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.
看着荒漠大道上倔强蹒跚的Eastwood，像目睹一个时代渐渐走远。很老派、扎实的拍法，牛仔和公路，际遇与选择，亏欠与回报，重温一段流金岁月。Eastwood不再执拗于追求气概，没再给自己留下遗憾，美墨边境的小镇里，弥补了家庭的缺失，选择了平缓的陪伴。也在电影的最后，象征性的让男孩做了看起来不那么正确的选择：凸显两个人的不同来自于年龄的差异，男孩那么年轻，一切都来得及犯错。告别时他投向Eastwood的目光，带着青春的踌躇和锐气，似乎是一代人向另一代人的致敬和交接。
属于老年人的温存。但剧本属实是有些硬伤。确实就算是东木的忠粉这次也很难打出四星了。但是看老爷子这身体状况挺不错的，应该还能再拍吧，持续期待。
也许东木大爷老了 想拍一个温柔简单的故事 这么大年纪还自导自演 想到这就无比敬佩
片子的气质，是晚年的老人的自我感动，脑中剩下对曾经的遗憾和意气风发的回望。
东木大爷精神上依旧是那个老派的牛仔，但身体明显跟不上了。
三星半。老爷子出手质量还是能保证的，一老一少一只战斗鸡，一段穿越边界线的旅程，这部片子里善良的人比较多。
虽然不是我期望看到的西部对决类型，但东木老爷子拍出来的都不错，真是看一部少一部了。
老爷子依旧审视着，却无力辨析或施加什么，看看挺好。愿他平安。
多一星给老爷子面子 其实可以更好 一直以为最后俩人会中枪然后骑马去边境 做成让子弹飞的开放式结局效果 但也很好
挺好，挺好。东木让替身在马上替自己wild了一把，再让小朋友在旁边叫“猛男”。
为什么那么多老少配的电影 还都那么难看啊？
片子的气质，是晚年的老人的自我感动，脑中剩下对曾经的遗憾和意气风发的回望。
不得不说，剧本上实在是太糙了 ，各种剧情转折和人物动机都说不过去 ，但是作为东木的影迷，还能说什么呢，有一部看一部
舒适小品，多一星给我的英雄，东木jo太郎。
美墨边境的风光美如画，歌也好听！东木这把岁数还能浪漫至此，也是不容易的
廉颇老矣 英雄迟暮
节奏是挺慢的，但比我想象的要好，完全不无聊~~
3星半，吉他配乐特别引人入胜，整个事件过于简单又顺利，基本说服不了观众的动机。美墨边境的混乱常态根本不值一提，少年一路上也省心，碰到的都是好人，大方的女老板、从天而降的车、以为是拦路虎却没什么用的警察。和以前的片子比，就是个流水账，不想说它是“童话”，可拍得很安然无恙又太过浅白。这西部片的配乐很符气质，虽然到处槽点也不至于很难过，看到这片，想着牛仔导演怎么还不退休。
雄鸡和老爷子
现在看到老东木的电影，心中总是浮现“不要温和地走进那个良夜”…………永远敬佩老爷子，牛仔精神forever,继续拍下去
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