I constantly wonder what runs thru August's head as far as spirituality goes in real life, not while acting. Tho he's practical, he's deep & layered. This is 1 of many reasons I wish to meet him, esp to discuss spirituality w this beautiful, intelligent man. 💙
I saw the movie today and was totally blown away. I already gave it an in depth review on IMDB, I wont get into it now. Please watch this film, preferably in the big screen. The wide open mountain shots are pure beauty. Valerie is my newest #1 actress, I want to watch all of her movies now.
Haven't seen it yet but want to so bad! I also feel & deeply relate to Diehl in this interview bc I'm sick of the cattle/sheeple world & would rebel as well like his character. 💚
@@shaymary5247 I watched it a few times now. Its amazing. It made me cry for real every time. There is the link for the trailer. th-cam.com/video/qJXmdY4lVR0/w-d-xo.html
@@DelightLovesMovies I'm also afraid to watch it if it makes ppl cry, esp if something devastating happens to August Diehl's character. I'd not take it well... 😳😑
Such a deep and intelligent conversation about a story that has inspired me for years, that of Franz and Franziska Jaegerstaetter. Very much looking forward to seeing the film when it is released.
August is the best Woland in Russian cinema!! ❤ Полное безобразие, что у Аугуста Диля так мало фильмов. Очень приятно видеть, что в жизни он совсем не тот что на экране, его героям из кинофильмов начинаешь верить ещё больше...
Truly can not wait to see this. As a longtime admirer of the cinema of Malick, I can't explain how glad I am he is working in a linear fashion again. I think this films themes are perfect for this time of growing fascism in the West. Let's hope that art can remind the world of history's lesson.
@@AdhilAramam all of his linear structured movies has been fairly successfull theatrically n these movies does bonkers in home release too....thts where reach is much more leaps n bounds fr terrence malick movies... his dud was non linear wrks like knight of cups,song to song...though it may have its own charm wen compared to otheer wrks its a let dwn.....!!!
Growing fascism in the west? Don't worry, the democrats won't win in 2020, Antifa (actual fascists) will fade into history, and the Islamofascists are being stopped at the border now. Evil resisted.
Both are ideal choices for their roles in the movie. They seem to belong to the natural world in the Alps. That open valley and the mountain range overwhelm the sensations of any city dweller with a constant noisy background and lack of natural lines. The couple lives happily and without many needs: " we had our nest up there in the mountains". The evil that reached them...well, we have seen it in lots of mainstream movies; but not creeping up to an idyllic mountain village, which, for us, city creatures, is Paradise itself with an Adam and Eve sharing an apple that a neighbor offer them in the first scenes. Is that a normal event or has a hidden biblical meaning? The answer: it doesn't matter, because the movie is about millions of " normal people that build the good in the world and pass unnoticed... and rest in hidden graves that nobody visits" That's how the final quote of the movie from George´s Eliot "Middlemarch" erases the frontier between the popular movie hero and the normal person. It´s very important to stress this: the movie is about the importance of actions of normal people ("lidden lives of people who lie in graves no longer visited"); and not about the sacrifice for a cause of a heroic figure. In the movie the bishop´s sermon on the metaphor of "the hammer and the anvil" is a literal quote taken from one of the "forbidden sermons" of the famous archbishop August von Galen: a pain in the neck for the regime, that could not touch the archbishop-count (Graf von Galen) a member of the oldest German nobility and make a martyr of him. The impact would be disastrous. Though someone in Hitler´s inner circle wanted him hanged, they were no fools: the "Von Galen problem" was put off ; they would settle accounts with him after "the final victory" . Von Galen was also beatified, like Franz Jägestätter. I think this movie tries to compare both cases and serve as a voice for the less known farmer. Von Galen, "The lion of Münster" was, of course , more famous and a member of the institutional Church; unlike the Austrian farmer.
It is about saying NO to evil; it is about not cooperating with evil, no matter the pressures, the justifications; it is about standing up to and not caving no matter how much the heart cries for the other choice: to 'keep' life as he, Franz, had it - the love of his wife and children and place in a community he knew so well. So, it was not a 'cause' he died for, it was the truth he loved, and his conscience could not choose to betray the Truth, to go on and live that lie. Evil has no part with the Truth, and we all have to make that choice in our life, and sometime the price will be our life.
