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My very personal interpretation of the film (Spoilers)

posted 12 years ago by paulmx
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My interpretation of the film is that "The Guy" plays Satan. However, he is not the traditional Christian Devil, he is more like a Nietzschean Devil: God is dead and his values no longer exist on earth. Although, Satan has no power over the world.

The word Satan means "the opposer", but if there is no God in the world then Evil has no one to oppose, whereby Satan roams the world yearning for the good. Satan's nostalgia leads him even to do good, which actually executes for The Girl. She is pure and somehow she inspires him to do good in his own way: killing her stepfather, beating the guard, forcing her to walk on the pond. That's why he can't sleep with her but he does with the other girl, because the traveling woman is not pure. This creature can distinguish between good and evil and even can expel it.

The way he walks down the field and the way he looks at the sky, shows him expectant but for what... for God. He shows his melancholy, the paradox here is that he once wanted to be greater than God, but without a God, Satan becomes an actant of good. In the past Satan was an angel, right? It's as if the Devil would have been sick of the non-existence of God and would have done good because evil is no use if the power of God is gone from Earth.

Well, who knows. I find this movie quite rich in interpretations and liked it.

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

Interesting post, which fits with the film's title. I wasn't sure what he was so I find your interpretation possible.

The way he walks down the field and the way he looks at the sky, shows him expectant but for what... for God. He shows his melancholy

This reminds me of the scene following the girl's death where he looks at the sky and the camera shows a sky with pretty clouds all but shrouding the sky, as though he looked in that moment for something, (God?), and found nothing.

In the past Satan was an angel, right? It's as if the Devil would have been sick of the non-existence of God and would have done good because evil is no use if the power of God is gone from Earth.

Yes the devil is allegedly a fallen angel. If evil has no sense without the presence of good then the vice versa applies. His actions as the devil would make no sense.

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[–] TemporaryOne-1 11 years ago

where he looks at the sky and the camera shows a sky with pretty clouds all but shrouding the sky, as though he looked in that moment for something, (G/d?), and found nothing.

That is exactly what the film is aboutRemove angels and devils and "Satan" is a metaphor for Humanity and how far Humanity has fallenHumankind bad, Humankind fallen far beyond hell, fallen so far that humankind itself cringes, sheds its "Satanic" semblance (corruption, mendacity, depravity, debauchery, violence, tyranny, the seven deadly sins, and so on) and steps Outside Satan, eyes searching the heavens, seeking divine answers, seeking absolution, seeking guidance, seeking supernatural signs in nature, seeking G-dAnd from the film's point of view, finding naught, not even a glimmer of hope or faithPaulmx: the paradox here is that he once wanted to be greater than G_d, but without a G_d, Satan becomes an actant of good. In the past Satan was an angel, right? It's as if the Devil would have been sick of the non-existence of G_d and would have done good because evil is no use if the power of G_d is gone from Earth. Remove angels and devils and - Humankind has done everything it has done in the name of G_d, G_dliness, goodness, righteousness, etc, and as Paulmx said, everything Humakind has done has been done to surpass G_d, Humankind acted as G_d, and paradoxically Humankind morphed itself into "Satan" in its attempts to play G_dAnd everything Humankind did resulted in the destruction of Humanity itself and the destruction of G_d, Humankind "outcasted" itself from G_d and "Satanized" the world, then came the day of the Laodiceans, and Humankind, down on its knees blind and naked and wretched and shuddering and lost and repentant and longing for salvation, Humankind steps Outside Satan, steps outside of its "evil" impulses and temptations, steps outside of its "flesh" and glides into nature, trying to do good deeds, trying to bring a sense of justice back into the world, trying to live by a moral code, searching for a spiritual recharge, searching for natural signs, searching for divine healing, searching for G_d once againAnd according to the film finding nothing

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[–] tlcarpenter 10 years ago

Considering the title is Outside Satan, you "personal interpretation" wasn't very deep, or surprising.