Babette's Feast - final scene ~ THE WILD VOICE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- REFLECTION ON BABETTE'S FEAST by Paul Joseph C.
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Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me the chance to do my very best. These were the words of Achille Papin, the great opera singer from Paris who Babette knew very well. These were the silent words that laid beneath the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Raphael Sanzio, Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis Pasteur, Dante Alighieri, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Albert Einstein. That sound was the whisper heard in the perfect works of artists such as Mother Theresa, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas and Therese of Lisieux. That long cry from the heart of Michelangelo, Catherine of Siena, Martin Luther King, Maria Callas and of all those whose sublime fruits were never known by this world's generations, all came from one cry. On a cold afternoon and under the blackened skies covering the Earth's womb, a voice in the wild pierced the hearts of all the living that ever were minted from the dirt of our mountains and deserts. On a cold afternoon, the voice of Love pierced the dark vault above and reached Itself in the Father's Bosom after It had been pierced by nails as punishment for having shared Itself. On a cold afternoon, Paradise became silent as the eternal praises of angelic sublimity were broken by the loud utterance of these words: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"
Today, this long cry still echoes throughout the world from the heart of the Greatest among all artists, and whose only chance of redeeming every child ever conceived into creation became an unbreakable Promise on the exhale of a final breath. In that cry, a King stripped of all His royal Majesty and clothed in all His naked and wounded Humanity, called upon the Mighty Artist whose first masterpiece was that same Creation casting darkness on that same afternoon. The One through Whom the Father Made all things, uttered the suffered cry of a most unfathomable pain and yet, most pleasing self-sacrifice in the never-ending love containing all the known and unknown.
The sound of solitude uttered in the question 'My God, My God, why have You Forsaken Me?' was answered by the laughing, the mocking and the ingratitude of those wicked men and women who were blind to that breathtaking treasure of God's Redemptive Work now suspended between Heaven and earth. That moment, which so much was portrayed by the hands of the most refined painters during the Renaissance, was executed on the dirty canvas of humanity's cruelty, while the signature at its bottom consisted of God's Masterpiece: that silent Fortress who, under the name of Mary, bore the weight of Her Baby's cross in Her own Womb while tasting the bitterness of all sins ever committed before and after Her Immaculate Conception. On that bare scalp of Golgotha, the Master of all sculptors and scientists told His virginal Mother to behold all men and women into that same Womb where He Found nourishment and protection from the world. This gift He gave to all, including those few soldiers who, in that same instant, were dividing His garments among themselves by casting lots in the cold wind.
As the Body and Spirit in which all works of perfect redemption found their exhausted completeness, the sound of all symphonies ever composed by God's Created geniuses was heard in the words 'It is consummated'. And as the Son of Man commenced His Spirit in His Father's Hand before dying, so will do all those who give themselves to others in the way He Did. It was behind the appearance of poverty that the riches of a King were never to be seen through human sight. Honored by men with a crown of thorns and a thousand spits, this King was the very incarnation and origin of Babette's words 'An artist is never poor'. Before carrying the cross of her own poverty and before entering Christ's given chance to delight the angels as the artist that God meant her to be, it was the long cry from the heart of The Master Artist which was cross and delight for all on earth and in Heaven.
Now, the Teacher gave His student the chance to do her very best by giving away that culinary masterpiece which delighted the palates of all those men and women who never were meant to know that the author of the greatest feast they ever experienced was the Master Chef at the Cafe' Anglais. Never will they know this. Never will they have the chance to thank her and never will they learn that the price of such free gift came at the cost of her now life long poverty. The signature of her art-piece was omitted as to not corrupt the purity of her charity as a sort of fast from praises and self-approbation. Their joyful feasting at the price of her own joyful fasting paralleled the act of a self sacrificial Lamb giving Himself to us as Food of Life to be consumed for the joy and salvation of all.
And after the food was consummated, she commenced herself into God's Providence, knowing that an artist will never be poor.
This is hands-down, the most beautiful film ever...it proves that love is all that matters in this world and when you throw all you have at it, it gives you just what you need.
I love this movie beyond words.
Makes me cry every time. How I treasure this film.
It is a beautiful and poetic movie, the likes of which we no longer produce in today's world. This dialogue contains everything in it: love, melancholy, compassion, sadness, hope, surrender.
I bawl my eyes out every time I see it. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
I also cry at this film. It is my favorite film of all time. God bless Isak Dinesen.
