In fact, Bergman is watching us...
The more than 90-minute "Autumn Sonata" has only four main actors, two of which occupy more than 80% of the film's time. It is said that Bergman likes to be on his own Swedish island, his own home, his own actors (friends), his own photographers, and then his own screenwriter and his own director.
Some people say that the goodness of a movie sometimes lies in expressing the richest connotation with the least dialogue. Do you agree? who cares. In fact, what some people say is true, both "knowing" and "not knowing" can produce great art. Do you agree? Anyway I agree.
The entire film is almost all dialogue in Swedish. In the second half of the film, the mother-daughter dialogue in the middle of the night, please pay attention to the transition ahead. Everything is a spring flowing on the stone of life. Breathless, this is Bergman, his power is a kind of digging from the inside out, digging people exhausted and breathless.
But isn't "Whispering and Shouting" hard to look back on? After seeing Bergman, a place in your heart will be hollowed out, empty there, and become a reality.
All great art is directed to the heart. Behold: everyone, everyone, everyone...
Once, Bergman talked to David Lean.
Lean: How did you always make your films?
Bergman: Filmed with 19 of my friends.
Lean: Interesting! I shot it with 180 enemies.
This reminds me of Yasujiro Ozu. More on that later.
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