half of July, Dreyer and Victor Hermansen travelled the country to look at suitable churches. They researched the details and at Dreyer’s request a number of technical changes were made to the churches, including the removal of porcelain holders for electrical wiring in Tveje Merløse Church.
On 4 July, Dreyer went in advance to Ringkøbing. Shooting was set to start a few days later with the arrival of the director of photography, Preben Frank, who had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, Fortunately, he was ready to cautiously start working again within a few days, with his leg in a cast.
Otherwise, the production went without a glitch. Everywhere, Dreyer said, they were well received at the vicarages and they had no problem getting enough extras. On 1 august, they returned to Copenhagen with almost all their footage in the can. They only needed to film the church in Skelby, where the weather had been against them, plus a Swedish wooden church in Hedared. The economy was distressed so soon after the war, especially when it came to foreign currency, but there were no real wooden churches left in Denmark and building an interior set in the studio would be too expensive.
The finished film was shown for the first time on 24 September 1947 to a small, closed circle, which included the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In December 1947, as was Dansk Kulturfilm’s standard practice, the film was presented to the press, politicians and others on a programme with four other short films.
划重点：Chapter3—妻子视角。原以为雷导要拍中世纪版《角斗士》，没想到拍的是中世纪《末路狂花》。向雷老Salute！
换人物视角，看似一场metoo大戏，但编剧对事件的悬念不感兴趣，讲男人和女人如何看待事件，而上帝总会站在正义的一边。老雷拍这种历史剧也是好莱坞第一人了，功力毋庸置疑。
选角和表演都够差的，仿佛在看他们四个玩古装剧本杀......
角斗士+天国王朝。向天再借500年让老雷多拍几部中世纪题材的作品吧！有趣的是17年前天国王朝中的两位主角在本片中客串了一把 而女主角又让我想起了西西里的美丽传说中的玛莲娜 生而美丽就是女人的原罪呐。“微笑和好话比赤裸裸的威胁有用多了”玛格丽特是一个具有savvy/智慧的女人；“对男人来说权力是最重要的”母亲的教诲 中世纪与现代的家庭关系有啥不同？至少婆媳关系上看不出东西方有多大差异。本的台词太粗鄙 当看一部fuck不离口的中世纪题材作品总会有违和感。就全片来看，如果套用水浒传，这不就是林冲手刃陆谦的剧本吗，这一点东西是一致的：打我老婆和财产的主意就拿命来偿。从女性的角度能解读更多，但区区短评就不展开了。
罗生门式的讲述，决斗将女人的无力、矛盾与绝望推向高潮
硬是将一个城堡情爱暴力的三角狗血生搬硬套一个罗生门的角度来讲150分钟而变成教科书般了无生气。。。。。硬生生将大女主抗争叙事压缩到最后的1/4。。。哎😔~
三章故事三个视角拼凑出一个真相，前两章男性视角可见名誉侵蚀下贪婪的人心，女性在他们眼中只是利益交换和泄私欲的工具，为了保全名誉可以放弃一切人性，而第三章玛格丽特视角着重突出真相二字，老雷把一个中世纪勇敢独立的女性塑造的非常出色，她遭受的各种委屈，痛苦，压迫对比男性角色的势力，虚伪给人一种深深的无力感，而她在这种强权压力下仍然有为自己讨公道的勇气，与老太太的对比更是突出了她的勇敢。朱迪科默的表演更是非常到位，最后的决斗戏把前面积压的情绪完全喷发出来，决斗过程血脉喷张，但又不时为女主提心吊胆，可见老雷绝佳的掌控力，老爷子借《最后的决斗》依然保持了自己的表达欲，古装题材可能并不新鲜，但拍的如此扎实耐看又富有反思精神的又有几个人呢？（9/10）
13.10.2021 | @ Regal Majestic | 媒体场点映。Jousting还是很爽的，弥补了今年没去Renn Fair的遗憾。以为是又一个罗生门，结果是一个完全没有反转的彻彻底底的#metoo故事。说好的unreliable narrator呢？！用这样的结构设置来讲故事，这不是杀鸡用了牛刀吗？有点失望。不过用山羊胡来遮盖屁股下巴，这一招不错！//再往深了想想，为什么我对这部metoo片本能反感，大概是因为这片的导演和两位编剧都是男性，而各处的男性凝视又格外显眼吧。现在网上的男性影评人（包括IGN）纷纷给出高分，我倒是很好奇最后评价的性别分化会是什么样子。
同一事件的真相从当事者三人的角度各自讲了一遍，只有女主所代表的章节才是真的真相。可以说是罗生门式的叙事，从某种意义上讲也是金刚川式的。
三段重复无趣的流水账和一段精彩刺激的肉搏。6
文戏的高潮是对玛格丽特的法庭判决，其令人窒息和揪心程度，甚至比卡鲁日、勒格里那场生死决斗的武戏，还胜一筹。雷老爷永远值得期待，全片2/3乃至4/5的铺垫，最后发现都是值得的！
维权还是猎巫都是靠女主的起心动念，那么这事走向了反面。整个故事女主道德光环就在于雷得利斯科特强行加入的预设。
太多细节和线索值得品，每个人物都被多角度立体透视，试问自己你的关注点是落在真相上？还是决斗输赢上？
对着司机说英俊大概是在考验大家的演技🙄在颇具讽刺的中世纪罗生门下，男主们虚伪且自以为是，简直是在比烂，决斗结果虽显“正义”，但无非是拿女主遭受的伤害来成就那个时代的骑士“荣誉”，所幸最后的最后，结局大快人心。社会发展让人们逐渐意识觉醒，越认识到旧世界男权至上与教权当道的残酷压迫，越要批判和清除当今依旧残留的旧日余孽。
四幕剧结构很酷，忠君爱国到长袖善舞到女性意识到自由搏击，作为类型片爱好者，不得不承认我从PK中得到了最大的快感
这样一个故事的现实意义已经明显到无以复加的地步了。但它最大的软肋在于，这么一个三段式的罗生门故事，结构太生硬太呆板了，而过于冗长的叙事节奏更是雪上加霜。基本上从中段起，观众就能早早地预判到这个故事的后续发展，那就毫无惊喜可言了。
年轻的朱迪科默在一众男星簇拥之下鲜花盛开，该为她日后的星途打开空间了吧。看了几十分钟才认出本阿费莱克来，汗。亚当德赖弗是个超强实力派演员，在《婚姻故事》中就有上佳表现，可惜被约翰斯嘉莉光环给遮盖了。
雷导正常发挥快乐拿工资下班。最后女人眼里的悲伤落幕非常完美，胜利只是男人的，真相也是神给的。本达写的俩男性视角其实不需要这么大篇幅，生怕别人不知道是你们的手笔一样
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六百多年过去，女性的处境有变好一些吗？并没有。而世界不会变好，才更应该在每一个具体的历史情境中，为了自己而坚强地抗争。
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