Malick is a very very very private person. From wiki : While the common conception of Malick as a recluse is inaccurate,[92][93][94] he is nevertheless famously protective of his private life.[95] His contracts stipulate that his likeness may not be used for promotional purposes, and he routinely declines requests for interviews.[32][96] You could say A Hidden Director......
one of the best movies i ve seen so far. incredibly moving, great performances and a message that everyone should think abt. what was irritating watching the interview was how valerie emphasized how simple the farmers were. Maybe she didnt mean it that way but although the farmers worked all day long and spent time outside i m sure they had their thoughts and knowledge - they had to be intelligent to live a life this life with forces of nature, growing their corn, raising children etc. ..+ thats one of the topics of the film, the intelligence of the ppl of that time period, imo. also both actors mentioned how the characters were connected to each other by their love the connection to the farmland but why not mention the unity of ppl + nature? of course they were connected but its about unity! + its such an important message of the movie, the unity that gets distroyed by a terrible idiology + ppl being complicit. will need to read german interviews of the actors to find out if their thoughts abt the film are more complex than when interviewed in english.
I actually do remember they did talk of their connection to nature at one point in it this. Also, I don't think they meant simple as "dumb" but in that they led simple lives, and that's what makes their actions so palpable as a normal person. In other words, they weren't superheroes performing grand deeds.
The film is a work of art that grows from another written work of arts and the history of the unknown peasant who would remain a "Hidden life" if the local popular culture and, later, the Church and artists would´t have spread that events. We don´t need to still go back to old and classical figures, masters or gurus. The point is that story is always on the making and thee are anonymous "heroes" around, but we won´t see them: why? We are told constantly that legends and admirable persons belong to past times; the present is "no longer what it used to be" . That's the same refrain repeated by every generation...even ourselves and our grandchildren will repeat it. "All in the past times was better" is, indeed a literary theme. "That woulnd´t happen in the (my) good old days" ...You were a rascal like your children are! Don´t yo remember when you ....? And the troubles back then: the same if not worse than today! Just open a book or old journal and see the facts documented, not though your memory! The movie adds sound and image. It´s like Michelangelo´s reading biblical stories and Greek myths and paint the Sistine Chapel, carve the "David", the "Pietá", the "Moses"...All that old revered but unknown dull stories became real in the XVI century. Otherwise they may have faded away. The sound of the film is amazing, even more than the images. Without its quality the film would be lame. But also the story is overflowing with references to the Bible, the history of those days, the present history, ethics and hero models, ideals of living, ideals of how a couple can be happy in a rural spot, paradise, the "less is more" of Buddhism or Christ´s figure... It´s important to watch it as not a religious or Christlike figure, although the storyline sometimes seems to reflect directly Christ's passion...The court trial and the following conversation with the judge Lueben (Bruno Ganz) is like Pilate´s talking to Christ, but Franz Jägestätter does not answer haughtily and convinced, nor does he resort to a religious reason. "Are you judging me?"- "I don´t judge you..It's just that feeling ...."
Valerie... why are you so afraid to say God? Pretty disappointing, especially because the character you played is Catholic, and definitely believes in her saviour, who is NOT "nature"... indeed he is above nature, because He created it. He is supernatural, and these people believed that, and many people today keep the faith, even if it's alien to you. It's pretty disappointing that you won't even acknowledge the truth of the real-life character you play. Don't be so cowardly, full of human respect and political correctness. You betray the spirit of the very person whose existence brought you to this production. You and August both... just because you yourself have no faith shouldn't prevent you from honoring the truth.
It is not political correctness just because they do not choose to use YOUR word. Whether Franz acted morally due to his Christian beliefs or moral compass, Valerie meant that anyone can do something as Franz did, regardless of what thought process arrived at it. You don't need to qualify yourself under a specific religion in order to be applicable for moral actions. Period.
@@Ryan_hey "anyone can do something as Franz did, regardless of what thought process arrived at it" Oh really? What exactly would an alternative thought process look like? If you watched the film carefully you will have recognized that the motivation of Franz is constantly attacked on a logical basis. It is outright explained to both him and the audience that there is legitimately no practical reason whatsoever for him to choose death, and he is repeatedly offered ways out of his situation even after being sentenced. Why wouldn't a person that doesn't believe in God agree to just go work in a hospital, for example, in exchange for their life and the happiness of their family? I would love to hear a single explanation as to why such a person without faith would choose this path in face of all the other options. As the actors said his journey isn't about 'fighting back' or 'resisting', which anyone can do. it's about simply saying "no", I will not betray who I am. In other words, you seem to be forgetting that the choice he made was far greater than simply "I will not kill" or "I will not support the Nazis". Don't you remember the priest telling him something to the effect of: 'it doesn't matter what you say out loud, only what you believe in your heart.' A person who does not believe in God doesn't even have to face this internal dilemma in the first place, which is the entire crux of the story. In the material world his decision was pointless; in the realm of spirituality it meant everything. The reality is the choice he made was to be a martyr. In fact he was later recognized by the church and beatified -- an extremely high honor. The concept that somebody without faith would choose to be a martyr based on a "thought process" is not only bizarre it's inherently contradictory!
