do you know? I thought that artists are the kind of people who can sympathize with other people's suffering and are willing to listen to others, but I can't see the breath of an artist in you, you only have indifference and selfishness, you don't say a word, you use My emotions treat me as an object of study...
"Masquerade" tells a very simple story, the famous actress Elizabeth suddenly began to resist acting, refusing to face the stage and face others, while Alma was the nurse sent by the hospital to take care of her, the dean said by the sea A small villa in the house was more suitable for Elizabeth's recovery, so a battle between the inside and outside of the self began.
From the theme of the movie, why is the movie called "Masquerade"? The meaning of the mask essentially represents two different personality traits of Elizabeth. The film has three hints of Elizabeth and Alma interacting in the mirror until the end of the film. Elizabeth's lover appears, and the person who talks to her lover But it was Alma, whether it was about their past romance or about their children, how could a nurse who had nothing to do with Elizabeth before know all this? So from this perspective, Elizabeth as an actress is Alma, and Alma as a nurse is Elizabeth.
As for why there are two identities of actress and nurse? The occupational characteristic of a nurse is to persuade others, while Elizabeth, an actress, chose to isolate herself. The two different occupational identities actually implied the differentiation of Elizabeth's two different personalities. Her lover said she lacked motherhood, so she Let him have a child with her, but after the child is born, she ignores the child and resists the existence of the child; on the other hand, she is compassionate and fond of the child. The pulling of two contradictions has formed this wonderful film.
There are many interesting scenes in the film. As a nurse who accompanied Elizabeth to recuperate in a seaside villa, she was taken as a research object by Elizabeth. This was the beginning of the first contradiction in the film, and it was at this time that Alma began to scold her. Elizabeth, angrily scolded her for exploiting her emotions without empathy. Elizabeth had always been in a closed state before, but she had the first big body language, and she slapped Alma. The conflict began to intensify at this time. When excited, Alma picked up the kettle that had just boiled water and wanted to smash it on Elizabeth. At this time, Elizabeth, who had been silent in the film, said, "Stop it." It seems to be a very simple conflict, but it actually shows people's inner self-split struggle. Who would be so angry that they lost themselves because a letter simply mentioned something that seemed important and unimportant. The rational plan to smash someone with a pot of boiling water? The answer is yourself. Everyone's heart is divided, and they will always be angry with the one who made the result because of an unsatisfactory result. That's why there is a scene where two people are constantly fighting. There is a scene in the film where a hand is nailed to the board with bloody nails. This is a metaphor. This scene appears for the second time at the climax of the conflict between Elizabeth and Alma. In this way, it implies the pain of people's inner struggle, to what extent can it be achieved? It's like putting your hand on the wall, aiming a big nail in your palm, driving the nail into your palm and smashing it into the wall.
And the human heart is complicated. When you hate yourself, you can recklessly be willing to put a nail in the palm of your hand. You can also pour a pot of hot boiling water on yourself without hesitation, and you can even ignore it. Don't care about anything, when a silent mute doesn't speak for a lifetime. But sometimes, you also say no to yourself. You reject such a self-enclosed way of life. You are unwilling to fall and be destroyed. You want to be redeemed. The person who redeems you is ultimately only yourself. , that's why Elizabeth shouted "Stop", otherwise, what would happen if she was splashed with boiling water, the world itself is colorless to Elizabeth, and only the appearance of Alma changed Elizabeth's world. It became brighter, and I became aware of emotions that I had never felt before.
At the end of the film, Elizabeth is slapped severely by Alma, which means that Alma's side has the upper hand in Elizabeth's personality differentiation. The seemingly cruel slaps mean farewell to Elizabeth's personality. , After that, Alma will still be the former Alma, and Elizabeth will still be the former Elizabeth, they love each other and kill each other, merge into one, and finally separate.
Bergman always reminds me of a lot of past events. Before I came into contact with Bergman, I had a very favorite director named Jia Zhangke. When watching Jia Zhangke's films, I always felt the same way. The shadows in the background of the times I live in, these shadows are left to me by my parents' growing environment, so I am eager to get in touch with those times, that environment, the unique abandoned Every Xiaowu on the street corner.
At that time, I watched Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", "The Virgin Spring" and "Fanny and Alexander". I couldn't understand it, but I remembered many pictures that impressed me deeply. The tree is figurative, and I see the deep fear of life and death in people's dreams, and the loneliness and helplessness in the hearts of children who have been destroyed by their original families.
In fact, Bergman is such a child. He lived under the deep fear of his father in his childhood, so he has a special attachment to his mother, but because of his father's cruelty, there is always a layer between him and his mother. The distance that cannot be crossed, and these childhood shadows are all reflected in his films, in the movie "Shouting and Whispering", people can see the three sisters and Annie's heartbreaking, these inner lacks, The mother's love from Yuanwang comes from the disappearance of the great love in the heart, so everyone is struggling, but they are eager to embrace, but in the end they can't get any results.
But I have seen that Bergman is such a person who lived out hope in the midst of frustration and endless pain. He used a ninety-nine-point attitude to life to show people his inner despair, so desperate that he even said that God is dead. His cry, but told people with the last minute that his heart was bright.
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