tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970683153008645393.post829655251697855441..comments2024-01-09T16:17:22.327-06:00Comments on Bring the Books: Lacrimosa in Malick's The Tree of LifeAdam Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05826908205996140341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970683153008645393.post-63163253716775839842013-11-14T01:00:09.327-06:002013-11-14T01:00:09.327-06:00I think in the context of the movie, it makes perf...I think in the context of the movie, it makes perfect sense. I don't think Malick is presenting separate events. The movie - in my opinion - depicts loss and letting go. The movie is nested inside 2 minds - Mother and Son. When Sean Penn's character lit the candle he is imagining the pain his mother went through when she lost her child and how she had to reconnect to something bigger that she is to let go and accept that loss. Through the reflection of her pain, Sean's character finds the answer on how to reconnect with this higher himself. I have seen the movie several times and it always strikes me differently but lately the nesting of minds is pretty obvious to me as the movie is basically memories and reflections of what most people know in general. Paulo Reishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833646847477432488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970683153008645393.post-15092668457792081752012-08-31T10:17:49.480-05:002012-08-31T10:17:49.480-05:00What a great film.
The Lacrimosa, most famously d...What a great film.<br /><br />The Lacrimosa, most famously done in Mozart's Requiem mass, is part of the Dies Irae of the Catholic funeral mass. <br />When I was watching the film, and I heard the "Lacrimosa" refrain as the galaxy was forming, and in the context of the citation from Job at the beginning of the film ("Where were you...") I wept. Really beautiful film. <br /><br />BE aware that it is a prayer for the dead though. As a former Reformed (now Catholic) I know that would have offended me. Now of course I find much peace in it.<br /><br /><br />Lacrimosa dies illa,<br />qua resurget ex favilla<br />Iudicandus homo reus.<br />Huic ergo parce, Deus: <br /><br />Pie Iesu Domine,<br />dona eis requiem. Amen. <br /><br /><br />Ah! that day of tears and mourning!<br />From the dust of earth returning<br />Man for judgment must prepare him;<br />Spare, O God, in mercy spare him! <br /><br />Lord, all-pitying, Jesus blest,<br />Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen.David Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181838722750428356noreply@blogger.com