Shouting and whispering

Brittany 2022-04-19 09:02:38

It should have been mentioned in Mr. Dai's film class and included "want to watch", but I forgot what topic it was mentioned under. After reading it, it is clear that it is about the transition, "gradual black has the meaning of not entering darkness, but other colors are not. For example, gradually white, gradually red, like the shouts and whispers of Ingmar Bergman..."

Tricked by labels? As for the good plot + love, it is not as appropriate as plot + family.

The eldest sister's cry in pain, the second sister's promiscuous whispers, and the little sister's touch and resistance (it seems that there are whispers in the close-up shots?), always feel like a deformed sisterhood.

Art films are really hard to understand... Less soundtracks, less lines, morning prayers and eulogy without a word. As for its deep meaning, I can't read the language of the movie.

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  • Emma 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Glad to watch Autumn Sonata with this one. It’s easy to see Haneke’s reference to Bergman by watching the two films, especially “The Piano Teacher” is basically the same: the poor mother-daughter relationship, the masochistic way of cutting private parts, and the cold and alienated character temperament. . When I wanted to come to Bergman to give "Piano Teacher" four stars, I must have thought: Oh, boy, this is what I learned. . .

  • Lou 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    This picture is too beautiful, even Caravaggio in several places. Interestingly, similar structures such as "Sick-Healthy People", closed spaces, and character wrestling appeared in "Still in the Mirror" in 1961, "Silence" in 1963, and "Masquerade" in 1966. appeared again. The subject of discussion is still the loss of communication and discourse, and there are still inescapable "Bergmanian propositions"—love and alienation for mothers, hatred for brothers, and what he calls "emotional blackmail," and his Tirelessly questioning God. Even the "Agnes Resurrection" scene in the details comes from his ten-year-old experience of being locked up in a morgue. The real Bergman I like exists in these four women, "I don't trust anyone, I don't love anyone, and I don't miss anyone", harsh, indifferent, and Anna is his secret room. The open gap is absolutely gentle. Like two sides of a coin, firmly attached to each other. (I love him 555)

Cries & Whispers quotes

  • 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.

  • Karin: It's a web of lies, all of it.