Bergman's film notes "Still in the Mirror": I would rather you be cold to the end

Angie 2022-01-12 08:01:31

1. Are Bergman's movies entertainment? I said yes.

These movies have successfully achieved a kind of spiritual pleasure for me, and my thoughts are rippling. It can be called a mental touch, which is similar to a very strong sexual experience, not to mention that the one you met is still a master of love, and once you beckon on your sensitive area, it makes you secretly refreshed again and again. Bergman also said in the book that as a director, he seems to be engaged in a huge prostitution industry.

Just pretend to be serious. His movie is also like a demon mirror. When you take a photo of it, you will find out bit by bit that you have turned into a damn bird, and then you can take photos of it. Not only is she beautiful and ugly, but you also see the naked heart, those nameless. The fear gradually took shape, the blood accumulated in a river, and a hideous face appeared in the sticky and red color. I slowly understood the disgusting and hopefulness of this life, the joy and confusion of this life, and the crying also knew why I cried, and I understand better What do I think of me today, people from Shandong are talking — why do I look so bearish!



2. Because of the secret luxury in my heart, when facing a movie, in addition to knowing what it was filmed, I also care about how it was filmed and why I chose this filming method. Sometimes, paying attention to the latter two has even become the first priority for watching movies. If you get something, no matter whether you agree with the director or not, you will inevitably have a sense of joy and a sense of exploration.



3. Bergman used the string quartet form of chamber music to deal with the structure of the film. This seems to have been explained (unfortunately). I believe this is also Bergman’s original intention, and he himself said it. .
I don’t know anything about music. I asked Baidu and compared it. It’s like this. Karin is the first violin, Minas is the second violin, his father David is the cello, and my husband Martin is the viola. I control four. Voice.
The opening of the movie has been going on smoothly and symmetrically, and the rain is about to come, until ten minutes later, the cry of father in the house broke the rhythm. I wonder if the cello burst out first in the string quartet? At least in the movie, I don't like this treatment very much. It's too early in terms of time, so I should move it back. Could it be the introduction to the first violin? He especially didn't like the posture of Christ going to the cross made by the father at the end of the scene. No wonder he himself admitted that the film had a pretentious tone. What's interesting is that, contrary to Christ, the father turned his back to the camera, which is Bergman's style.
See how well you deal with Karin’s development, from the unconscious illusion of real life, to the real fantasy of making love with God, to the fragmentation of real life, to the fragmentation of fantasy, with nowhere to escape, Bergman But steadily and steadily. (Does this match the four movements of the String Quartet?)



4. About sports shots. Motion shots are an extremely important and extremely difficult part of the movie. For a director, if you can't find a reasonable enough motivation to make the shot move with the story, then you can fix it well. However, many people are afraid of monotony or fear that others feel that they are not like a director. They push and pull and sway like a wind, with a big rocker arm, and use this as a lion dance, but they don't think about the necessity of the image and speech. These idiots! Go for a TV series!

In "Still in the Mirror" Bergman still moves the camera cautiously. In fact, his sports shots are excellent. He has proved this before, such as "Face", and he will continue to prove it afterwards, such as "The Silence", "Mask", "Fanny and Alexander"



5. At the end of the movie, the editing of the whole scene of Karin encountering the Spider God is really good, so meticulous, and never get tired of benefiting a lot.



6. Svennick West and Bergman's treatment of light is so beautiful, such as the wallpaper shot, the light hits it, as if a flame is fluttering on it! Black and white movies



7. It's hard for Gunner Bienstrong to play extremely cold roles in "Still in the Mirror" and "Winter Light".



8. After seeing Bergman, I fell in love with Bach.

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Extended Reading
  • Ned 2022-03-21 09:02:46

    "I don't know if love proves the existence of God or if love itself is God". Bergman tells a philosophical story in which artistic creation and real life, as well as religion and ethics, are intertwined with his favorite artistic expression, which is full of speculation. Harriet's performance is full of tension and instantly thinks of Adjani in "Possessed". The art film in memory of the lines and photography is enlightened and defined by Bergman.

  • Travon 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    According to the classification of Christian friends who are engaged in the film, this is a "God has come" work. Specifically, ten minutes later, the writer's father cried in the kitchen and took the posture of a cross, and then the mad daughter waited for God, the sister and brother seemed to be baptized in the rain, and finally the father and son talked about redemption and many other details can be confirmed. . For non-religious audiences, Bergman is actually discussing the relationship between “creation and emotion”, that is, should the artist take sick family or relatives as experimental objects to watch creations. In fact, I was deeply worried about this set of contradictions. As a young creator, I have not been able to write a profound script because of my lack of experience, and adversity is the best breeding ground for screenwriters. Adversity and adversity, and "the more difficult it is, the more interesting it is", so that life becomes a superior material, and it is an extraordinary epic to ordinary people. Precisely because the father in the film is a writer who uses his family as observation material, it is not difficult to understand why he would forgive his children for their overstepping behavior.

Through a Glass Darkly quotes

  • Martin: You're hunting for themes. Your own daughter's mental illness. What a great bloody idea!

  • Martin: You're empty but capable. And now you're trying to fill your void with Karin's extinction. But how will God fit into that? It must make him more inscrutable than ever!