![]() ![]() ![]() They enter the tree and we learn they are here because of the Black Plague (~1350), interesting historically because there is an argument that the origins of witch hunting, so common in the 16th century, can be traced back to the Black Plague. The imagery works quite well, a small band of faithful standing against a symbol of an old world, an old way which threatens their existence. Later it is revealed that this is in fact something called a plague tree, still it is interesting they chose a huge tree as the symbolic antithesis to the christians here. Instantly I’m thinking of the nordic world tree, Yggdrasil. Finally, we see what they are journeying towards, a huge tree in the middle of a barren wasteland surrounded by mountains. ![]() It begins with a vast landscape shot with a small band of desperate figures traversing a barren land. The opening scene in my opinion, is one of the best in the entire movie. Recently I watched The Last Witch Hunter (2015), it had all but escaped my notice at the time of release and I began watching it knowing very little other than I assumed there was a witch-hunter in it and that he was the last one. ![]()
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