@@alphaclam Yes, so true. It is impossible to say 'no' to the Nazis and die for it, without the overwhelming conviction, in Franz's heart, that he is being true to his conscience, a conscience formed, and inseparable from his Catholic conviction, ie,his Catholic Faith! It is quite deplorable how both August and Valery take such pains avoiding the Catholicity of Franz, as if that was just a minor detail about him, and not the glaring truth about him, what gave him the strength (of character) to die for Christ. Franz J., pray for us to Our Lord, that He may mercifully help us when our time comes to say 'NO'!
@@louisalevine3711 I agree. When taking into account what is happening now with the virus thing and all the political shifts that are entailed with it, I am afraid that our time to say No is probably not far ahead...
AUGUST..
His power of expression in acting is
HUGE!!! 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
They both seem so humble and honoured to be a part of this film. Love 'em.
No Hollywood ego,s, what a difference.
I constantly wonder what runs thru August's head as far as spirituality goes in real life, not while acting. Tho he's practical, he's deep & layered. This is 1 of many reasons I wish to meet him, esp to discuss spirituality w this beautiful, intelligent man. 💙
I saw the movie today and was totally blown away. I already gave it an in depth review on IMDB, I wont get into it now. Please watch this film, preferably in the big screen. The wide open mountain shots are pure beauty. Valerie is my newest #1 actress, I want to watch all of her movies now.
Malick is a genius. This was a very moving interview
This is a very important film.
I loved A Hidden Life so much. Its so beautiful and terible to watch. Valerie Pachner has beautiful eyes.
Haven't seen it yet but want to so bad! I also feel & deeply relate to Diehl in this interview bc I'm sick of the cattle/sheeple world & would rebel as well like his character. 💚
@@shaymary5247 I watched it a few times now. Its amazing. It made me cry for real every time. There is the link for the trailer. th-cam.com/video/qJXmdY4lVR0/w-d-xo.html
@@DelightLovesMovies I'm also afraid to watch it if it makes ppl cry, esp if something devastating happens to August Diehl's character. I'd not take it well... 😳😑
@@shaymary5247 ok.
Such a deep and intelligent conversation about a story that has inspired me for years, that of Franz and Franziska Jaegerstaetter. Very much looking forward to seeing the film when it is released.
The best film i've ever seen. Than you to the crew, cast and Terrence Mallick.
Saw it on opening night here in Los Angeles and it was not disappointing! These two actors did a magnificent job!
August is the best Woland in Russian cinema!! ❤
Полное безобразие, что у Аугуста Диля так мало фильмов. Очень приятно видеть, что в жизни он совсем не тот что на экране, его героям из кинофильмов начинаешь верить ещё больше...
Truly can not wait to see this. As a longtime admirer of the cinema of Malick, I can't explain how glad I am he is working in a linear fashion again. I think this films themes are perfect for this time of growing fascism in the West. Let's hope that art can remind the world of history's lesson.
Me too, I think his experimental work is great too though. I think Knight of Cups is very underrated.
@@JosephDutra Sure It Is !!!
@@AdhilAramam all of his linear structured movies has been fairly successfull theatrically n these movies does bonkers in home release too....thts where reach is much more leaps n bounds fr terrence malick movies...
his dud was non linear wrks like knight of cups,song to song...though it may have its own charm wen compared to otheer wrks its a let dwn.....!!!
You mean the fascism in Israel? If you're talking about fascism in the US it's always been here same as Israel 😆
Growing fascism in the west? Don't worry, the democrats won't win in 2020, Antifa (actual fascists) will fade into history, and the Islamofascists are being stopped at the border now. Evil resisted.
Both are ideal choices for their roles in the movie. They seem to belong to the natural world in the Alps. That open valley and the mountain range overwhelm the sensations of any city dweller with a constant noisy background and lack of natural lines. The couple lives happily and without many needs: " we had our nest up there in the mountains".
The evil that reached them...well, we have seen it in lots of mainstream movies; but not creeping up to an idyllic mountain village, which, for us, city creatures, is Paradise itself with an Adam and Eve sharing an apple that a neighbor offer them in the first scenes. Is that a normal event or has a hidden biblical meaning?
