Shout and Whisper movie review

Chelsey 2022-04-19 09:02:38

The film uses bright red as a whole, but it does not show strong emotions, but it is like dripping blood. The icy white and the gloomy black are highlighted. The white is like snow, which symbolizes indifference, and the black is like the night, which represents depression and death. Lighting is also textbook level. When Maria had an affair with the doctor, the lights were bright and dazzling, and she wore a bright red dress, which symbolized desire from the inside out; after her husband came back, the morning light was dimmed by the curtains, and she wore a The dark red nightgown symbolizes the suppression and restraint of the relationship between the two. The film uses 4 interludes: the first is Aigley's memories of her mother. She adored her mother when she was a child, but was neglected by her mother, so she loved and hated her mother. So when I was dying, I missed my mother very much, and I wanted to overcome the fear of death with maternal love. And the maid Anna played the role of a mother because of the loss of her daughter, so Anna was often seen using her breasts to comfort Agrie in pain. The second paragraph is that Maria had an affair with a doctor. The next day her husband found out and committed suicide and asked her for help, but she ignored it. Show Karin's hypocrisy, greed, indifference, but also convey the incompetence of love. In the third paragraph, Karin broke the glass to attract her husband's sympathy, but the husband ignored it, and she used the fragments to masturbate and get hurt, showing the incompetence of love again. Showing Karin's inner depression and indifference, hurting others and hurting herself. The fourth paragraph is in Anna's dream, Aigli is alive, Karin dare not take care of her, saying that she has never loved her. Maria pretended to want to take care of her, but because of the fear of death, she also ran outside the door. In the end, only Anna could comfort her. It shows that the two sisters did not really love her, so in the face of the fear of death, both of them exposed their indifference and hypocrisy. Before Aigley died, she was only calling Anna's name, not her sister's. After Aigley's death, only Anna was crying beside her, and Karin and Maria were in the far living room. Out of the indifference and alienation between the sisters, Karin and Maria have no real love for Aigley. After Aigley's death, Maria, out of fear of death, wanted to reach a friendship with Karin through communication. Karin first refused, and then the two touched each other, communicated with each other, and reached a false relationship. But soon broke when leaving at the end, Karin said: "You touched me once, don't you remember?" Maria said: "I can't remember all the stupid things." Maria and Karin communicated When the director did not let us hear what they were saying. How can such words that are not from the heart evoke the most beautiful feelings in the human heart. Finally, Aigley recalled in her diary: the sisters came to see her, and the three of them were in Anna's Pushing the swing, you can feel the temperature of each other's palms, everything is so happy. Only love from the heart can overcome the fear of death and bring true happiness.

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Extended Reading
  • Chelsey 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    "Now, I can enjoy this perfect time and enjoy it for a few minutes. I am deeply grateful for my life, it has given me so much." How Bergman's this shows a hint of optimism.

  • Anais 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    The women of that era were not humans at all. No matter how beautiful, elegant, and rich they looked, they were still beasts in the gorgeous zoo, unable to be independent and nowhere to escape. But the inner desire can’t be shut down. If you cover your mouth, you will run out of your eyes, if you cover your eyes, you will struggle out of the tightly clenched fists, until the whole person turns into a fire. , I burned everyone I met, and burned myself to death. Bergman must have seen many such women. He heard their shouts and whispers. He wanted to say for them that no life should live like this.

Cries & Whispers quotes

  • Karin: Anna. You hear that?

    Anna: I hear only the wind and the ticking of the clocks.

    Karin: No. It's something else.

    Anna: I don't hear anything else.

    Karin: I'm freezing. Good night.

  • Isak: Agnes, my dear child, listen to what I tell you now. Pray for those of us left behind on this dark and miserable earth beneath a cruel and empty sky. Lay your suffering at God's feet and plead with him to pardon us. Plead with him to free us of our anxiety, our weariness, and our deepest doubts. Plead with him to give meaning to our lives.