The history of Danish country church architecture is told by showing scenes of how the church was used by the congregation, beginning with the celebration of mass in a small and simple wooden church 800 years ago, and ending with the congregation singing in a village church of to-day. The development and the growth of the pattern of church architecture is shown.
Dreyer in this film shows a series of churches from different periods with churchgoers in period clothing. Each period is separated by a shot of a church bell double-exposed on the sky. Although the film has a vibrant and instructive way of communicating the different epochs and styles to students, it does not exhibit the artistic quality that usually distinguishes a Dreyer film, except perhaps in some of the costumes, which were originally made for Day of Wrath.
The board of Dansk Kulturfilm in autumn 1945 decided that their planned church film would exclusively be about village churches. Dreyer would rework the script that was written by editor and folk high-school principal Bernhard Jensen, aided by a committee of experts consisting of architect H. Lønborg-Jensen and Victor Hermansen, curator at the National Museum of Denmark. Dreyer had a first draft ready in mid-March, entitled Kirken er et gammelt Hus ("The Church Is an Old House"), which was distributed to the members of the committee for their comments.
In the last half of July, Dreyer and Victor Hermansen travelled the country to look at suitable churches. They researched the details and at Dreyer’s request a number of technical changes were made to the churches, including the removal of porcelain holders for electrical wiring in Tveje Merløse Church.
On 4 July, Dreyer went in advance to Ringkøbing. Shooting was set to start a few days later with the arrival of the director of photography, Preben Frank, who had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, Fortunately, he was ready to cautiously start working again within a few days, with his leg in a cast.
Otherwise, the production went without a glitch. Everywhere, Dreyer said, they were well received at the vicarages and they had no problem getting enough extras. On 1 august, they returned to Copenhagen with almost all their footage in the can. They only needed to film the church in Skelby, where the weather had been against them, plus a Swedish wooden church in Hedared. The economy was distressed so soon after the war, especially when it came to foreign currency, but there were no real wooden churches left in Denmark and building an interior set in the studio would be too expensive.
