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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ธ.ค. 2015
- One fine morning, after writing a letter to his friend, a young merchant named Georg Bendemann has a chat with his seemingly benign father. Things take a turn for the worse, however, when Georg's father proceeds to throw his expectations and assumptions out the window.
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Produced and Directed by Forrest Rice
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Based on the Story by Franz Kafka
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Starring Shane Cullum, Gary Lunn, and Breon Jenay - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
I wrote my senior thesis about Franz Kafka's "Brief an den Vater" (Letter to my father). The relationship between the father and son is a very interesting one. His father was very emotionally abusive towards Kafka and constantly made him doubt himself, by gaslighting him. This becomes very apparent here, for example when he tries to make Kafka doubt whether he actually had a friend Sct. Petersburg. He also used a lot of alienation and judgment as a method of upbringing, hence the name of the story. It's very important to know, that kafka perceived his father as very powerful, big and temperamental.
This text is, mostly, a representation of that relationship. In the original version, it was addressed to his lover, Felice Bauer, presumably as an explanation of his relationship with his father. In fact, he even stated "mein Schreiben handelte von dir", "my writing was about you", so whenever you read something of Kafka, keep that in mind. The letter definitely is worth a read.
Very good work! I love this story. I think that the "friend" is a split of the protagonist. He is the same son (remember how his father calls him a son too), but the split which stayed faithful (out of fear) to the father.
I read the judgement twice and was trying to visualize what he was writing. I thought to myself, 'no, that can't be''. But after watching this video it's good to know that I wasn't the only one thinking visualizing the story like this. So different from other novels of the western canon. Thanks for the video!
what a wonderful acting. The power of the script is so much enhanced when I see this video. I dont know if what made him die is his father's punishment, or the uselessness of his life. His sees that his friend values his father more than him, his father thinks he is a worthless human, his father still has a grip of his customers, his friend fights for revolution while he is living a life that is of no meaning - now i guess he could die, as there is no utility to his life. But I wonder, if his girl friend also sees his worthless. I couldnt catch that part.
Very well done! I'm currently reading Kafka's short stories for the first time, great writer. It's a wonder why he isn't more recognised in the film industry. Thanks for creating this video!
What an incredible video! I was able to understand the story now, thank you so much. Keep up the good work! 😊👏
Really enjoyed this short film - an excellent visualisation of the story. The one thing I still don't understand is why the father initially asks his son if he REALLY has a friend in Petersburg. He obviously knows that the friend exists, so why say this? Is he playing on the meaning of the word 'friend', as if to say "I know that the other man exists but how can you dare call him your friend"?
That's how I took it. Especially considering the line, "'Oh yes. To your friend,' said his father, with peculiar emphasis.' I take it the emphasis was on the "friend" portion.
me too
I gotta admit, that did leave me wondering. I'm pretty sure, it says "Freund" in the german version. The german language is so messed up, that it does not have a word to separate a romantic relationship and a platonic one. Both are "Freund". So he might, but I don't actually think so. I think it was to show how his own father used to gaslight him. As I mentioned in another comment, Kafka wrote his texts about his father
amazing work
Nice movie with good acting 👌
Wonderful job 👍❤️
I have read the story, and watched this short film, visualisation is very helpful to "read" again this profound story, thanks😆👏
Franz, like a young Georg, was domineered by his own father who probably verbally abused him. Franz’s dad was physically a large domineering man that probably criticized poor Franz his entire life. The judgement for both Franz and Georg both ended in tragedy.
Great movie, helpful with a visual. Though how I read Kafka, I think the son is too dominant in the beginning of the movie.
A beautiful depiction; the visualization may aid visual learners in understanding the novella better.
Thank you very much for the kind words! And thank you for watching!
+Forrest Rice oh no problem! I've shared this with the rest of the class that happens to be studying this novella. I will try and get the teacher to show it in class. Again, thank you for this great work.
+Panth Mantheon I'd be absolutely honored if this was used as a visual aid to help others come to appreciate the original literature!
I'm actually working on a stop-motion adaptation of The Burrow right now. If you like, subscribe to my channel so you can be notified when it's up. I also have a adaptation of In the Penal Colony on my channel if you're interested in seeing that as well.
