Work hard, work hard! struggle, struggle, struggle!

Omari 2022-04-20 09:01:41

It seems to have returned to the era of silent films: the film of the film, the love of light and shadow and the abandonment of words, the language is only a decoration, but has no expression effect;

The relationship between the two characters, rather than believing that the nurse is assimilated by the actor's side, is more credible to me, and the director gave a lot of information in the film (the amount is even too much, which hinders the hidden beauty);

Maybe the reason for only watching it once, I feel that the emphasis on intergenerational relations in the film is not immune to the difference in the focus of the portrayal. Perhaps Bergman prefers to depict the theme of the mother-son relationship, and this theme is the main theme, which can connect the key themes in the film.

In this film, Bergman demonstrates in a non-verbal form the separation of man from society and the alienation of man; for the relationship between man and society, Bergman seems to prefer to use marriage and the intergenerational relationship between children; So far (movie as a medium is such a fart effect, it is impossible to ask for more depth): the deception of life and what the self is;

Perhaps such themes are indeed, can not be expressed, can only be expressed, put into a specific situation, use the story to resonate with the likes, as the film said: "What matters is our efforts, not the achievements we have achieved. Is it right"

Need to repeat

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  • Clark 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Persona, the second self derived from the character, everyone has evil hidden in their hearts. Bergman is like the Freud of the film industry, photography is amazing...

  • Kacie 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    How stunning is Bergman's imagery of faces and gazes, how disconnected the text beneath them is. Behind the obscure, minimal, and abstract formalist images and gestures of rejecting a single interpretation is actually a very clear core of intention, and most of the performance is completed by the character's constant anatomy, which is similar to Sa The existentialist novels of Tet are exactly the same ((pseudo-)philosophical exposition is still exposition...). The problems of this type of experimental film are actually very similar to those of contemporary art that relies too much on interpretation, although it has to be admitted that Bergman can indeed create a kind of stunned "master temperament". . . As well as a movie with a philosophical meaning and a temperament of reflection on the times, which was also released in 1966, I personally think that zooming in is much better than this.

Persona quotes

  • Sister Alma: Elisabet? Can I read you something from my book? Or am I disturbing you? It says here:"All the anxiety we bear with us, all our thwarted dreams, the incomprehensible cruelty, our fear of extinction, the painful insight into our earthly condition, have slowly eroded our hope of an other-wordly salvation. The howl of our faith and doubt against the darkness and silence, is one of the most awful proofs of our abandonment and our terrified, unuttered knowledge." Do you think it's like that?

  • Sister Alma: Karl-Henrik and I rented a cottage by the sea once. It was June, and we were all alone. One day, when Karl-Henrik had gone into town, I went to the beach on my own. It was a warm and lovely day. There was another girl there. She'd paddled over from another island because our beach was sunnier and more secluded. We lay there, sunbathing beside one another, complete naked, dozing now and then, putting suntan lotion on. We had those cheap straw hats on, you know? I had a blue ribbon around mine. I lay there peeping out from under my hat at the landscape and the sea and the sun. It was kind of funny. Suddenly I saw two figures leaping about on the rock above us. They would hide and then peek out. "There's a couple of boys looking at us," I told the girl. Her name was Katarina. "Let them look," she said, and turned over on her back. It was a strange feeling. I wanted to jump up and put my robe on but I just lay there on my stomach with my bottom in the air, not at all embarrassed, completely calm. Katarina lay there next to me the whole time, with her breasts and thick thighs. She just lay there sort of giggling to herself. I noticed that the boys had come closer. They just stood there looking at us. I noticed they were terribly young. Then one of them - the more daring of the two - came up and squatted down next to Katarina. He pretended to be busy picking at his toes. I felt so strange. Suddenly I heard Katarina say, "Hey, why don't you come over here?" She took him by the hand and helped him off with his jeans and shirt. Then suddenly he was on top of her. She guided him in with her hands on his behind. The other boy just sat on the slope and watched. I heard Katarina whisper in the boy's ear and laugh. His face was right next to mine. It was red and swollen. Suddenly I turned over and said, "Aren't you coming over to me too?" And Katarina said, "Go to her now." He pulled out of her and fell on top of me, completely hard. He grabbed my breast. It hurt so bad. I was ready somehow and came almost at once. Can you believe it? I was about to say, "Careful you don't get me pregnant" when he suddenly came. I felt it like never before in my life, the way he sprayed his seed into me. He gripped my shoulders and arched backward. I came over and over. Katarina lay on her side and watched and held him from behind. After he came, she took him in her arms and used his hand to make herself come. When she came, she screamed like a banshee. Then all three of us started laughing. We called to the other boy, who was sitting on the slope. His name was Peter. He came down, looking all confused and shivering despite the sunshine. Katarina unbuttoned his pants and started to play with him. And when he came, she took him in her mouth. He bent down and kissed her back. She turned around, took his head in both hands, and gave him her breast. The other boy got so excited that he and I started all over again. It was just as good as before. Then we went for a swim and parted ways. When I got home, Karl-Henrik was already back from town. We ate dinner and drank some red wine he'd brought. Then we had sex. It's never been as good, before or since. Can you understand that?