those tangled...

Jaylen 2022-04-19 09:02:55

There is a saying that has been said badly on the street. That is, the family of origin really matters. The mother and daughter in the film are emotion cripples. Bergman portrays the tangled relationship between mother and daughter very realistically. It's hard to forget the image of Eva, who was drunk, pressing her mother's accusation step by step. As a mother, Charlotte was incapable of loving, could not love. As a pianist, she can handle the emotions in Beethoven, Bach, Schumann, Bartok, and Brahms very well. I'm confused, doesn't artistic talent really need empathy? So why does the dual identities of mother and artist have such a dramatic conflict in movies or some literary works? In conventional thinking, mothers should be unreserved and selfless dedication. But if some mothers have genius-like sensibility and creativity, and she also has self-realization needs other than husbands and children, where should she go? If you return to your family, you will hide your true self, and it will be difficult to be truly happy. If you pursue self-realization, you will be stigmatized by society in various ways. To put it bluntly, it is still the same sentence. No one is born to be a mother. A mother should be herself first and foremost!

Autumn Sonata (1978)
9.0
1978 / Sweden France West Germany UK / Drama Family / Ingmar Bergman / Ingrid Bergman Liv Uhmann

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  • Adolf 2022-01-29 08:08:08

    The elder sister's cry (almost roaring accusation) and the younger sister's whisper (indistinct murmur), the latter can be regarded as the former's spiritual avatar to symbolize the nature of Oedipus, while Eva has only hatred and anger left; The woman's two masks, the mother smiles when she is angry, calls the hated "my dearest" and the bored "dear little girl", destroys in the name of love, slanders the loved one with roses, The daughter pretends to be happy, "because I hate those things that belong to me", just like Chopin's music, silent pain, short-lived relief, relief disappears immediately, the pain is still; it is still a one-act drama under the undercurrent of old Burke's calmness Indoor scene scheduling, deafening and sincere and introspective interrogative lines that are close to inner monologues, close-ups of faces that directly expose the characters' emotional overflows, and even appear hideous and distorted; although the theme seems to be plain and simple, it is combined with the off-screen Bergman at that time. Judging from the life experiences of , Bergman and Uman, many other profound meanings have been added.

  • Ara 2022-03-18 09:01:08

    The acting skills of Uman and Bergman are not the point. The warmest tones, the bleakest of hearts. The lines are concise, sharp, and go straight to the heart of the soul. With stage-style monologues, long shots of eyes and eyes, Bergman must have been pained and brave enough to make such a movie. Needless to say, one sentence is enough to see people cry.

Autumn Sonata quotes

  • Eva: You talk of my hatred. Your hatred was no less.

  • Charlotte Andergast: A sense of reality is a matter of talent. Most people lack that talent and maybe it's just as well.