@@jasonhurd4379God bless Baroness Blixen
Like a baby.
"Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me the chance to do my very best."
Wow.
A masterpiece. It won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
I keep going back and forth as to whether Au Revoir Les Enfants deserved it more. They’re both such great films.
This is why I have no regrets, looking back on my life: I had my chance, I did my best.
That's all you can ask for.
Je ne regrette rien!
I loved this film so much as a teenager and now as an adult with 2 children it makes my heart sad as I remember she lost her husband and children.
My father took me at age 15. Im 47 now and this movie is still my favorite
Her family were likely killed by angry communists. She fled after the repression of the Commune, which ruled over Paris for two solid months in the spring of 1871. Constant fighting back and forth.
One of the best films ever made. I love the øle brød scene
A beautiful movie! One of my favorites.
meltz911 I absolutely agree with you, Meltz911 +++ This movie is a great example of what used to be the standards back in the day. Not to be all sentimental, but *the poetry of some older flicks is no longer present in today's productions.*
God Bless you : )
Like the widow in the Bible who gave her 2 pense, her act of love was great because she gave her all out of love.
So many layers to this deep, touching, magnificent film. Like the characters, it leaves the viewers deeply satiated, body and soul. Why oh why are films like this no longer made. Instead, we are only offered the junk food of films.
Extraordinary ending to a beautiful film. Thank you
My second all time favorite movie. When you know your value and worth, no obstacles can take that from you. Babette was basically homeless and poor, but she was also a master chef and artist. Both are true, and how one sees her doesnt change what she knows about herself.
My favourite film
Favorite scene ever. An artist is never poor.
An artist is NEVER poor.
AMEN + + +
Van Gogh, Modigliani, ... tragic artists in their lifetime. She must be insane thinking that way. That comment is not wholly correct
@@screenactorsguilable r/whoosh
@@elimkwok938 what are you sayin dear
what happens after the movie? back to the crappy old ways?
Shawn makes me cry every time. I also treasure this film!!!!
I watched this amazing movie in the 1990’s, and loved it. ❤️🥰❤️
My favorite movie of all time.
Increíble. Cuanta verdad !! ..Dios q Artistas..q Director y Film..jamás se olvida. !!..gracias
Love.
I watched this movie years ago. Thank you.
This made the Pope cry. So, naturally, I had to watch it. Made me cry too --
Yes, it's his favorite movie.
Un temblor dulce . Sube de los pies y se une cn otro desde las manos y el Cielo..y el Alma goza..leve y muymuy Profundamente !!
Best I've seen in my life.
*Absolutely agree : )*
back to crappy emals the nextd ay
How could anyone give this a number down
The film impressed me a lot.
Pourquoi ne peut-on pas trouver le festin de Babette en francais.....Merci
*Bonjour. Voici un lien vers cette même scène avec des sous-titres français:*
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Je vous remercie. Passez une bonne journée et Dieu bénis + + +
A terrific film. Do the youth of today ever watch it?
I really hope young people get to know about this movie, but nowadays - with horrific pornographic television shows such as HBO's _Euphoria_ - it seems like a far chance that may never occur.
Yes! They do! I'm a college student and a professor assigned it for homework. I enjoyed the movie and my friends and I enjoyed discussing it before we even got to class.
I saw it when I was 27 and I loved it, still do
I’m 25 and I watched it. Great film🙌
Can’t escape it’s for the power of food. They’re not melting because of a sing song (which is also an art)
Please, somebody have this picture?? I don't find it complete. 😭😭
Well, this is what you get when you open your home to refugees: dinner for twelve at the Cafe Anglais.
She wasn't just any refugee, she was an elite chef back in France.
: )
Hmmm wht would 10,000 francs be today in UsD?
_Austin,_ the equivalent of ₣10,000 in US$ would be $1796.00.
@@ThewildvoiceOrg1 Perhaps far much more! they were 10.000 FF of that time
@Elwyn Cymru Oh wow! I get it now why it's such a big deal in the movie.
The WILD VOICE. In the 1870s, it was a fortune
@@marcmarc8524 It was about $60,000. No more than that.
What was this movie called?
Maybe read the title of the video you are watching next time, not to be mean but like cmon that’s just next level stupidity
Babette's Feast
🤧😁☮&💜
Die Angeln gefahren aus aber nicht auch humans, unverschientlich.
beauty bestow film~a treasure beyond measure 🌠
:)
One of my preferred films, it always makes me move!