The answer: it doesn't matter, because the movie is about millions of " normal people that build the good in the world and pass unnoticed... and rest in hidden graves that nobody visits"
That's how the final quote of the movie from George´s Eliot "Middlemarch" erases the frontier between the popular movie hero and the normal person.
It´s very important to stress this: the movie is about the importance of actions of normal people ("lidden lives of people who lie in graves no longer visited"); and not about the sacrifice for a cause of a heroic figure.
In the movie the bishop´s sermon on the metaphor of "the hammer and the anvil" is a literal quote taken from one of the "forbidden sermons" of the famous archbishop August von Galen: a pain in the neck for the regime, that could not touch the archbishop-count (Graf von Galen) a member of the oldest German nobility and make a martyr of him. The impact would be disastrous. Though someone in Hitler´s inner circle wanted him hanged, they were no fools: the "Von Galen problem" was put off ; they would settle accounts with him after "the final victory" .
Von Galen was also beatified, like Franz Jägestätter.
I think this movie tries to compare both cases and serve as a voice for the less known farmer. Von Galen, "The lion of Münster" was, of course , more famous and a member of the institutional Church; unlike the Austrian farmer.
It is about saying NO to evil; it is about not cooperating with evil, no matter the pressures, the justifications; it is about standing up to and not caving no matter how much the heart cries for the other choice: to 'keep' life as he, Franz, had it - the love of his wife and children and place in a community he knew so well. So, it was not a 'cause' he died for, it was the truth he loved, and his conscience could not choose to betray the Truth, to go on and live that lie. Evil has no part with the Truth, and we all have to make that choice in our life, and sometime the price will be our life.
Where is Terrence Malick
That mysticism kills me
Can't find him, come on man i need to be your student.
Malick is a very very very private person.
From wiki :
While the common conception of Malick as a recluse is inaccurate,[92][93][94] he is nevertheless famously protective of his private life.[95] His contracts stipulate that his likeness may not be used for promotional purposes, and he routinely declines requests for interviews.[32][96]
You could say A Hidden Director......
Is it weird that I had a dream where I meet Terence malick??
Idk but anyways im soooo exited for this film!!!
Perhaps you met your inner Terrence Malick.
Valerie did do a lot of farm work in the film. She should know it gives you lots of time to think about intellectual things.
its about staying truthful to what is right (integrity), despite what the world may say
Indeed, a message which can never really be outdated
August Diehl ist wundershön und scharf!!!!!! Uuuggghhhh!!!!!
😍🌹💜😋🙃💞😜
August is genius.
This is epic movie. Hidden gem. I enjoyer every second
Merci Festival de Cannes. I love Terrence Malick films.
one of the best movies i ve seen so far. incredibly moving, great performances and a message that everyone should think abt.
what was irritating watching the interview was how valerie emphasized how simple the farmers were. Maybe she didnt mean it that way but although the farmers worked all day long and spent time outside i m sure they had their thoughts and knowledge - they had to be intelligent to live a life this life with forces of nature, growing their corn, raising children etc. ..+ thats one of the topics of the film, the intelligence of the ppl of that time period, imo.
also both actors mentioned how the characters were connected to each other by their love the connection to the farmland but why not mention the unity of ppl + nature? of course they were connected but its about unity! + its such an important message of the movie, the unity that gets distroyed by a terrible idiology + ppl being complicit.
will need to read german interviews of the actors to find out if their thoughts abt the film are more complex than when interviewed in english.
I actually do remember they did talk of their connection to nature at one point in it this. Also, I don't think they meant simple as "dumb" but in that they led simple lives, and that's what makes their actions so palpable as a normal person. In other words, they weren't superheroes performing grand deeds.
what an interesting interview....
Best movie ever
The people asking the questions would never say 'NO'...
My name is and I come from the internet
4:35 :)
Ya that was hilarious! "I come from the internet, " with a straight face!
Мой любимый и главный фильм
Потрясающий фильм, потрясающие актеры ❤️
A great movie.
The film is a work of art that grows from another written work of arts and the history of the unknown peasant who would remain a "Hidden life" if the local popular culture and, later, the Church and artists would´t have spread that events. We don´t need to still go back to old and classical figures, masters or gurus. The point is that story is always on the making and thee are anonymous "heroes" around, but we won´t see them: why? We are told constantly that legends and admirable persons belong to past times; the present is "no longer what it used to be" . That's the same refrain repeated by every generation...even ourselves and our grandchildren will repeat it. "All in the past times was better" is, indeed a literary theme. "That woulnd´t happen in the (my) good old days" ...You were a rascal like your children are! Don´t yo remember when you ....? And the troubles back then: the same if not worse than today! Just open a book or old journal and see the facts documented, not though your memory!