The finished film was shown for the first time on 24 September 1947 to a small, closed circle, which included the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In December 1947, as was Dansk Kulturfilm’s standard practice, the film was presented to the press, politicians and others on a programme with four other short films.
821提前場，作為一套家庭片嚟講佢無疑係好能夠令人動容嘅，但如果作為一套傳記片嚟講就拍得有些少甩漏。特別係淡化咗蘇樺偉由細到大艱難嘅經歷，一路睇落嚟未免太過順了，覺得唔似睇緊一套傳記片咁，或者香港新導演都面臨呢個情況(原因費事講)，冇機會去拍所謂嘅大片，對一個咁大嘅題材拍得有多少縮手縮腳(都關能力事)。不過有幾幕戲依然可以睇到喊，吳君如奉獻咗《歲月神偷》之後最精彩嘅表演。香港政府對待正常運動員同殘障運動員嘅公平性，呢個問題導演亦都有點出，呢個群體有人識去同情但冇人識去關注，比賽就知道要公平，咁對待人呢？
影评：电影好牛，好多人睡着。看电影前的我：我不能睡着。看电影的我：断断续续睡了20分钟。看完电影的我和男朋友：现在的电影发展到这个地步了吗？（没有说电影不好 只是看不懂 就不评分了
1961年的意大利，繁荣的北边兴建高楼，通过电视向全国转播。与此同时，米兰的冒险家们来到纯朴的南方勘探洞穴，向上向下都是求索。众多超远景和低光场景，难以想象在电脑上看会是什么效果。优秀的屏幕让观影体验完全不同：我甚至能分辨出树上的每片叶子，看清妇女们在溪边清洗的衣物和山间每头牲畜的一举一动（有时你分不清是它们还是看守它们的老人在叫），还有那吞噬杂志内页的火焰的牙齿。洞穴里满是不可思议的镜位，走一步看一步的过程让我想起去年在桐庐参观未开发钟乳洞的经历。标题到片尾（浓雾弥漫山谷）之间没有任何字幕，这里的历险是一种视觉与心灵的体验，与语言无关。记住speleology这个词，它是自然界的美和神秘与人类探索精神的化身。★★★☆
太美了，美到让人忘记电影本身刺痛的主题，人的生命的无意义和死亡的戛然。
没睡着，拍得挺诗意。一些空镜很好看，加上声音，有种空灵的美。就是没太想明白，探洞与人类生命之间的联系到底是什么。【BJIFF2021】
传记、冲奖、催泪式煽情、本人出演的珠玉在前，快把不好看电影的元素都集齐了。也不知道是阈值高了还是类似套路看多了，精准把握导演每一个想让人哭的念头。没劲。
剪辑很顺畅，感觉有吸取《夺冠》的东西。最大的问题还是剧本，整个就是鸡汤文化，把成长标签片段的展示出来，但和苏桦伟真实的有些东西有差距，努力在表达“同工同酬”，始终只是点到为止。苏桦伟现实中在刘德华公司工作，以及训练给到的待遇，电影里全无体现，非常可惜。
－.可惜整体未达到去繁化简，或是形成均质。潜入洞穴后进行微弱的视觉牵引，在探研者与牧民、图纸与洞的结构间建立强硬的牵制/联立，并不轻盈
魅力主要還是真實故事。亞特蘭大拍得很好，中段拍得還行，最後部分完全失控，沈悶至極。3.5星。
北影节睡着了，醒了坚持看。呜呜呜。一边勘探，另一边老头挂了，so老头是洞神？果然科学毁灭神话信仰
吴君如太牛了，最佩服这种喜剧演员，演起正剧也毫不含糊，岁月神偷和这部，都好棒。
三星半，港式煽情太多了。少年和青年苏桦玮演的太好了
2021北京国际电影节第二部，前期节奏略缓慢，看到中后部老人倒下突然发现和洞的探索状态和阶段都有呼应，尤其是从医生用手电照眼睛和探照灯照洞穴，片尾大雾袭来背景是老人放牛的呼声
不停前探的尽头，未必是想象中的豁然开朗，可能会是戛然而止，生命亦然。
2021BJIFF最后一部。滴答滴答，是-678米深洞的水声，也是老牧羊人一呼一吸间流走的生命。片尾那几声吆喝，像招魂铃。
你说弄一帮残疾人跟那比什么啊？有什么可比的？能好好活着就够不容的了！
很纯粹的一部电影，几乎集中在视觉的平静和音效的震动上。慢慢的探索，一束一束的火光，像云一样移动的牧群，还有与洞穴一样满脸皱纹的老人在呼吸。最终当洞穴学家示意停止后，我一度以为还会有反转，但没有。老人被裹上毯子，绘图员在雾中给草稿画上最后几笔，电影结束。（ps 看完本人地质学家的梦又复燃了）
电影想要表达的歌颂母爱啊励志故事啊其实都不如现实生活来的令人深刻，实际发生的一定比呈现出来的更加残忍沉重吧，残奥会冠军已经是出现在公众面前了，那些更普通的残障人士呢，生活究竟是什么样的呢？
观影中，不断分析，然后不断推倒，一直往隐喻方面想，结果还是关于赞颂人类征服自然。不分析的话，完全可以当意大利风情画，自然景观看。当你发现影像无聊了，声音却变得如此动听（大家影片结束后一起听水滴落下的声音好浪漫）
发育不健全的儿子+呕心沥血的母亲，前半段几乎就是港版的《阿甘正传》，塑造了一个为奔跑而生的天才-有的跑就尽情跑!非常煽情又励志的催泪大片，在这个时间点上映 ，借点东京残奥会的光，是希望大家能够更多地关注一下残障运动员的困境吧。虽然一刹那的光辉不代表永恒，但是有得跑就尽情跑，有得拍就尽情拍，想必这也是香港电影人的心声吧。苏妈一直被忽略的二儿子，大概就是澳门吧～
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