Freehand brushwork, concealment and ambiguous blank space

Therese 2022-04-21 09:02:06

1. Break reality, fantasy, and dreams at will. The world from the perspective of a nurse and the world from the perspective of an actress can also be scrambled and shuttled freely. It seems to be broken but in fact coherent, very Fellini, or even Fellini on top of Fellini. 2. On the camera lens: I really like to use close-up and close-up; the camera has a strong sense of existence, strong selectivity, distinct subjectivity and authorship; a lot of "masking" - nurses and actresses sometimes completely cover the latter. Dialogue, sometimes the other way around; close-ups and shadows are often very oppressive. 3. There are no lines in many scenes, and the meaning is not clear, but the tension has erupted in silence; 4. Among the nurses and actresses, who is the more determined and subjective subject? Quite swaying and ambiguous. Halfway through the movie I leaned towards the actress-nurse split. But at the end, I felt that the nurse might also be the projection of the actress. A definitive answer may not be needed. I like the ambiguity and ambiguity of the subject and the time, space, narrative and even emotion (including between the nurse and the actress, and between the subject and the other, and the environment) that follow the subject. There is a lot of white space in almost every aspect. 5. Geometric and thorough black and white create a freehand space; my favorite audio-visual style. 6. The editing at the end of the film is also very interesting.

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  • Green 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The night after reading it, I dreamed that I cut my hair. Has the same short hair and bangs as hers. Except no, soft golden. / Watching "Masquerade" for the first time, it is like a person who has lived in lies and illusions all his life is suddenly pushed to the truth one day without reservation, silently and violently cruel. Some people can't accept Bergman's silent cruelty. His pictures are soft and gentle, but the inquiries to the bottom of his heart are direct and not tactful.

  • Lourdes 2021-12-07 08:01:40

    What if Bergman were the same as this one or [Wild Strawberry]! This formalism does not lose to the French at all. Although the main part is a stage play, it creates a thrilling effect that only movies can achieve through Bergman's "close-up". Of course, according to the gossip about Bergman's life experience in the latest edition, this film can be seen as his obsession with unobtainable maternal love and an attempt to give an explanation.

Persona quotes

  • Sister Alma: You know what I thought after I saw a film of yours one night? When I got home and looked in the mirror, I thought, "We look alike." Don't get me wrong. You're much more beautiful. But we're alike somehow. I think I could turn into you if I really tried.

  • Sister Alma: You can't know how I feel. I always thought great artists felt this great compassion for other people, that they created art out of great compassion and a need to help. That was silly of me.