In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade against the imaginary enemies of Christianity. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witches. But England and Scotland were almost untouched by witch persecutions until King James himself decided to launch his own, personal war on witchcraft.
In 1597 King James VI of Scotland published 'Daemonology', a handbook on how to recognise and destroy, witches. The book explored the threat that 'those Detestable slaves of the Devil', posed to James himself. It fuelled waves of witch hunting throughout Britain.
The legacy of James' 'Daemonology' continued throughout the 17th century, and led to the torture and execution of hundreds of women in a series of infamous witch trials. No-one knows exactly how many men and women died in these trials, such as the Pendle trial of 1612, or how many others were killed in cases that never came to court. The documentary reveals the purges in many areas of Britain drew directly on King James' book. Also for the first time, remarkable new archaeological evidence from Cornwall, suggests that witchcraft was actively practiced for centuries, even during the most intense periods of witch-hunting. Experimental archaeologist Jacqui Wood has excavated strange pits lined with swan's feathers, and filled with animal skins and human remains. She believes the pits were ritual offerings inspired by witchcraft beliefs.
男二萌萌哒 当年夜班经理小弟弟长大拉
只是想看看oscar听他声音的我没想到这是一部这么深邃的片子…… 难受的高潮还是在最后的转折
又是一部故作玄虚的电影，没有什么精彩刺激的“算牌”对决，各种政治化的比喻让人无聊
鱼眼广角镜头的部分是亮点，调度很吸引人，整体依然是PTSD与救赎的故事
我也想oscar isaac一边骂我一边朝我扔钱
新黑色电影与赌片杂糅，鱼眼广角下的战争创伤与幽闭恐惧直直展现在眼前。
喜欢开头和梦魇的段落，但还是是希望施拉德勇敢一点。总感觉他像布列松乖巧的徒弟。
非常内心的，情绪化的一部片，不论是回忆的镜头还是主角独处时的野兽的喘息，配乐，包括片的的明暗对比，都是主角内心感受的映照，把奥斯卡的娇憨去除得干干净净，全片弥漫着沉默的强大的苦痛的男性气质，却异常地单纯，当单纯和残忍结合的时候，人物是格外迷人的，就像《老无所依》里的巴登一样，只是这里的奥斯卡是善良的，所以只能表现痛苦。
浓浓的廉价感和莫名其妙的人物关系，还有各种让人出戏的配乐和拉黑过场，看得尴尬癌发作。两星都给Oscar Isaac的表演。
“He can recognize the Transcendent,he can study those methods which brought him to that realization,but that actual ‘why’of that realization is a mystery.”
一个人，极其想远离过去，远离自己犯过的错，又希望做一些美好的事物来回报这个世界，但是事与愿违，最终还是逃不过命运的捉弄，而这个世界就是美国。主角在生活中，被美国的所谓反恐策略所利用又被抛弃，在赌桌上又被来自乌克兰的所谓“美国人”蚕食，下一代又被这个国家自己酝酿的仇恨所害……不过导演还是给了一段唯美的感情，没让观众一down到底。那场霓虹里的漫步和最后的隔屏对指还是能触动人的。
复古不复古的，意义不大。壳具体且重，而符号性又不强。不做叙事，靠影像彰显，也就寥寥几笔可观。往前看，往后看，怎么都算不上好。
赌片怎么可以拍得这么无聊，奥斯卡面瘫冷漠脸就是我的观影写照
6.2，小片子，讲美军虐囚事件，男主和《婚姻生活》男主是同一个人！！！
节奏慢，价值观不主流。William想帮助cirk走出丧父阴影，但失败了。William自己也抛下了最看重的赌局替Cirk复仇，导致自己再度入狱，与爱人分离。披着赌局的外壳，探讨的还是虐囚问题和人性。讽刺的是，有些东西，想摆脱才发现已经刻进了骨髓，当镜头扫过上校家包着白布的家具时，一切已经了然。
好久没看过这么男的电影了…以及这么尴尬的对话。证明出租车司机真的无法复刻。
充满装腔作势的台词和戏码，三十分钟后就继续不下去了
Great story, 同时有一些让人毛骨悚然的细节(USA!)。质感层面实在太糟糕了，基本在保全故事角色和美学制作上只取其一，拜托谁去再给他点钱（和时间）吧！
7.5 lol Paul Schrader....
+0.5。自己都救不活的时候就别想去救别人了…（有联想到布列松
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