The movie adds sound and image. It´s like Michelangelo´s reading biblical stories and Greek myths and paint the Sistine Chapel, carve the "David", the "Pietá", the "Moses"...All that old revered but unknown dull stories became real in the XVI century. Otherwise they may have faded away.
The sound of the film is amazing, even more than the images. Without its quality the film would be lame. But also the story is overflowing with references to the Bible, the history of those days, the present history, ethics and hero models, ideals of living, ideals of how a couple can be happy in a rural spot, paradise, the "less is more" of Buddhism or Christ´s figure...
It´s important to watch it as not a religious or Christlike figure, although the storyline sometimes seems to reflect directly Christ's passion...The court trial and the following conversation with the judge Lueben (Bruno Ganz) is like Pilate´s talking to Christ, but Franz Jägestätter does not answer haughtily and convinced, nor does he resort to a religious reason. "Are you judging me?"- "I don´t judge you..It's just that feeling ...."
Cadê os BRs gente???? 😂😂😂😂 Eu amei esse filme! 😍😍😍♥️
Aqui! Fã do August Diehl.
É noissss amo esse ator meu Deussssssss
close 2 days ago,i missed it
Just Terry!
Valerie looks so much like violinist Hilary Hahn
For crying out loud he is not black , for God sake ,give him Oscar already
?
Valerie... why are you so afraid to say God? Pretty disappointing, especially because the character you played is Catholic, and definitely believes in her saviour, who is NOT "nature"... indeed he is above nature, because He created it. He is supernatural, and these people believed that, and many people today keep the faith, even if it's alien to you. It's pretty disappointing that you won't even acknowledge the truth of the real-life character you play. Don't be so cowardly, full of human respect and political correctness. You betray the spirit of the very person whose existence brought you to this production. You and August both... just because you yourself have no faith shouldn't prevent you from honoring the truth.
shut the fuck up, please
It is not political correctness just because they do not choose to use YOUR word. Whether Franz acted morally due to his Christian beliefs or moral compass, Valerie meant that anyone can do something as Franz did, regardless of what thought process arrived at it. You don't need to qualify yourself under a specific religion in order to be applicable for moral actions. Period.
@@Ryan_hey "anyone can do something as Franz did, regardless of what thought process arrived at it"
Oh really? What exactly would an alternative thought process look like? If you watched the film carefully you will have recognized that the motivation of Franz is constantly attacked on a logical basis. It is outright explained to both him and the audience that there is legitimately no practical reason whatsoever for him to choose death, and he is repeatedly offered ways out of his situation even after being sentenced. Why wouldn't a person that doesn't believe in God agree to just go work in a hospital, for example, in exchange for their life and the happiness of their family? I would love to hear a single explanation as to why such a person without faith would choose this path in face of all the other options. As the actors said his journey isn't about 'fighting back' or 'resisting', which anyone can do. it's about simply saying "no", I will not betray who I am.
In other words, you seem to be forgetting that the choice he made was far greater than simply "I will not kill" or "I will not support the Nazis". Don't you remember the priest telling him something to the effect of: 'it doesn't matter what you say out loud, only what you believe in your heart.' A person who does not believe in God doesn't even have to face this internal dilemma in the first place, which is the entire crux of the story. In the material world his decision was pointless; in the realm of spirituality it meant everything.
The reality is the choice he made was to be a martyr. In fact he was later recognized by the church and beatified -- an extremely high honor. The concept that somebody without faith would choose to be a martyr based on a "thought process" is not only bizarre it's inherently contradictory!
@@alphaclam Yes, so true. It is impossible to say 'no' to the Nazis and die for it, without the overwhelming conviction, in Franz's heart, that he is being true to his conscience, a conscience formed, and inseparable from his Catholic conviction, ie,his Catholic Faith! It is quite deplorable how both August and Valery take such pains avoiding the Catholicity of Franz, as if that was just a minor detail about him, and not the glaring truth about him, what gave him the strength (of character) to die for Christ. Franz J., pray for us to Our Lord, that He may mercifully help us when our time comes to say 'NO'!
@@louisalevine3711 I agree. When taking into account what is happening now with the virus thing and all the political shifts that are entailed with it, I am afraid that our time to say No is probably not far ahead...
If you'd like to check out a review of #AHiddenLife click here: th-cam.com/video/Tswxd0w_eag/w-d-xo.html