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I talked about Satan and now I speak of the scene with Judas - The children, symbols of innocence, accuse him of the most terrible sin, exacerbating his remorse. Guilt is a powerful weapon for Satan, so Judas, instead of seeking forgiveness, commits suicide. Judas’s soul is tormented, his face bleeds, because inside him lurks a larva like that of the devil in the Garden of Gethsemane. Just as the larva appears in the nostril of the devil in the olive garden, which I mentioned earlier, notice that Judas rubs his nose against the pillar of the Sanhedrin as if to rid himself of something, and then before returning the money bag, he also rubs his nose with it. At a certain point, two children approach him, and soon twisting grotesquely, reveal themselves for what they are: demons. He can see them, but not the others. They pursue him and do not leave him in peace. They multiply and lead him to a lonely hill, continuing to curse him. That is why that field is still called "Field of Blood" today. Beelzebub literally means "Lord of the Flies." Thus, the flies that surround Judas symbolize that he has now been overwhelmed by Satan. The desperate solitude of Judas. It is the second time in the film we see an animal beneath someone's feet. But while in the olive garden, Jesus had crushed the terrible serpent, this time it is not Judas's feet that overpower the harmless animal, which, even though dead, is the cause of Judas's death. It should be noted that Judas was barefoot. Just a few days earlier, it had been the famous Palm Sunday, and Jesus had entered Jerusalem triumphantly on a donkey. The sight of the donkey's carcass, perhaps precisely the same one that had carried Jesus in triumph, dead and full of maggots, overwhelmed him. The donkey explicitly shows Judas the result of his betrayal: the death of Christ. Judas was also perhaps the disciple most eager to establish Christ's kingdom on this earth, and that carcass also symbolizes Judas's dreams of glory, which now appear to be in decay, indicating that there are no longer valid reasons to live; everything is dead. It is no longer the time for remorse (the children have vanished): the hour of death has come.

Even for Fusillo, I followed this film closely, that is, the description of the details and the meaning of the images according to the eye of the director Mel, precisely because I like it and I am very interested... Returning to what I was telling you last night, we were talking about the devil, thus SATAN: The devil tempts Christ with the inevitable question: "How can anyone bear the sins of the world?" It’s too much; Christ almost succumbs to the idea but then continues with the conviction to carry this forward - to take upon Himself the sins of the world... the sweat of blood in the scene in the garden falls to the ground like blood. - SATAN: (which means "Adversary") larva comes out of his nose; the larvae feed on dead flesh and reside in decaying things. Jesus can see him, the others cannot. Satan, the Tempter, who initially appears with androgynous characteristics, with a feminine appearance but a masculine voice, reveals his femininity as the film progresses and ultimately appears at the moment of crucifixion holding a child in his arms. The androgynous, that is, the falsification of good (it refers to Plato's Symposium)... the indistinction between man and woman reflects the non-distinction between good and evil. If the distinction of the sexes is part of the divine plan, the demon mingles the essences. He, the Anomos par excellence, gets stuck with names and forms, playing with them until they become unrecognizable, distorting along with them the image of the Creator. According to Mel, the devil is real, but he does not believe that he often appears with horns, smoke, and a forked tail. The devil is smarter than that. Evil is fascinating, attractive. It seems almost normal, almost good. But not quite. The actress's face is symmetrical, in a certain sense beautiful, but not completely. Her eyebrows have been shaved, and she is almost always shot in slow motion, so her eyelashes will never appear to blink, which is not normal. In Gethsemane, they dubbed with a male voice, even though the actress is a woman. This is what evil does, it takes something good and distorts it a bit. In the scene of the flagellation, she appears holding the monstrous caricature of an infant. And it is evil that distorts what is good. What is more tender and beautiful than a mother and a child? Thus the Devil takes this and distorts it just a bit. Instead of a mother with normal children, you have an androgynous figure holding a "child" of 40 years with hair in the back. In the end, Satan in a parched Golgotha similar to hell screams against the sky. He thought he had won, but the sacrifice of Jesus defeats him, taking away the keys of hell, thus his cry of victory transforms into the agony of defeat. Throughout the film, there is a crescendo of Satan: alone at the beginning, then more and more people later, it seems that he is about to win but in the end, he sinks into the depths; in the end, the devil is defeated.

she is an openly declared lesbian, she said it herself, I ran into her at the checkout of the Messaggerie Musicali here in Milan, shaved head, and she has a gaze that is both unsettling and paralyzing; anyway, let me explain.....

Good night everyone. Haloa

it's not ridiculous at all, it’s part of the context, it’s death, and it brings with it everything that man destroys and everything that has failed to be whole and healthy. Every scene must be interpreted in every little detail; they all have their meaning. Even the rotting beast represents the evil of man, destruction, and indeed it hangs itself because it sees the beast full of worms and flies and recognizes that it has represented betrayal as a man, and it cannot bear the weight of this sin.

Tastes are not up for debate; you gave a review of "Last Tango in Paris" with 2 stars for a film that "at least" deserves 4, you see? It's a matter of tastes, and that's fair enough.

Happy, it’s a matter of taste, the point doesn’t change, and the role of the devil is entrusted to the one who in life is declared "andrògino" and could only interpret it beautifully; she has such a haunting gaze. Do you see Happy? You see her one way and I, for example, see her another, and the part of the devil is perhaps the most unsettling, especially at the end when he is defeated (evil) and killed, that scream towards the heavens is chilling.

The Punisher, yes please...

@Punny... I know that these and other scams exist, but there are people I know who have gone there, which I can't do at least for now. However, we can't always think negatively; we need to be optimistic and hope that what we do will have a good outcome and always be for the benefit of those children who are in such need. And I emphasize that this is why I researched so much before making the choice I made, because I didn't trust others and because it's clear that not all the money goes directly to the child when associations need to maintain the entire structure and those who work within it. In my case, however, it's direct; a bank transfer from here to there, and it’s known that even one euro is a lot.

Yes, kosmo, I think exactly like you, and truly wishing a good life to Pedrito, also known as Dito, and to all the little ones in the world… puppies… :-)