——Analysis of the writing technique of "Wild Strawberry"
"Wild Strawberry" is a stream of consciousness work of art. The director Bergman uses concise and serious black and white colors, calm and objective shots, and uses a large narration to explain how an old man in the twilight can perceive love in a dream, experience love, and obtain spiritual redemption. The wild strawberries picked by Isaac's first love, Sarah, are the vitality and warmth that he has never been able to feel. Although small and ordinary, it can comfort people's hearts.
The narrative focus of the film is on the four dreams of the old man Isaac. The dream and reality are interspersed, and they penetrate deep into Isaac's inner world and start his memories of the past. The four dreams brought the warmth of spring to Isaac's winter-like heart, and the things that evoked his emotions were life and family.
The first dream, called "loneliness". In this dream, many street scenes are somewhat overexposed; dazzling white and dull black are clearly distributed in the picture, giving visual impact and discomfort. The surroundings were empty and silent, only the old man was alone, walking alone on the street. Here is a detail that distinguishes dreams from reality. All the clocks lack hands. It is not only a clue prop to distinguish the reality of dreams in the whole film, but also creates an absurd and terrifying atmosphere here. A clock that goes around in circles symbolizes time that will never stand still; and a clock that lacks hands also means that the life of the old man is coming to an end. The old man saw the figure with distorted facial features and his own corpse in the coffin, all of which were a harbinger of death. And his life is like this empty street. Although he is in the world, he has no one to talk to. Dead and strange, this nightmare showed the old man's fear of death and loneliness in his heart. His struggle to drag in the coffin was his struggle against death - so he cherished the remaining time more and more, Start to miss the good old days.
The second dream, called "metamorphosis". Here, the dream and reality are closely interspersed. In the dream, the old man recalls his first love, Sarah, who left him because of his boredom and ruthlessness, and cheated on his frivolous, rude brother who was no better than him. At this time, a lively and cheerful young girl also appeared in reality, with the same name as Sarah, who was also hesitating between the two young people. This young girl evoked the old man's memories of his first love, and awakened the old man's expectation of the harmonious and warm childhood and laughter in his young life. This episode uses the mouth of the first love in a dream to reveal the defects of the old man's character - that is Isaac's self-examination and accusation of his cold and inhumane past when he was dying. Talking with the girl and his daughter-in-law, he also realized that his selfishness and indifference came from his parents and passed it on to his son.
The third dream, called "Judgment". He realized that the reason why his son didn't want a child was because he didn't want him to repeat his father's old path; the son knew that his indifference was inherited from his father, Isaac had never given him fatherly love, and he was also afraid that he could not bring A suitable growth environment for the child, he is unwilling to create tragedies again. In this dream, Isaac judged himself through the test: he could not see the bacteria under the microscope, he could only see his cloudy eyes, the close-up here means that in the past, he only saw himself No problems in the family; forgetting the words on the blackboard means that he has never asked others for forgiveness, which reflects the indifference and arrogant divinity in his bones; in the end, he wrongly judges that the woman is dead, which is a hint— - A woman may be dead physically, but her spirit is alive; and this is the exact opposite of Isaac, who is like a dead body. In the following dream, he once again witnessed his dead wife cheating on other men. Here Isaac is blocked by the interlaced branches in the foreground, and there is nothing in front of Oman. The branches seem to bind him, showing his inner struggle. The wife hated his hypocrisy, his ruthlessness, her inability to get any love from him, this was the final judgment on Isaac, and the source of his sin of loneliness: he was indifferent to everything around him, he Never tell love to others, and never receive love from others. The awarding of honors in reality is in sharp contrast with the judgment in dreams. The praise in reality and the conviction in spirit are closely related to these two plots, which are very ironic and enhance the tension of the contrast.
The last dream is called "redemption". After a dream journey, Isaac begins to try to connect emotionally with others for the first time. He made the three young men remember to write to him, had a warm conversation with his son, expressed his affection for her to his daughter-in-law, and expressed his gratitude to the housekeeper. After he confessed his heart, the dream he entered again was the Garden of Eden after redemption-he was no longer watching his family play, but participated in it himself. In the dream, he returned to a quiet and peaceful life, with no regrets, he was redeemed in the spiritual world.
"This is where wild strawberries grow." Wild strawberries are insignificant vitality, ordinary happiness, and the love that Isaac finally found. At the end of the film, the light turns from dark to bright, and Isaac finally finds the true meaning of life. The open ending leaves suspense - will Isaac wake up from his dream and regain the warmth of his family again? This is an immersive journey of spiritual redemption, and it is also the old man's recollection and repentance of the past; in the dream, it is the place where life will eventually return, and the place where beautiful emotions gather. The film embodies the director's thoughts on human nature and divinity, and shows the eternal theme of "love" - if love is lost, the spiritual world will wither and die.
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