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Yang Zhong
This is the first Swedish film I see in my life so far. Produced in the 1950s, it might be a little painful to watch; thus patience is required. The whole story is about how a knight, returned from crusade and supposed to die as he reached the shore, cheats the death by playing chess with him so that family could survive. Existentialism is the theme, expressed mainly through narrative. My favorite line, "people need to be scared by death," is perhaps the most compelling lesson I learn from this movie. Sometimes, people really need to think about what they dread so their lives can lived as meaningful as possible. The knight's characters, calmness and courage, enable him to live the rest of his life as he will without being bothered by the death
មនុស្ស 8 នាក់បានយល់ថាការវាយតម្លៃនេះមានប្រយោជន៍
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Adeline Burtt
Overrated. Seriously, massively overrated. Good experimental piece but otherwise slow and uninteresting. I'm not an academia suckup, however, and I dislike the 'art for art's sake' crap.
មនុស្ស 6 នាក់បានយល់ថាការវាយតម្លៃនេះមានប្រយោជន៍
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Esperanza Roja
Don't we all feel like the Knight who's living on borrowed time from death, trying to accomplish something worthwhile and searching the darkness for the hand of God? Could it be that the most noble quest in life is celebrating life itself?