The Trial, Opening Scene

The Trial Opening Scene
The Trial (also known as Le Procès) is a 1962 film directed by Orson Welles, based on the novel by Franz Kafka. It stars Anthony Perkins.
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[duckfoot23]

ahh the book made not so much sense...this is definitely a big help.

[georgiadawg18]

Yeah, this is one time where the movie helps a lot.

[037016]

the novel is a masterpiece, and this film is up to it

[karmie87]

The fact that readers find the book confusing is precisely Kafka's point; as humans the limits of our perception are vast and unconquerable.

[GabyMatthys]

Someone once said..." it looks as if Orson Welleswas trying to compete with Kafka" and Kafka came out second best.

[TheQuentinStuckey]

One of my favorite openings to a film

[tool619]

This is Art of the highest form. One of the greatest film directors, Orson Welles, doing his version of one of the greatest writers, Franz Kafka.

Cinema meets Literature. Perfekt!

[TheStaticage01]

@Dontmakemecomeover5 Sweet - Thanks!

[Dontmakemecomeover5]

@TheStaticage01 Orson welles thought so too.

[MediaManPower]

@MissPompousTwat First answer: No, I don't refer to the door after door that the guard speaks of. That, I think, is an allegory of the many steps a person has to go through, many legal procedures, in order to complete a case of Law.

Second answer: I am not talking about what happens in real life, but rather what I *believe* Kafka wants to point out. That the legal system is broken and corrupt, leaving no room for true justice, except for those who can afford it.

[MissPompousTwat]

@MediaManPower

That's an interesting interpretation. Just to make it clear: when you talk about there being a door for each visiting justice-seeker, you don't mean the doors mentioned by the guard "from hall to hall, door after door...", do you?

I do have a problem with your "One he will never enter" statement. If it were true that he could never enter that first door, then why is there a need for an infinite sequence of doors and guards after the first door? Or was the guard just bluffing?

[MediaManPower]

@MissPompousTwat Because any man who would seek the Door of the Law would arrive at his Own, specific, Door, not just any door. Ergo, it was impossible for any man to go to another man's Door. For each man, there is One Door. One which he will never enter.

Basically, the film says that the Little Man will never attain the Law, and will never find Justice.

[ResearchSubjectX]

I absolutely love long takes and Welles was a master at using them, along with carefully choreographed camera moves. The opening shot, starting with K waking up, lasts almost 5 minutes is one of my favorite openings in a film ever. It's also got some impeccable comic timing and touches by Welles, such as the phonograph / pornograph line and the sudden entrance of the 2nd inspector who asks "why would you want to dress in the hall?" as if he'd suddenly let slip some clue about a murder.

[MissPompousTwat]

@THEn00b557

What I don't understand is: even if that door was meant only for the man from the country, how would that keep all the others that strive to attain the law away? They would still have to come to the door, seeking admittance and than be told by the guard that that door wasn't meant for them. So how come they never did?