Since Scenes from a Marriage was remade by HBO, I found Bergman's original and read it. I read very little of his works, because the first one I watched was "The Seventh Seal", I didn't understand it at all and was scared off. But it seems that "Marriage Scene" is completely different, very realistic, and it is a horror movie about marriage. A couple from the upper middle class, he is a respected scholar, she is a lawyer, they have been together for ten years, have two children, he is satisfied with his life and proud of his identity, she looks Emotionally and self-identity are more attached to him. Either way they feel happy in their marriage and look happy from the outside world.
But the man had to escape from the marriage in the end, because the marriage suffocated him, and the young lover brought him back to life. Really cliché, but this cliché plot has Bergman's very precise and subtle, extraordinary observation: Marianne hears that John is leaving the next day, and she's not as loud as the audience expects Nao, she was surprisingly submissive and calm, trying to save her while even helping John with his luggage. Her pain only poured out when she called John's friend and found out that she was the last person to know about the affair. And the anger in her heart hadn't been digested for a long time, which is why she signed the divorce agreement and hurt each other - this scene was filmed so well and harshly, I doubt whether the quarrel in "Marriage Story" was inspired by this. The handling of the entire film makes you think: ah yes, Bergman is too accurate, people are so complicated, so entangled, so capricious, so there is no way to cut through the mess.
Although he hurt him badly, that's not the whole story. At the beginning of the film you can see Marianne's dependence on family and John, but as the plot progresses, their relationship also changes. What gradually emerges is the strength of the woman in the relationship and the deeper dependence of the man. And John went downhill after he left the relationship: he lost his ideal job, the economy was in a state of trouble, his confidence in himself was shaken, and he even wanted to be a scoundrel for the next twenty years.
But Marianne was never a rascal, she was always there, trying to solve problems and adapt. She still loves John deeply and yearns for him, but never pestering him, instead he came back to disturb her life. Man, it doesn't work very well most of the time.
The irony is that ten years after their split, after they both found other partners, the two of them met like lovers, and the attraction between the two returned, worn away by the trivialities of marriage The exhausted passion is back. She woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, and she could still hide in this man's arms to seek warmth and comfort. At that time, the connection between the two was so touching, so profound, like a true love that cannot be separated, so that the audience forgot that their second I am afraid that Tian will return to their respective partners. Bergman is like a stern scalpel, opening up the truth of the marriage relationship to show you, which makes people shudder.
After reading this passage I talked to Phil, I said, "Look, marriage is too abrasive. In fact, before you return to China, our relationship is probably the best way. We keep our own space and meet when we want to meet. The main thing is There are no children to raise." He thought for a while and said, "I really like the way we got along at that time, and it's a pity that we couldn't continue. But that doesn't mean that way is the best."
Phil actually knew about Bergman! I am very surprised. He said that someone recommended "Wild Strawberry" to him a while ago, saying that he had never seen a film that portrayed old age so well, and that death is about to come to the state of people. I asked: "Then you are not opposed to watching foreign language art films?" "No." "I can recommend a lot to you, why have you never listened to me?" "Because I recommend movies to my people and people I have the same movie tastes!" he said confidently. I shut up, okay, one can only listen to what one thinks the peer is.
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