Bergman has been discussing, using stories, images, and voices, but the stories are constantly changing, and the issues discussed are still those issues. At different times, his views will change and sway, but he can never find the ultimate answer like Hamlet, so his films are also as fascinating as Hamlet, because there is no solution.
Bergman's films tell us again and again that life has no solution, but whether it is joy, pain, or indifference, life is so fascinating. What's more important is that, in the case of knowing no solution, Bergman continues to explore and analyze in his films, seeking a way out from the methodology of philosophy, which is growing tenaciously under extreme pessimism. Optimistic flowers, delicate and charming, but unable to bear fruit.
Bergman's films are the tools he uses to explore all the confusion and pain in his own heart, just like the novels of novelists and the philosophical treatises of philosophers, in any case, in the process of creation, the mind can get a breath and calm down. Opportunities, and it is precisely because of the unresolved anxiety that the creation will continue again and again, and when the anxiety stops, his artistic creation also loses the fuse and becomes lifeless.
And the creative motivation driven by the philosophical thinking of artists, especially art film directors, is most evident in Bergman.
"Wild Strawberry" is like Bergman showing the audience and himself some helpless exploration and analysis of human nature, as well as the process of inner self-healing without solution. The rhythm of the film seems to be slow, but the tension is very strong. Although there are some small flaws, such as the position of some actors in the camera, it is difficult to hide the philosophical light of the whole film.
Bergman is a representative figure who uses philosophical methods among film directors, and he still seems to be a leader at the moment. It is difficult for directors who use the same method to make films to surpass him...
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