"Anna Karenina" Feminine, happiness, life, love, eternal Tolstoy!

Laurianne 2022-04-22 07:01:31

Taking advantage of this recently released film, I wanted to write a few short film reviews, but I found that it couldn't be shorter.

"Anna Karenina", I believe that many people who have read it are like me, and the first close contact with it was in the distant middle school age! At that time, how many of us, who are not familiar with the world, can really understand how much between the lines of Tuo Lao's words? Come to think of it, the fear and awe of the tome at that time was still deeply attached to my heart, but I clearly remembered that I still copied a lot of notes, and the first sentence of the opening was deeply etched in my heart like a seal.” All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

In the book, Anna and Levin are arranged as two barely intertwined lines. But the more you read, the more you realize that these are two completely similar people! Even their pursuit, their confusion, their exploration. However, in the end, they each found different answers and chose different destinations. Everyone who has read "Ann" must have their own interpretation, just like a hundred Hamlets, so this is just an essay in my spare time, not a film review or a book review, I want to say too much , I can't go over it all, I want to write where I want, I don't know what to do, I see the officials laugh, and the right is a pleasure. In my opinion, Tolstoy is not as simple as writing about love, marriage, and family. In addition to the connotation of Western religions that we do not know very well, it is more a search for and perception of the meaning of life. . The novel throws up countless philosophical questions in this regard, which are not answered, but are very helpful for thinking. The books of Russian authors must be read without impetuousness.

Regarding Anna, in a sense, her death is a kind of doom and inevitability. Because she is that kind of person, a person who absolutely pursues the truth! Either as a living sacrifice in the real life of the sinking, or take the soul to heaven together. Anna's sadness lies in her completely irreconcilable duality, her oneself pursuing the complete freedom of the soul she longs for (a reality that cannot be fully achieved in any human society, especially for women) "I breathe, I am in love, I won't regret it." And the other self lives in the real life she always believes should be maintained, loving her son, loving her family, loving her husband, loving all the talents and virtues her social circle has endowed her with. And glamour, as in that scene where she thinks she's dying and confides so sincerely to her husband at the bedside "I'm still the same me, but there's another me in me, and I'm afraid of her. That woman isn't me." I am the real me right now, the completely real me." These two selves are actually hers, she can't get rid of them, and they can't coexist, and they are more and more sharply opposed. Sometimes happiness is like falling into heaven, and sometimes sin is like falling into hell, which makes her feel more and more painful and hopeless. Another level of doomed tragedy is that male brains and female brains are inherently different. A woman who is infatuated with love tends to think that love itself is more important than everything else, and can live and die for him, crazy for him, crazy for him She gave up everything willingly, thinking that this was the true love she was looking for. But when this kind of sacrifice reaches a certain amount, she finds that her mind will involuntarily become extra fragile and sensitive, worrying about gains and losses, extra insecure, unsatisfied and neurotic; while the man who succeeded in hunting for oddities at that time is a change from the previous extreme He tried his best to seem to want to get rid of the shackles and ties, because his world could not live only for love (this is not contradictory to him being able to die for love), and there are too many other temptations, in the face of this Women who are paranoid at times will only add to the blockage, and this aggravates the neuroticism of women. It is like two lines that intersect with each other. Before the intersection, they are single-mindedly rushing towards the same goal, but after the intersection they can only irreversibly get better and better. Far... "Anna was instinctively dissatisfied with the man who was the external purpose of her sacrifice, and even more so because she knew that Voronsky would never understand the full cost of such a sacrifice. She was dissatisfied, because she could not The fulfillment of the most cherished hope produces resentful disappointment, so her love is mingled with a new element of cruelty."


Remember at all times: the soul cannot be possessed, even in the name of love.


I especially admire Tuo Lao's wonderful description of Anna's heart before her death. It's hard to imagine how such an immersive and deep and delicate description of women's psychology could have come from an old man in his 80s. ? ! Later, I found that Tolstoy knew more than women—he was full of deep understanding, compassion and love for peasants, nobles, soldiers, and other classes... This reminded me again Another favorite domestic writer - Cao Xueqin! I always feel that they are two writers with great similarities. This similarity is a heart of tolerance and understanding of everything, a heart of subtle observation, a heart of compassion and sympathy, and a true love from the heart! Only people with such an inner heart can write such great and "tough" words, and can they endure and last for a long time, and can have a deep and shocking attraction! Because of the philosophy and love in the book, the heart is warmed! The master is worthy of being a master. Only when you read the works of the master can you feel so deeply that "the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu"! They are truly great magicians who can write with absolute depth about people and things that can be seen everywhere in life. Every time, after reading the works of the master, one will take a deep breath and feel the joy and joy of life.


