Bergman's film notes "Winter Light": the echo of the other

Timmy 2022-01-12 08:01:36

This poem by Emily Dickinson suddenly reminded me of the incomparably great "Winter Light". There are many similarities between the two. Although each adopts a different art form, there is a hidden similarity.
Yu Guangzhong's translation is slightly better.
Compared with the movie, the information and state of this poem is obviously inferior. Of course, this inferiority lies more in its insufficient detailed description of the content. After all, it is limited to the genre form, which is demanding. The inferiority of the state is that the explanation of the psychological atmosphere in the poem is somewhat lacking.

Both translations of this poem are now copied below.

1. (Yu Guangzhong translation)

winter afternoon often have a

ramp down to glow

oppressed us, that as the weight of

the Cathedral of the piano sound



it gives us divine the trauma

we can not find the mark

only a change of heart due

to their Meaning is preserved.



No one can make it feel that

it is the brand of despair.

An incomparably beautiful pain is

passed on to us by the atmosphere.



When it comes, all the four fields are listening to the

shadow and holding your breath.

When it goes, it is as far away as we

look forward to death. Distance

2. (The translator does not know)

There is a kind of oblique light

in the winter afternoon-

repressed, like

the weight of the cathedral music-



the harm of heaven, it comes to

us but we can't find the scar

but the inner difference

implies There is



something no one can teach sincerely --any--

this is a trace of despair--

It seems that a solemn distress

comes from the sky-



when it comes, the mountains and rivers are listening-the

shadows-and holding their breath-

when it leaves, it is like the face of death in the distance

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Extended Reading
  • Jessyca 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    I really like this chapel under Bergman's lens. A church member committed suicide after reading the news in the newspaper that it was only a matter of time before China built the atomic bomb - an interesting storyline.

  • Madalyn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Without the faith to rely on, no matter how well-organized religious ceremonies are, they can only be reduced to performances

Winter Light quotes

  • Algot Frövik, Sexton: Those candles were tricky to light. Probably a factory defect. And I guess my broken-down body's slowing down my actions. The reason hardly matters. I leave the temple in semi-darkness until just before the bells start. I believe electric lights disturb your spirit of reverence.

  • Algot Frövik, Sexton: Once when I complained about my pains keeping me up at nights, you suggested that I read...

    Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I remember.

    Algot Frövik, Sexton: To distract myself. I began with the gospels. And real sleeping potions they were too, if I may say so, at least now and then.