the hardest whisper

Assunta 2022-04-20 09:02:11

While viewing

So far, the most impressive scene is that the married woman Maria seduces the doctor, but the latter is unmoved, and once called the former to the mirror, and compares Maria's changes before and after. In the doctor's opinion, Maria's face is still beautiful and moving. But his eyes have changed drastically. The previous Maria was simple and natural, her eyes were firm and straight forward, and she was firm and thick with a loud voice. But now, her eyes are erratic, fluttering and dodging, never staying on the other side for a moment; especially now the wrinkles under the corners of her eyes are cruel and her face is pale.

A person's inner self is reflected in a person's eyes.

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Extended Reading
  • Katherine 2022-03-20 09:02:24

    The fear I felt every time I re-watched it deepened. Bergman's analysis is almost cruel, but the final "perfect" retrospective is even more chilling, especially when he realizes that the only selfless maid, Anna, is just a fragment of the same three sisters. Of course, who can say that this is not his tolerance of human nature. Cries turned into whispers and whispers into cries. Nobody hears, but we get by.

  • Doris 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    Only under the absolute pain and despair, will the once vaguely precious comfort and beauty be awakened. Anna is like a Virgin. Women's meticulous and elusive, to put it bluntly, are actually self-inflicted hypocrisy and twisting. The big red is so beautiful~

Cries & Whispers quotes

  • Maria: I have no need of pardon.

  • 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.