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.
Good slasher with attitude. A24 approved. 摄影（特别是开场镜头）、配乐（几处特倩女幽魂）都不错，氛围更是一流，可能是厄运遗传以来令人印象最深的。
看creepy老两口杀杀人跳跳舞竟然觉得还蛮温馨，也是受够那些teenage obsessed虐杀和复仇了
不知道是不是因为我年纪大了，感觉这对老年人作恶的设定十分冒犯。另外真的不恐怖，甚至也不文艺。
当摄影师被老太杀死，高潮就此到来。 恐怖剧情从头就营造的比较完美
《关于一对老年人没有性生活而开始屠杀年轻人这件事》
一个jump scare吓到了，突然插眼睛恐怖得很，然后穿了喜剧元素，有点好笑。前面的转场镜头很棒，很多致敬经典镜头～
本来还以为女孩子会一起活下来，没想到最后就只有……而且主角根本啥都没干吧！！！莫名其妙就捡了两个人头……不明所以。观感还行，就是引发了一点我对老去的恐惧，有点不适。
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前半段实在挺好的，不仅反套路，而且还把拍出来的adult电影和现实片段交叉剪辑在一起，加上朦朦胧胧的年代感滤镜，会觉得特别新鲜。中间还有段唱歌表演，用分屏将年轻女孩们和年长的Pearl做了对比，风风光光与风华不再，是一个很好的过渡。但是后面就开始俗套起来了，亮点几乎挖不出来。全片还可以发现《逃出绝命镇》《寂静之地》和《闪灵》的著名梗，用得稍微有些刻意。结局太莫名其妙了，这枪走火得毫无征兆。不知道主旨是什么，是想说明女性在年长之后欲望还没有消退是一件很恐怖的事，为了满足性欲所以需要杀人吗。
看creepy老两口杀杀人跳跳舞竟然觉得还蛮温馨，也是受够那些teenage obsessed虐杀和复仇了
挑战到我底线的恐怖片，因为它完美地示范了如何把恐怖片拍的很烂但看起来又没那么烂。另外，连Ti West这种水平的独立恐怖片导演都能沦陷成这个样子，A24的“企业风格”到底能把美国恐怖片搞到多烂不得不说很令人期待。
not just a fuck up horror picture but about getting older and desire of sex.
剪辑:★★★
「赋予行为以动机」恐怕是新世纪恐怖片始终贯彻的一个基本点，而本片在怀旧滤镜之外，试图挖掘出「垮掉的一代」的心灵根源，以及更大的人类共情——「生命的激情」，这样的情感的确是会变异成妖的。
6.5分。算是近年来越发束手束脚的好莱坞的一次不大不小的开放。倒是在这部电影里见到了我看电影到现在都没见过的人设。精虫上脑却又无法行房事的老年夫妻憋久了会怎么样，有点恶趣味。不过抛去这个设定，影片不说离托比·琥珀的《德州》有多远，就连自己本家A24的《遗传厄运》也够不着。固定机位有，头顶俯拍有，但是也就是如此了，套了A24皮的血浆电影猎奇电影。
题材不错，就节奏太慢了，好像还有续集的2部值得期待
片子告诉我们 各位说自己已经XX岁了/身体不行了/等的男性多一些取悦精神
对不起我对这种主题实在接受无能，不是说我觉得老年人不可以有性欲，但他们因为嫉妒年轻人而杀戮，还自以为能让他们永远炽热的爱情锦上添花，我完全厌恶。
德州电锯的画面质感，everyone loves sex，老太“想要”，各种彩蛋元素get，沙马兰说我拍old之前咋没想到这个主题
拍小黄片还挺有意思的。两个反派的死法也是前无古人后无来者了恐怕
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