There is no god, only spiders

Peggie 2022-01-12 08:01:31

If you have watched "Shouts and Whispers", the ill woman in it, who couldn't breathe in the hospital bed, and died in the arms of the maid, you must be familiar with Karin's expression when she went crazy. The almost static facial expressions, the empty eyes, the slow suffocating rhythm-these two movies are so similar.

Karin listened to God in the room on the top floor, and she was painfully unable to choose between reality and dream. The climax of the movie was naturally, in Karin's spirit, God walked out of the room, and it turned out to be a big spider. I like this idea. God this spider has a pair of indifferent eyes. I don’t know if Bergman had this idea when he was extremely desperate, but I can understand that despair when faith is completely destroyed will make a sensitive person. madly.

When my father explained God, he was like anyone without absolute faith. He just said that God is love. Even though he made his son believe in love, but can love really save Karin? His answer is yes. In the movie, he told Kavin's husband that he had planned to commit suicide. He felt that he had nothing to worry about for Karin, but he did not have the courage to commit suicide. Can this be regarded as the love of God? They talked about whether they had thought of it in their hearts, wishing Karin was dead, could this be considered love again? Do you just want to be able to make yourself mentally calm? !

The same is true in "Shouting and Whispering". The heroine's almost crazy desire for love is ultimately just a proof of sadness that there is no love in this world. Therefore, there is no God in this world, only spiders.

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Through a Glass Darkly quotes

  • Fredrik: I'm an artist.

    Karin: Artist?

    Fredrik: Yes, Princess, a thoroughbred artist: a poet with no poems, a painter with no pictures, a musician with no music. I despise ready... made art, the banal result of vulgar effort. My life is my work and dedicated to my love for you.

  • Karin: Funny, you always say and do the very right thing... and it's always wrong.