![]() 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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