The Seventh Seal Film Post

I always seem to inadvertently not post the film notes / thoughts I have in my looseleaf up onto to my blog. It's not that I'm irresponsible, the thought always passes my ever-expanding mind.

Anyways the first moment that struck me upon the film was the quote "Love is perfect in it's imperfection." Maybe it is just me, but quotes like these just stick with me.

In all honesty, while the quote does sounds rather cliche and those "something you would say about that subject" matters, why criticize the quote when it is so true? I mean, throughout the film, the bond of Jofs and his wife is certainly imperfect, and yet it seems so perfect. Throughout the film Jofs and his wife are faced with many difficulties, even when they meet Antonious Bloch and the squire, and even throughout the film itself. But yet even throughout the film, through all these trials and tribulations, their connection seems so perfect. So love is truly perfect in it's imperfection, because love always will prevail even through adversity.

My second thought involved the girl who was going to burned for "being a witch." One of the images that the cameraman takes is a diagonal shot of the girls arms and legs spread out on the cross. As the wooden cross lays on the tree, I feel that the girl and the wooden cross represent the idea that God is dead. The cross and the girl, in my opinion, allude directly to Jesus and his common representation as a figure on the cross.

In the final scene, when Death reveals himself to the six remaining people (not including Jofs and his wife), I believe it's an example of irony, and a possible view upon the existance of God. Before Death appears himself in front of the people, the heros are reading a passage from the Bible describing the 7th Seal. It shows that there is silence in heaven, seven angels, and seven trumpets. However, when Death appears upon the dining room, he is shown as the seventh person in the room. This possibly could mean that Death was the "last angel."

Perhaps Death as an angel means that God cannot exist without Death, because God must have his angels to protect him, or it is a example of irony, and a small joke made from the director.

I also noticed that when Jofs and his wife were finally at the beach and Jofs reveals his vision that he had. He mentions that there was a "fool with the lute." Yet, Jofs is seen throughout the film to have expertise in the lute, and he is often cited as the "fool" throughout the film. Perhaps another example of irony.