"As long as you know the wife you love, you will know all women better than you know a thousand women", what a classic! I have to admire Laoto! I remember once, my husband said to me that he had been with me for so many years, but I was still a person who could not fully understand him. Hehe, actually this kind of feeling is very good, if you really love your woman, you will find that she is indeed a book that can never be read, there are always so many novel ideas, charms worth discovering, so interesting and vivid , surprising and fascinating. Why are some people tired, tired, and tired of being together for a long time? Perhaps the only answer is that neither side really cares enough, right? Or, the spiritual level is not really compatible enough... You see, Tuo Lao's simple sentence can be extended so much, and the classic words in the book that seem to be casual but directly hit people's hearts are all at your fingertips. Can people not admire his profound insight into life?

Back to talking about movies. Speaking of which, the 1935 Greta Garbo version, the 1948 Vivien Leigh version, the 1967 Tatiana Samoylova version, the 1997 Sophie Marceau version, and the most recent 2012 Kayla I've seen the Knightley version -- just like I was obsessed with "Pride and Prejudice" and found all its versions to watch it again. I want to say that only the Vivien Leigh version is almost perfectly close to the Anna Karenina in my heart, and the Keira Knightley version I watched recently, the biggest highlight is the novel drama-like narrative technique , is the focus on Levin's line. I don’t think this version is the director’s intention or not. Keira blackened Anna and portrayed her as a selfish, lascivious and lustful person; it happened that Jude Law counterattacked Karenin again, making the original rigid indifference boring. Even the hypocritical Karenin is portrayed as a loving person who is affectionate, forbearing and magnanimous. This may be the interpretation of the director's perspective... In fact, Keira Knightley is also my favorite actress, although She can't be called a symbol of beauty, and people are always criticized for being flat, but it is strange that her slightly tough face has a vivid charm, but in this film, I think she is really, not at all. Not suitable for the role of Anna. There is simply no way to interpret the Anna in my heart.

The world has little room for women to survive. After a girl grows up, she is either tied up in endless family trivialities and forgotten in life forever, or she is ruthlessly said by everyone with envy and jealousy because of her excessive self-pursuit. Dao Si cannot be at peace. Completely different and the same, hehe. How many people now have the same fear of dying without love as Anna and Levin did? Even Anna's seemingly arrogant and arrogant temperament beauty remembered when she was dying, but it was only the ardent pursuit of her sweetheart, the unreserved love she once said to her, "every look in your eyes, every time you look at her." An action that I will never forget." Woman, who can really escape it? I remember that Dolly seemed to have said to Anna, who was betrayed and separated, I don't hate you. In fact, I quite want to be like you, but no one will pursue me like that.

In the novel, the description of the first encounter between Anna and Vronsky is simple and simple, but worth pondering: "Varlensky followed the flight attendant to the bus, and suddenly stopped at the door of the carriage, and gave a man who was walking down. The woman who came in the car gave way. With the eyesight of a man in the world, and a glance at the woman's demeanor, Vronsky recognized that she belonged to the high society. He apologized, and walked in. went to the carriage, but felt that he had to take another look at her... When he looked back, she turned around... as if she was recognizing him, and then immediately turned to the passing crowd, as if in It's like looking for someone."

Hehe, is there a feeling that in the boundless desert of time, there is no one step earlier or one step later, when you happen to meet and say "Oh, so you are here..." ? Why not in our life? Some people just meet by chance, the encounter becomes an encounter, the encounter becomes an entanglement, and the entanglement becomes a lifelong obsession... If you want to forget this deep-seated bone, you can only complete it in the boundless desert of time. Let go of the self, transcend life and death, and then, everything is clear, there is no right or wrong, and there is no enmity, you can distinguish whether it is a temporary heart fire or a lifetime love, and you also have a new life to embrace , to rejoice, to love. To return to peace, only by witnessing each other in the daily details of life, in harmony with each other, knowing each other and supporting each other, is the meaning of peace in the years and the meaning of being with the old man. That is "I want to know each other with you, and there is no end in life" that no external force can separate.



Appreciate the two lines, short and incisive!


Vronsky: I love you.
anna: why?

Vronsky: cannot ask why, about love.


anna: No...No...I am married, I have husband and child...I shouldn't see you again.
Vronsky : it doesn't make any difference.
anna: but this is wrong...
Vronsky: it doesn't make any difference.


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Anna Karenina quotes

  • Alexei Karenin: Is this about my wife? My wife is beyond reproach. She is, after all, my wife.

  • Alexei Karenin: You begged me for my forgiveness.

    Anna Karenina: But I didn't die and now I have to live with it.