I could accept this adaptation if they didnt neglect a key factor. It was written that the man asks for admission from the start. He doesnt just try to walk in. Asking admitance was the first mistake. Asking. He always had access, but his fear of unworthiness provokes the keeper to block his path. It is just. Poor poor fool.
Thank you for your words. A very astute observation, but I don't think it's enough of a mistake to negate the Kafka, nor to lose the relevance of the koan. The thing is not interpreted in the finite or the temporal, not in terms of concepts- therefore a simple framework of order or discipline is not required for the current to flow down the wire. A need to rush into the door is just as often a pitfall as the need to submit to something that is without.
I think it can probably be interpreted different ways but... I think The Law is constraint upon freedom, one cannot have the freedom to enter the door without first disregarding The Law. In society if we disregard The Law we face the consequences, the more we do so, the more severe the consequences: these are the more fierce guards we must face if we trully desire to be free. It is our personal choice however how we regard The Law, and it can never be anyone elses if you wish to be free.
This is one interpretation. The Zen koan built into the story is meant to parallel the original koan "Who is the one that makes the grass green?" In the context of Kafka, the Law (not necessarily legislation, but bureaucracy and government necessary to keep order) inhibits the growth of soul that questions it. More important than the Law itself even is the question. In the context of R.A. Wilson's Simon Moon parable, perception is the Law. We are walking nervous systems.
The door to knowledge, the door to an answer, the door to god, the door for judgement cant be reached by asking, but only by entering.
Bambootay 8 months ago
I could accept this adaptation if they didnt neglect a key factor. It was written that the man asks for admission from the start. He doesnt just try to walk in. Asking admitance was the first mistake. Asking. He always had access, but his fear of unworthiness provokes the keeper to block his path. It is just. Poor poor fool.
SCORNDOGGMELACH 1 year ago
@SCORNDOGGMELACH
Thank you for your words. A very astute observation, but I don't think it's enough of a mistake to negate the Kafka, nor to lose the relevance of the koan. The thing is not interpreted in the finite or the temporal, not in terms of concepts- therefore a simple framework of order or discipline is not required for the current to flow down the wire. A need to rush into the door is just as often a pitfall as the need to submit to something that is without.
jackhalfaprayer 1 year ago
The meaning is deeper once we have read the doorkeeper by kafka... it's only a page long... google it
Matt0u812 2 years ago
this is a fantastic film. thanks for posting!
snapcase55 2 years ago
nice
ALHAREZ 4 years ago
it gives me chills how good you are. i say back to live action! need an actor?! lol
BilliLovesMargot 4 years ago
some aspects of this shortmovie are very similar to david lynch elements (he's also a fan of kafka).
faehne 4 years ago
nice film
great
blueposix 4 years ago
can someone explain me that story, we take this in school, german lesson. But i don't understand the sense. Help me please
Luxurii0uz 5 years ago
Just ask yourself, why can't he get through the door? It'll seem far more worth it if no-one explains it to you, but you arrive at the 'conclusion'.
paulkennethjohnson 5 years ago
I've been puzzling over this, and I can't come to a conclusion.
wooderson316 3 years ago
Try less hard. The superficial answer isn't superficial.
formless777 3 years ago 2
I think it can probably be interpreted different ways but... I think The Law is constraint upon freedom, one cannot have the freedom to enter the door without first disregarding The Law. In society if we disregard The Law we face the consequences, the more we do so, the more severe the consequences: these are the more fierce guards we must face if we trully desire to be free. It is our personal choice however how we regard The Law, and it can never be anyone elses if you wish to be free.
RoastBrain31 2 years ago 3
@RoastBrain31
This is one interpretation. The Zen koan built into the story is meant to parallel the original koan "Who is the one that makes the grass green?" In the context of Kafka, the Law (not necessarily legislation, but bureaucracy and government necessary to keep order) inhibits the growth of soul that questions it. More important than the Law itself even is the question. In the context of R.A. Wilson's Simon Moon parable, perception is the Law. We are walking nervous systems.
jackhalfaprayer 1 year ago
@RoastBrain31 THE DOOR TO THE LAW CAN MEAN ANYTHING.......THE DOOR TO LOVE THE DOOR TO FREEDOM......ETC
THE CONCLUSION IS THAT THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES......
ONE CAN NEVER REACH THAT PRAIRE....
cujo76 1 year ago
hey nice film, i have one question: how do you convert film onto mini dv? thanks
wongsonny 5 years ago
Thanks! You need to take the film to a lab for telecine services.
jackhalfaprayer 5 years ago
hey jack i have a important question!
Do you know where you get this film from? i need the fountain of it for a presentation in school on thursday
hope you can help me;)
greets
namenobodyevrthought 5 years ago