Chronicle: The Black Death After a first music column devoted to an album that can illustrate your games role playing , Here's an article about the movie Black Death
Christopher Smith.
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Black Death Today I will talk a film a little special, Black Death.
You probably never heard and, except you're a regular reader forums Esteren, you probably do not hear about, and for good reason.
Released in 2010, he received very little publicity
and will be distributed in France than DVD and Blu-Ray from 1 April 2011, without going through the box cinema. This is unfortunate, but thanks to some insightful contributors, we do not go all out on this valuable source of inspiration to the world of Shadows.
The pitch first. In the fourteenth century England, the first outbreak of bubonic plague raging through towns and countryside.
Men bear the brunt of what is recognized as a divine punishment, and if some accept their fate, others prefer to find solutions more radical. The life of young
Osmund, a novice in a monastery, took a turn very particular when it agreed to guide Ulrich, an envoy of the local bishop, through the marsh to a strange village from which emanate from dark rumors.
residents, spared by evil, voueraient a pagan cult in some Catholic forces, some say to Lucifer himself.
God through his hand Ulric army, must put an end to this heresy.
From a thematic standpoint , it is not in a very original nor in what generally prevails my enthusiasm. Namely
religion and death.
On a purely technical standpoint, the film does not necessarily mean that the merit some attention here.
actors do not die on screen, with the notable exception of Sean Bean (Boromir in Lord of the Rings, he has also kept the haircut and clothes, to pretty much) and Carice Van Houten. The achievement is a patchwork of choice more or less convincing. If
filming handheld camera may prove beneficial in terms of immersion and establish a breathless pace to a particular scene charged with emotion or action, the bias of Christopher Smith in Black Death is to use it and abuse it.
This gives rise to some beautiful movements along wonderfully character development, but also some passages where we have more nausea due to the roll as the nature-images that are hard-distilled over minutes.
So you say, before a picture so dark, why draw your attention to this movie?
Simply because these past few things say "hardware", it contains a force, just a blackness, and undeniable potential for a beautiful adaptation for Shadows of Esteren, or any other universe where horror flirts with madness. level of photography, playing chiaroscuro distilled throughout the film continues to draw our attention to the details that make a rich history.
The characters are sketched with the Past course (the film lasts only 1:37, which pass very quickly) but still more often searched than, and above all credible.
Realism, a strong force throughout the film, will be marred by a few missteps, which, however, may find an explanation further.
Thus, the young Osmund leave his monastery for a very down to earth.
His voyage of discovery, as the saying goes, will be in suffering and pain, both physical and mental.
Ulric, tortured character and presented his first scene as a fanatic, of course, reveal interesting facets of his personality all along.
spiritual aspects and fantastic, everywhere, will be offset by explanations, some prefer to say a touch of the assumptions of rationality in the quest of God, and the foundations of evil the Witch Hunters intend to fight.
Never preachy, Black Death brings to each of the keys to understanding the plot in its own way, while leaving free a certain amount of interpretation, again without pushing too far from the defect area (not the One of these films "Ikea", where the viewer has more work to do than the director).
If the first half of the film shows a certain slowness and one side "fuzzy", only to better lay the foundations of history and allow time to understand the psychology of the protagonists. The second half is
will establish a closed-door stifling, where the boundary between spirituality and handling gradually blurs.
Without spoiler.
life and death side by side without stopping or even intersect.
The main characters are nuanced and placed face difficult choices.
There's love, hate, magic (or not), extremism (of both sides) ...
sum, it appears clear that the construction and feel of this film are ideal scenario role play.
He deserves that they disregard his few deformities to dwell on the merits. A fortiori
Esteren, where the intertwining of different elements are slowly taking place as long as we try hard enough.
The cast of characters is all done, the flexibility regarding the "reality" behind the scenes of history would allow a leader to adapt the degree of the supernatural to his tastes and those of his players.
undoubtedly beautiful flower suggestions on such a soil!
SeigneurAo
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To learn more, find the critical
Black Death SciFi Universe on well as
announcement of its publication in France .
