There is no god, only spiders

Peggie 2022-01-12 08:01:31

If you have watched "Shouts and Whispers", the ill woman in it, who couldn't breathe in the hospital bed, and died in the arms of the maid, you must be familiar with Karin's expression when she went crazy. The almost static facial expressions, the empty eyes, the slow suffocating rhythm-these two movies are so similar.

Karin listened to God in the room on the top floor, and she was painfully unable to choose between reality and dream. The climax of the movie was naturally, in Karin's spirit, God walked out of the room, and it turned out to be a big spider. I like this idea. God this spider has a pair of indifferent eyes. I don’t know if Bergman had this idea when he was extremely desperate, but I can understand that despair when faith is completely destroyed will make a sensitive person. madly.

When my father explained God, he was like anyone without absolute faith. He just said that God is love. Even though he made his son believe in love, but can love really save Karin? His answer is yes. In the movie, he told Kavin's husband that he had planned to commit suicide. He felt that he had nothing to worry about for Karin, but he did not have the courage to commit suicide. Can this be regarded as the love of God? They talked about whether they had thought of it in their hearts, wishing Karin was dead, could this be considered love again? Do you just want to be able to make yourself mentally calm? !

The same is true in "Shouting and Whispering". The heroine's almost crazy desire for love is ultimately just a proof of sadness that there is no love in this world. Therefore, there is no God in this world, only spiders.

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  • Brittany 2022-03-23 09:02:48

    All kinds of facial close-ups, Harriet is so beautiful. Although I was sleepy all the way, I can still feel the beauty of the background details and composition, which complement the content. The writer's father is trapped between family affection and personal pursuit, his daughter is trapped between God and pain, the sexual suggestion during the onset, and the son and his father's discussion on the topic of "Whether love is God" are all hot topics in Western modern times. The form and content are abundant and full of room for interpretation.

  • Estell 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    In the process of watching the movie, I tried to use Foucault's "Crazy and Civilization" to interpret the connection between madness, religion, and divine revelation. It was not until the end of the movie that I felt that I had misunderstood Bergman before. Going to the form of the movie and directly reading the core of the movie, the plots are just philosophical propositions. It is better to add a philosopher instead of Bergman.

Through a Glass Darkly quotes

  • Karin: It's so horrible to see your own confusion and understand it.

  • David: Virility means more than health.

    Martin: If Hemingway could, we can. Let's go!