I always think that Westerners are more honest than we are. At least Christianity, especially Protestantism, after seeking the freedom of communication between individuals and God, they completely acknowledged the loneliness of human beings. On the surface, our ethics does not recognize that people exist as separate individuals, and strongly denies the value of individuals. Because traditional Chinese people almost hate solitude and quietness, and are enthusiastic about liveliness, they always evade Being alone, I am willing to give up freedom for this so-called human touch. However, the pitiful favors of Chinese people only exist in the family or their own people, so when this bubble bursts, it will be revealed with a very ugly and secular face, so we have seen those emotional storytelling programs on TV. , It is shown in a very absurd farce, so we have no real tragedy, only comedy and farce.
If you don't understand the taste of loneliness and the grim questioning of human nature, you will not be able to truly understand Bergman, nor can you understand Western culture.
Max Weber pointed out in "Protestant Ethics and Capitalism" that Christianity breaks family ethics and instead uses faith as a means of communication between people. In the Catholic South, it seems impossible to completely break the strong bond of the Roman family. In the cold North, the Protestants gave the Anglo-Saxon anarchy a loose and fatal blow, which resulted in the greatest demand for personal freedom. , Is the freedom of the true soul-but the accessory of freedom must be loneliness.
The color of the film is red which symbolizes desire, black which symbolizes death, and white which symbolizes dream. The four women are in the same room but they are in the same strange way. The hypocritical mask between people can be seen in front of death. Just as reprimand is the best way to measure each other’s personality, death and money are the most accurate means to test the soul. . Have been mercilessly thrown off the mask in real life, the human soul the whole
number revealed. No one will die for you--just like nobody gave up their own interests for you, the world will not change for you--because no one changes for you--if he changes, it's only because of the need to get actual benefits. . It should be admitted that the relationship between people is fragile and cannot stand the test. It is best not to test others. In all likelihood, you will despair.
Bergman has a beautiful and indifferent mother and a strict father, so he has been telling his thirst for love all his life. Love is something that almost renounces free will. To love others or to be loved is always at the expense of personal freedom. Bergman is also a person who wants to explore the truth completely, so it is impossible for him to get the love of people in the usual sense. . A sensitive and lonely child is always swinging between being forced to give up his insight and winning the love of others. The result is usually freedom and abandonment of love.
Perhaps it is better to admit that people are just ordinary animals. Since animals are ordinary animal instincts, don't add ethics and morals. People will not be disappointed if they think simpler. For example, if you say that you have high blood pressure and the other party says that I still have heart disease, why do you want others to understand yourself--could it be that a chimpanzee said to another chimpanzee, I am lonely, I am in pain! It's ridiculous. In fact, even the animals in the jungle are not purely torturing the same kind of animals, but humans take torturing the same kind for pleasure. If you still believe in human love after Auschwitz, you are a pure optimist. All attempts to change the nature of human beings lead to noble people are disappointed. Human nature cannot be changed.
Is there real communication between people? I suspect that people are basically afraid of communication. People are porcupines. There is almost nothing between people except benefits.
Each picture of this movie is a beautiful oil painting, and the theme of existentialism and Schopenhauer's despair are so thrilling. The ending is realistic. People return to it as if nothing happened. In reality, they are still living their respective false middle-class lives, and the little thing that appears to be almost love in the face of death disappears.
It is painful to treat people as human beings, and to treat people as animals, at least in most cases, you can make accurate judgments. Very desperate, but very realistic.
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