Thanks once again. We certainly need Kafka being read now more than ever!
+Forrest Rice Looking forward to all of your coming content. Expect to hear more from me in the foreseeable future :)
+Panth Mantheon Sounds good. Hope it proves to be useful for your class!
please can anyone explain me ..that what exactly the message the author wants to deliver through this story .. ?
The father's madness has been transmitted to his son. Or to put it another way, his insanity displaces the world of the narrative. The story, as focalised through the main character, becomes insanity.
Dylan Berndt False, very false. The father doesnt have a madness, the father is the normal one. He critiques his son for having no emotional conncection to the world, but waited to tell him until he was mature enough to understand it. The autistic like son goes to his father to ask him if he should open up the his friend in petersburg, which the father sees as the moment the son has matured and is ready to accept his faith, that he is a cold dead cell in a living world, and therefore has to kill himself. The judgement is spoken by the father, but was made by the son, and thus carried out by the son, he decleared himself the death Penalty.
I agree. This has nothing to do with insanity whatsoever. I read The Judgement only last night and I loved it. I can't always understand Kafka's stories but I do my best. The way I understand it, the youngest businessmen Georg Bendemann misses his friend who he hasn't seen in 3 years. His friend is in Russia. So Georg is writing him a letter to see how hes doing and stuff and to tell him about his engagement to some woman. The father however feels that Georg has betrayed his friend. His father says that Georg's friend has been closer to a son than his actual son. "you don't really give a sh** about your friend" etc. And (I THINK) that the father is also angry because he feels as though Georg just wants his father to die, because all he really cares about is this girl hes in love with, so he doesn't care about anything else, his friend, his father and his mother. And this makes Georg hurt and upset so he commits suicide.
Could someone tell me the name of the piece of music played in the beginning?
Aya Rezk “Siciliano” by Bach.
@@FRandAI and what was the name of piano piece at the end?
It's a very interesting story, isn't it? Why (may I ask) do you not follow the actual letter Georg is writing at the outset? Kafka quotes from it, or at least its ending, at length, and I do believe the exact wording of that quote is very important for unraveling the enigma of the whole piece. You, of course, as screenwriter and director you are free to take whatever liberties with the text that you want, as long as you indicate that the film is merely based on, or inspired by, the story. But I think in a story such as this, it would be especially useful to stick very carefully to Kafka's dialogue as well as the many careful descriptions by the narrator, which might even be referred as "stage directions" if I may be so bold. Again, regarding the letter, does Kafka ever really have Georg say precisely that the "unimportant" man and woman are really himself and Frieda, as you have him say in your video? Many people, knowing Kafka well, understandably suspect that that Georg is indeed being simply, if not oddly, self-deprecating. But the narrator also tells us that Georg has mentioned these "unimportant" people "three times in three fairly widely separated letters," and yet we almost immediately then read a quote from the latest letter that appears to be a an announcement of Georg and Frida's engagement as a separate event. Kafka is once sly dog! He is forever leading us to once conclusion, only to torpedo that conclusion in nearly the very next line. The truth behind this letter is quite integral to the whole story. Kafka's "The Judgement," I think, is about a man who is ultimately struggling to find his way from adolescence (maybe even childhood) to adulthood in a way that does not allow adult commitments and responsibilities (marriage, family, job) to completely destroy his emotional core. Kafka, I've read, was deathly afraid that these "adult" things were going to kill his chances so succeed as a writer by so overwhelming his daily life. Georg, I believe, still has in his head a childhood-like friend, who doesn't really exist. Frida, may not know that the friend is imaginary, but she doesn't like him anyway. Georg's dad hates the friend even more, although as Georg's father, he has been closely communicating wit the friend for many years, and claims to know him better than even Georg does. In the end of the story, Georg dies, or at least Georg's childhood/adolescence dies. It is not clear which, and Kafka may have intentionally left it that way. But overall, I am VERY happy you tried this, and generally admiring of the results you've achieved. Thanks!
I wish the acting was better. Not a bad movie tho
the audio :x
Shite!