Hello, Writing out to the blue can feel a bit of an odd thing, but here I go with the thought that sometimes even busy, creative people have a moment to reflect upon a strangers comments from time to time.
I was having a quiet Birthday day, just musing on what auguries the day would offer without my making plans and having gotten cold and dark (Winter in Australia) I decided it was time for the computer...found your film by and having a perpetual interest in the late 1200's and early 1300's Knights Templar etc. it was an easy choice to make. Like a nudge from my mother who recently passed, and who in phases between cancer rounds did a tour of the Holy Land and Ireland and Templar sites there and in between. So you can see, the Title was enough to get me in!
It seems the Templars have woken up in a lot of people at the present time, for and against
the argument still rages in those connected. Feeling they are often misrepresented I keep a skeptical mind when approaching content about them. Saying that, however, here's what I liked about your story-film.
1. Reincarnation-a tricky thing to visualize the mechanations of, and I'm totally excited by the fact that you tackled it.
2. Reincarnation from a western context, why are we so afraid to go there? We have great traditions that speak of such things, why is it more heavily represented in external culture by the Eastern religions.
3. Reincarnation and Christianity, if this would out surely more people could bust free and find a more complex and acceptable expression of Christianity, once again totally excited to see that in your film.
4. Just loved how everyone was with Gregoire (asides of course those who weren't) even the horses expressed his moods and loved him. You showed a man who was ALL that and was worthy, through his inner qualities of humility and devotion, of being followed. He had the mantle to lead but knew his role was equal to that of his brothers. That the role of leadership was his, but not for him, for all, loved seeing that quality. In the medieval parts, no doubt, no sarcasm, no smarminess, thinking he may not have been possible if your film wasn't indie.
5. You showed the darkness in its complexity, calling it by its name....evil. From the vacuous, to the over indulged to the consciously wicked... Udo Kier really went there. And one was redeemed, through the brother bond-a great metaphor for the Templars...and the rest of us, redemption through love
6. Evil can and must be punished...have loved my time with the Buddhists, but I'm afraid sometimes the message gets watered down to a very permissive positive affirmation card!
7. Loved the transformation from the holy fool to the pure hearted, shy girl. Loved the transformation of that relationship. Soul mates do come in the oddest of places and myriad of forms
And in that lives the story I wish I could see clearly enough to write, how we change and stay the same and how we morph genders and roles and what is left and what is burnt away by the fires in between lives and well, the fires and trials of this here and now life...so thanks for exploring that and having the courage to put it out there.
8. Loved the epitaph at the end.
So probably more than this even
but thinking that your quiet moment may pass before you reach the end of this!!!
Wishing you further inspiration and courage, BCT
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