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.
很可惜的一点就是故事弱于画面了，不知道是不是因为三十年前的设想在今日已经屡见不鲜……但真的，好佩服啊，好佩服！
好险没在吃饭的时候看，太血腥太恶心了，中间一段掏内脏那里，胃里不舒服了，开始真不知道是动画，那老人脸做的太像了吧。不过内容不精彩，看完只能想到血腥画面。
扭曲过后的世界或许就是这样血腥荒诞……疯神并不是神，而是异化了的人类自己
片子恶心的简直太一骑绝尘了，深度怀疑该片是在导演high翻的状态下构思出来的，推荐推荐！
顶着部分画面所带来的略微的生理不适，我还是看完了。对于剧情和画面，我只能分别说，我看不懂，但我大受震撼。也许剧情在本片压根不重要，画面才是导演想让你关注的所在。猎奇至极。据说是历时30年才完成的，可敬可敬，但也确实难以称之为好看。
肮脏诡谲的国度，重口程度更甚史云梅耶，像一场想象力溢出流脓的梦。
梦穿过罅隙蜉蝣在现实的触须之上。勇敢至极的想象力，仿佛一场奇观，意义在这个世界已经丧失了意义。何等的疯，何等的神。
现在竟然还有这种电影...一点剧情没有？一点看不下去...视频作品集的感觉...跟堆砌词藻没啥区别就是无聊
虽然有很多细节看不懂，但大体还是能够体会到那种无限轮回的虚无，绝望与毁灭
油管上有38分钟的三个短片合集，现阶段找不到全片，不过很精彩。
我们总是在周而复始循环的地狱中挣扎着，将压迫视作尊贵，再转而与同阶级斗争，而总会有自以为清醒的人试着站出来，将自己视为歌者，妄图摧毁混乱无序的世界，从头建立一个新的纯洁
我太期待了！！！！！！！！/迷影与乡愁 其实很正统的
虽然很掉san，实际上后面还看困了，没想到这也能助眠，可能是太长了后面没啥新意，弄成短片多好
前：风格好像挺独特的。哦，好。
看着新鲜，不知云云，重工业废土朋克风格，魔幻现实主义风格，肯定跟人性有关系，跟西方圣经有关系，讲述人类与地球乃至宇宙之间的关系，轮回，巴拉巴拉…………
人类高质量男同片 /// 可以为了结尾升四星……未来有太多比夏日的那场决裂更残酷的事情。
因为没对白，靠自己看画面理解，可能跟每个人理解不一样，疯神就是疯癫的造物主，所以才造出如此混乱颓丧污浊不堪恶心的世界，这部片不能用正常逻辑思维去理解它，因为每个场面都是我无法想象得出来的，有几段看着还有点恶心，一段电击巨人脑袋排出的排泄物通过管子排到一个怪物大口，另一段有个小怪物屁股挂着两个大乳房排泄，第一个探索者挂掉后被疯医和护士开膛破肚掏出的居然先是金银首饰，最后掏出现一个异形之类的小东西，配乐是娃娃叫声，还有最后似那个死神之类的配着长长的鸟喙飘着走路，诡异又奇特，最后的肿瘤人应该是巫医之类，把异形娃娃做成了一盆亮粉，亮粉洒向光芒看到了各种匪夷所思奇幻的景象，一栋楼起了，一栋楼塌了，那块长方形板翻滚向太空中让我想起了2001太空漫游，太空中几个星球拍成一列的景象也很奇特。
心智正常的政客，会想方设法阻止战争
如果宇宙的终极规则是“熵”,即一切都会走向灭亡，片子中形形色色的畸形怪物和各种反常理的东西也就说得通了；在这里时间没有任何意义，宇宙和人类只是疯神打发时间的调剂。从令人作呕的场景来看这个“宇宙”已经存在很久很久了，似乎也已经开始走向混乱与无序，也许毁灭也只是时间的问题。
我不能说他好看，因为会让很多人生理性不适，但也不能说他难看，因为揣测导演的拍摄角度，会觉得很具有讽刺现实的艺术性。
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