Isaac came to the place where wild strawberries grew in his heart, the place where he spent every summer until he was 20 years old.
Remember what was said in Aspirin, memories are not a sign of old age, but repeated memories. The film can be run through 3 dreams, in which Isaac enters his post-death state, his former state, and the reproduction of real scenes of things in his subconscious mind. Every dream is enough to shake everyone's soul, and of course Bergman's films are elevating or vaporizing. A very fitting sentence: "Once you are desperate, you either go to a Bergman movie or you commit suicide."
Of course, "Wild Strawberry" is not just about expressing old age. Those who are familiar with the old man Bergman know it well. , cold death and loneliness is always the topic of Bergman's films. "Wild Strawberries" is full of such flavors everywhere, although I have always rejected the so-called works that now talk about death and other seemingly postmodern topics. But the unmistakable "Wild Strawberry" shocked not only generations of filmmakers and film fans. Its power is inexhaustible, and it pierces people's hearts directly.
Dream 1: At the 4th minute of the film, Isaac's first dream is described, and the beginning is explained by a voice-over; monotonous voices cooperate; wall clocks and pocket watches without hands appear on the screen; solemn streets; occasional rhythm A compact soundtrack; big close-ups, action shots, long shots. It took 38 seconds from the appearance of the stranger with the black hat to the moment when he turned around and finally turned into blood. However, this short 38 seconds was enough to dig a person's heart completely, and a twisted and wrinkled face turned and then fell to the ground and turned into a pool of blood. I once said that the real horror does not lie in the appearance, but can directly hit people's hearts. Before it was too late to consider the profound meaning of 38 seconds, I was already shocked by the impact of its pictures, and the scene immediately after the music was laid out. Then came one after another, the heart was not calm and there were waves, and the waves came more fierce and fierce. The carriage, the crumbling coffin, the outstretched hand of the coffin fell to the ground, and then exposed Isaac's own face, pulling the living Isaac with a painful expression. The first dream can be described as a nightmare, a distorted, disguised nightmare. Among them, the clock without hands, the stranger, and Isaac himself in the coffin are all objects worthy of the audience's deep contemplation and full of meaning.
Dream 2: Isaac himself said, "Maybe I'm a little sad, maybe I'm a little tired and sad" and began to follow the 78-year-old self into the playground of childhood. He saw the blue sky and white clouds in the past, the green trees and the breeze in the past, the cousin Sarah who was secretly destined for life in the past, and the wild strawberries in the past. It's starting to look back... Sarah's love for him, his compliments, his betrayal, and ultimately leaving him.
Dream three: Isaac started his third dream in the car. The gloomy picture, the noisy sound of the birds, and the wild strawberries scattered on the ground. Sarah held a mirror to show Isaac his own wrinkled, old face. Love, career all suffer misfortune, wife has an affair with others. The dream describes that in the end, everything treats Isaac with the punishment of loneliness, which seems to vaguely echo the loneliness of Isaac's wife who died and no offspring as described in the narration at the beginning of the film.
Personally, I think the most exciting is the first dream, perhaps in terms of performance or technique. The subsequent dreams are profound and profound, and there are shallow discussions. It is hard to say more about the problems of practice. Among them, the dialogue with the mother, the three young people who met on the road, the couple who met in a car accident are all scenes that cannot be ignored.
There are too many undefined definitions in the film, explaining all aspects, spreading around with people's thinking, and the success of the film lies in this. In the end, Isaac said, "If I feel sad or sad in the morning, the memories of my childhood will soothe my pain, and so will the pain in the evening." Life is short, and when the pain comes, it is often the good state of mind that can save me in the end. . Memories are always good, and you have to work hard for them.
To pay tribute to the passing of the great old man Ingmar Bergman! ! ! ! !
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