An hour and a half long, after a few red transitions, I finished "Shouting and Whispering". Like the Lone Killer, this movie came into my childhood memory long ago, if I remember correctly, it should have been a movie review feature about Ingmar Bergman, and there were multiple pictures in it. Stills and posters for Bergman's film, I was most interested in Wild Strawberries at the time because it looked like an accessible fairy tale. As for Shouting and Whispering, I didn't have a good first impression of it, because Anna and Agnes on the poster are not my favorite looks, their expressions and gestures are depressing, and it doesn't sound like drama The name of the conflict can't bring up my interest in watching movies. Based on the above, after many years, the first Bergman movie I watched turned out to be the worst shouting and whispering at the time, which made me Feel the teasing of fate and the wonder of fate.
Watched the first thirty minutes of Shouting and Whispering three days ago in the morning, and watched it again this afternoon after two days.
The film starts with a sky full of red. The rooms in the play are covered with red carpets and hung with red curtains. The red color originally gave people a warm impression, but it seems to set off the repression of the characters' language and demeanor from the negative side. And restraint also hints at the intense emotions surging inside the characters. The estrangement between sisters, the estrangement between husband and wife, the characters in the movie live together, but are separated from each other by barriers.
Agnes, Karin, and Maria all showed their pursuit and desire for love. Agnes, who was indifferent and alienated from her family since childhood, was introverted and shy, longing for love but didn't know how to ask for and express it; Karin, who has been constrained by various rules all the year round, is overly protective and self-suppressed. She longs for love but dares not touch it because she is worried and afraid of being hurt. Maria, who is full of passion and longing for release, she should be Of the three sisters, she grew up the most smoothly. She was naturally likable and did not hesitate to spread love to others. She was the one who lived the most fluent life in the secular world. She flexibly mastered various social rules but was also constrained by social rules. Constrained, she has passion and a desire for freedom in her heart, but her cognition and taboos of the world make her dare not deviate from her original life.
The death of Agnes is an event that affects the entire film. It is a short ice-breaking period in the relationship between the three sisters. If the subject matter of this film is taken to modern times and remade by Americans, according to the script writing mode that has been routine, the three sisters will The relationship between Agnes will definitely undergo a fundamental change because of Agnes' near-death process. Most of Agnes in the ending will die peacefully in family love, while Karin and Maria will release their previous suspicions and become the audience's favorite. A pair of good sisters who love each other and love each other.
But Bergman is a Swede from the Frozen Peninsula. Born in 1918, he should not have been influenced by the format of the American film industry. His understanding of the essence of human beings is deeper than that of ordinary tender movies. The one who cares and cares the most is always yourself, and the awareness of self-protection is always greater than the desire to pursue love. This deep sense of self-protection in human nature is the source of the barrier between the three sisters. While protecting the three sisters from various discomforts, he also hinders the spiritual communication between the three sisters.
Although Karin and Maria have strengthened their relationship with Agnes in the process of taking care of them, the long-term emotional estrangement cannot be resolved in a moment. She kept shouting the name of the maid, Anna, and it was only Anna who came to hug and comfort her. Sisters Karin and Maria just stood by, frowning, shocked by this terrifying scene, even approaching Iger. Niss didn't dare. By the time Agnes was resurrected from the dead, Karin and Maria's refusal to Agnes' request had heralded another emotional rift between the sisters.
In the movie, the most sincere and frank is the maid Anna. This maid with little education is not stingy with love and tolerance. Just like the milk of the Virgin Mary, it silently nourishes everyone in this house.
View more about Cries & Whispers reviews
