/ Organized by Fan Daming /
Time: May 19, 2012 (Saturday), 10:45-11 :
15am
The scene after the viewing of Bergman's work "Wild Strawberry" at Henglu Art Cinema)
Participants: (Preface) Fan Daming, He Ji, Zhang Qin, Cai Ling, Zhu Xilin, Chen Xingsheng, Zhang Aibai, Liu Haiqing (viewers: Yang Yuehui, Yu Han, etc.)
Moderator: Fan Daming Record: Liu Haiqing Bergman
's pioneering work on modern art films and his influence on some later great directors Ropoulos' "Eternity and One Day" is somewhat similar: it focuses on the mentality of the elderly who are about to end their lives and their memories of the past. The "traveling" method was originally thought to be the first adopted by An Zhe, but in fact Bergman has already adopted it in this film, and this film was released at the end of 1957 and won an award, which was more than 40 years earlier. It seems that Bergman's pioneering work on modern art films and his influence on some later great directors cannot be underestimated. Now it seems that many elements in An Zhe's "Eternal and One Day" come from this film. So let's talk about it. Participating in an alumni reunion 50 years later, the good feelings of the early years are gone. He Ji: I recently participated in a class reunion and found that the female classmates are very old and sad, and I really don't want to participate in the future. Why didn't we organize when we were young? It's boring when we get older. It's been 50 years, and it's our classmates in high school. I feel like I slapped twice in the face. The good feelings of the early years are gone. The male classmates have also changed, but it's okay. Zhang Qin: I also participated in a class reunion. I haven't seen each other for 30 years. Whether it is male or female, the changes are quite big.
He Ji: Especially some students died. However, I heard that there was a father in Zhejiang Second Hospital who was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, and his son took him to the countryside to live a comfortable life, driving all the way along the Fuchun River to Qiandao Lake. This story must be a good movie.
When the old man is sober, he always talks about the past and recalls his love
Zhang Qin: I came here for the first time, and it feels a bit like "Five People Met in Heaven", an American movie written by Mickey, the author of "Meet Tuesday". The protagonist is an old man who manages an amusement park, and the film is his "memories" after his death. My father was not in good health, and he always talked about the past when he was awake.
Van Daming: For example, the protagonist of this film, Isaac, recalls his love. His favorite should be his cousin Sarah, but his younger brother Sifli took the lead, and it was better to strike first, and women often couldn't resist this.
Xiong Meng: There are many factors that determine a person's growth. The ones that have a big influence will always be hidden in the heart, and they will be reviewed when they are old.
About the protagonist Isaac: Introverted personality, high IQ, lack of emotional intelligence
Cai Ling: People are dying, and there are always regrets in recalling life. The protagonist Isaac is introverted, with high IQ and lack of emotional intelligence. When the daughter-in-law saw the part between him and his mother, she felt that she had inherited the indifference of the family.
He Ji: His wife is as cold as ice, so is he, and so is his son. The family is not warm, and his son does not want to have children.
Zhang Aibai: The protagonist has good memories, so he and his cousin are engaged, okay?
Crowd: It was very common at the time.
Fan Daming: He and his cousin are only engaged in private and secret. The secret engagement was even known, but it was useless, it was no match for his brother Sifri's physical attack on Sarah.
The handling of the crash during the trip is different from ours. Don’t take many things too
seriously. Fan Daming: I noticed that during the crash, the two sides didn’t quarrel, neither blamed each other, but both apologized to each other. What if this happened in China today? It's very different from us.
Chen Xingsheng: This is related to national cultural traditions and family education. But we don't want to compare with foreign countries, we just need to compare with ourselves. When a person is old, no matter how many honors he has, he always has to be nostalgic, recalling love, and recalling the gains and losses, successes and failures of his life. Although this doctor won a special medal, many things in his life are very passive. Today I read in the newspaper that homosexuality may be caused by some substance in the brain, which can be inherited. So, I think a lot of things should not be taken too seriously.
The clock without hands in the dream and Bergman's psychological realism
Liu Haiqing: What does the clock without hands symbolize? It appeared in the dream several times.
Van Damien: There was something like this in his childhood playthings -- when his mother pulled out the playthings she had sorted out after hours, we saw a pocket watch with no hands. The dream transferred the image of his childhood memory of the pocket watch to the street clock. Such dreams are also in line with Freud's interpretation of dreams, that is to say, dreams still have the basis of real life. Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" runs through a color of psychological realism, which is the most important feature of the film.
Both father and son need to be taken care of in life. The housekeeper is an old lady but a very dignified person.
Liu Haiqing : In the end, he found his parents in his dream, and then he went to sleep very comfortably, feeling very safe and secure. And the conversation between him and his son, did he say that his son and his daughter-in-law reconciled and decided to have a child?
Fan Daming: Yes, he said "I can't live without her", "Just do what she wants". In fact, the father and son need someone to take care of them in their lives. For example, his housekeeper, who has taken care of him for more than 40 years, should be an old lady, because he never married. But she is a very dignified person with a strong personality. Although they also have intentions with each other, when he proposed to address each other directly by name, she said that she did not want him to be told by others because of her age, and she also respected him and thought of him. .
The film is rich in connotation. Around the protagonist, there are many characters with different personalities
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Zhang Aibai: The couple they met on the road was also very interesting. They quarreled a little bit, but we were embarrassed to see them get off the bus halfway through. What is the director trying to say?
Fan Daming: It shows another state of marriage in real life, and it is also a reference; driving them out of the car shows a limit of tolerance. Also, the three young men they met on the road who took their car to Italy, one of them was a woman named Sarah, who was in the middle of two suitors and was indecisive. To a certain extent, it was related to the love of the protagonist when he was young There is a kind of care in the relationship; but the three of them still understand Isaac very well, respect him, and appreciate him, which shows that the two generations can still communicate. In addition, I especially appreciate the part in the film where the protagonist recalls his family’s congratulations on the naming day for his uncle when he was young. Most of the young people are dressed in white, full of vigor and vitality, especially the pair of twins, who are chatty, talkative, very Lovely, and formed a sharp contrast with the deaf Uncle Aaron, and they both belong to the magnanimous image without any scheming, this scene has also become the biggest highlight of the whole film, which contrasts the gloomy, heavy and contemplative tone of the whole film , which shows the director's artistic attainments and skills in scheduling the film.
Finished at 12:55 on May 21, 2012
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