Gertrud Comments

  • Yvette 2022-09-19 02:04:56

    See how Dreyer interprets love - love is suffering, love is unhappiness; love is the whole of Ge Chu's life, except for love and youth, there is nothing in life. Ge Chu is so convinced that love is above all else that she cannot be with any man. Ge Chu has many dialogues looking at the camera. She and Gustav can't look at each other. This is the power of faith. Replacing love with any other faith is another story. It has something to do with the faith in God in "Words". Similarities and...

  • Maxine 2022-09-08 17:04:27

    Dreyer may be one of the greatest creators of image space in history. The seemingly narrow and confined limited frame contains an infinite and extensible spiritual image space. The split emotions, or the sudden and unspeakable syncope in the cramped emotional space of the four, or Gertrud, who finally believed in love but died alone, in this series of always fractured, unspeakable, and conflicting emotional spaces , Dreyer has created a boundless spiritual space with the richest mystery and one...

  • Michel 2022-08-21 19:34:14

    Love, this is a philosophical topic. In his last work, the director made love so quiet and calm, so calm that there was no trace of impatience and anxiety, it was like a philosophy class taught by Germans. Basically a stage play with an impressive use of mirrors. The discussion of love in the film is like the words and patterns carved on the stone. Even after the polishing of time, it is still clear and...

  • Victoria 2022-06-09 23:41:15

    Love is a tragedy due to the difference in the concept of love between men and women and the proportion of love in the lives of men and women. Love is the superstition of women and only exists in women's imagination. After getting along, men and women will inevitably move towards constant retention and inevitable farewell (intrinsic essence). The film ends in Ge Chu's closed house alone, which has also become a metaphor for a woman's lonely and unacceptable love. There are many conversations,...

  • Kianna 2022-06-09 23:29:14

    The first time I saw Dreyer's movie, it was the last one he made. On the surface, it is a story of a woman, but inside should be the director's self-report when he looks back on his life in his twilight years. When love encounters vanity and cynicism, it is powerless, so the person who chooses to love is destined to be alone. But even those who are lonely and melancholy do not compromise will not lose their ability to love. Because all love is given based on still having a real feeling for...

  • Krystal 2022-06-09 19:42:46

    I first tried to build a complete relationship diagram of the characters through eye contact between the characters, but failed, because everyone is looking at the air most of the time...So looking at it from another angle, it seems that most of the dialogue is the exchange of memories and love. , It should not be simply understood as a communication between...

  • Wayne 2022-06-09 16:58:49

    1. Being able to discuss the relationship between a married woman and three men on the table in 1964 is a testament to the relatively high status of Danish women. 2. But it's still very boring. Compared with Bergman's skill, it is still a lot...

  • Marley 2022-06-09 16:56:26

    (20160416 a five-star brush) masterpiece: the emphasis on flashbacks since the "Presiding Judge"; there are fantasy and light and shadow games of "Vampire" (Gertrud changes clothes in Erland's bedroom, Gustav takes a carriage to the opera at night); There are the concepts of pacing, sound, and space in "Scourge Day" and "Words" (the two parks are made into an indoor drama, too); there are no obvious religious elements, but there are still bells that are used many times ( At least 6 times), and...

Extended Reading

Gertrud quotes

  • Gertrud Kanning: A woman loves her husband above all, but for him, work comes first.

    Gertrud Kanning: Isn't that the nature of the universe?

    Gertrud Kanning: Naturally, it's a man's nature to work, to create. But work mustn't exile the woman from his thoughts. I feel this way often, as if I have no husband at all, as if I'm just atmosphere for you.

  • Gertrud Kanning: The man I'm with must be completely mine. I must come before everything. I don't want to be an occasional plaything.