Extended Reading
  • Pearl 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    furious.

    How can the tragedy be so forbearing. Aside from grief and anger, there is not even a sense of sarcasm. It is not like Wang Zengqi's writing has a feeling of indifference and optimism.

    I think of the previous book "Legacy", which is about Poland, Judaism, post-war, and the Soviet Union. But that's a...

  • Adrian 2021-12-26 08:01:32

    The gray sigh of the perfect image

    In the undergraduate film class, one of the teacher's favorite words when describing a film as bad was: "This film is as bad as two hours, and I can't find a frame that can be used as a poster!" I think if he watched "Date", he would definitely turn this sentence back and forth: This is a spectacle...

  • Liana 2022-04-24 07:01:16

    The accusation is about the unfair treatment of Jews during World War II, and some ugly anti-Semitic acts of the Polish people during World War II, including the cover-up by the government and people after the war, as well as racial discrimination and massacres against humanity. The film does not have much anti-fascist, anti-communist tendencies, but there are always some Chinese people who are accustomed to nonsense. 4 star recommendation.

  • Dave 2022-03-25 09:01:13

    From this film to "Cold War", director Paviu Pawlikowski's parents' era and their experiences have always been a source of inspiration for his creation. There is so much to say about Poland in that era. Watching these two films cannot be separated from the background of reality. "Sister Ada" is even more obvious. A large number of fixed shots seem to be intentionally alienating the audience, always maintaining a distance of observation without intervention, which is difficult to capture from the film. Emotions, but if it is related to the complex historical environment in which the film is located, in fact, every grass and tree in the shot, every smile and smile of the actors are conveying information to the audience. Paviu Pawlikowski doesn't say a word about it, and the audience is like a pure Ada in a utopia cut off from the outside world. With Ada, we see the broken world after the war, the personal beliefs torn apart by the beast of ideology, and the identity reshaped by the historical environment. in the monastery. I saw her panic and disorientation, and the monastery was her last refuge.

Ida quotes

  • Wanda: What sort of sacrifice are these vows of yours?

  • Wanda: Do you have sinful thoughts sometimes?

    Anna: Yes.

    Wanda: About carnal love?

    Anna: No.

    Wanda: That's a shame. You should try, otherwise what sort of sacrifice are these vows of yours?