Angel's Egg 4K 1985 Ultra HD 2160p

A young girl is the sole protector of a very precious, large egg. her lair is near a large, abandoned, decaying gothic city inhabited by restless shadows. a mysterious young man arrives one day, and eventually wins her trust. they converse sparsely about obscure philosophical and theological topics, and she shows him some astonishing fossils and works of historic and scientific art. the ending is a bit shocking, and very ambiguous, leaving many unanswered questions and tons of room for interpretation.

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The Angel's Egg. A journey of the soul in a foreign, unknown, embodied world. A touching and poignant parable about the symbols that fill our lives and about how life itself is a giant symbol of the Inexpressible.

“Who are you?” the soul asks the earthly traveler. He remains silent because he does not know. Only the Inexpressible knows that the name of this traveler is Mind.

A strict companion of the soul on its journey to the end. An end that is only the beginning.

Who are these “hunters”? Other minds whose aspirations do not yet go beyond hunting for ghostly fish that do not even exist. What are these “fish”? Ideas that live in the vital substance of the world, symbolized by water? And the world of “hunters” is understandable and perfect precisely because of its narrowness and limitedness. And the world around them is dying: a flood symbolizing... what? The vital dominance of passions and pleasures that has engulfed the earth? Or a cleansing of the soul? The end of a cycle, the demise of the old world and those minds that lived only to hunt empty thoughts and illusory ideas.

“Hunters” — powerful, heavy, sharp spears, impeccably calibrated, decisive, swift movements, accurate throws, and as a result — nothing, just the pursuit of shadows.

And the wandering mind that follows the soul on its incomprehensible journey? It is the same as them, but it has become a companion to the soul, and now its path is divinely predetermined. It will see many things that it cannot understand. And with this, like a powerful lever, it will be able to overcome its own limitations.

He does not remember where he came from. Of course, he came from the depths of matter, “where clouds make a sound when they move,” from the bubbling magma of life, unaware of itself; and he himself is like a living corpse; he has not yet found himself. But his contact with the girl-soul is a guarantee of the truth of his path.

The traveler carries a cross as his only weapon, which is in fact just a useless burden. A cross that breaks the egg of the last angel. Breaking the egg is exactly what the mind, even an enlightened one, ALWAYS does with the treasures of the soul during its Sleep. The sleep of the soul is the life of the mind; and this is the deepest mystery. And it is precisely this behavior of the mind that is one of the reasons for reincarnation.
He leaves his companion; and it is not clear what happened to the contents of the egg — whether he took it with him, destroyed it, or whether there was nothing inside it at all. But where will it go from this world, if it itself is created and nourished by this world? Its path ended the moment it struck the shell. The path of the soul is only beginning at this moment. And motionless statues do not count, for they are only imprints, petrified impressions in the limestone of a moving world rushing toward its absolute glory at incredible speed. Only a madman would absolutize what happened in a remote corner of a vast, boundless, formidable, and silent space.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (91.1 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

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#Japanese: FLAC 2.0
#Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Commentary by horror cinema writer Amber T)

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