Faust

Russia 2011

Details wikipedia

Seen 23 May 2012

Selling your soul to the devil

Ratings

IMDB 7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes Audience 70% wants to see it

This version is based on Goethe's Faust directed by a Russian director with the dialogue in German. That should give anyone who watches it an inkling of what to expect. The director has taken liberties with his interpretation of the tale and some might hate it. I will give the film a 7.0/10 for that difference.

My impressions:

This tale is quite well-known

Your soul in exchange for enlightenment

Man being what he is

Always curious

Never satisfied

With what is

Always questioning

With what is it

The price we pay for that knowledge

Seems irrelevant

As knowledge is the noble pursuit

We chase after

We long for

As if that will be the panacea

For all the questions

That we have

Some things

Will still remain

A mystery