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Old July 16th, 2018 #1
ColdFire
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Default Umberto Eco's "The Name Of The Rose"


What does everybody here think about that movie?


The plot . . .

Mysterious death cases happen in a monestary during the high Middle Ages ( 14th century ) , located in Northern Italy . . . at that time two foreign monks visit the monestary ( William of Baskerville and his novice Adso of Melk . . ) . . .


William Of Baskerville begins investigating the cases . . The monks proclaim their medieval superstition by believing "the Devil goes around in this monestary . . ." . .William of Baskerville is a bit more "reasonable" though . . .
He approaches the whole thing in a more "rational" way . . .

The movie goes on with the two monks connecting clues . .
In the end it turns out that , contrary to what the monks held for true, no "supernatural power" was behind those deaths . . .
The movie also features a conflict between the "faithful" monks and the more "reasonable" William . . . he is portrayed as , over the years , having learned to distrust Christianity . .

Thus far the plot . .

My personal opinion . .

It is a movie very critical of Christianity . . . it is set in the high Middle Ages . . . .

Umberto Eco , who wrote the novel , is said to be an esoteric man . . .


. . a 'humanist' , as some would deem it . . . .


Like I said , the plot is very critical of Christianity . . .
While the monks are shown giving in to their "superstition", William is trying to approach it in a reasonable way . . .
The movie also contains some very strong quotes ( too many to name . .)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/quotes

One might draw one's own conclusions from those quotes . . .

Umberto Eco is a man very critical of Christianity ( apparently ) which is probably why he made up the plot . . .

Interesting . . . .

Concerning the movie itself . . . .
I think it is put in scene quite well . . . it opens up the world of society of the high Middle Ages with its strict devotion . . .







Your opinions ?