Bergman's film notes "Winter Light": the echo of the other

Timmy 2022-01-12 08:01:36

This poem by Emily Dickinson suddenly reminded me of the incomparably great "Winter Light". There are many similarities between the two. Although each adopts a different art form, there is a hidden similarity.
Yu Guangzhong's translation is slightly better.
Compared with the movie, the information and state of this poem is obviously inferior. Of course, this inferiority lies more in its insufficient detailed description of the content. After all, it is limited to the genre form, which is demanding. The inferiority of the state is that the explanation of the psychological atmosphere in the poem is somewhat lacking.

Both translations of this poem are now copied below.

1. (Yu Guangzhong translation)

winter afternoon often have a

ramp down to glow

oppressed us, that as the weight of

the Cathedral of the piano sound



it gives us divine the trauma

we can not find the mark

only a change of heart due

to their Meaning is preserved.



No one can make it feel that

it is the brand of despair.

An incomparably beautiful pain is

passed on to us by the atmosphere.



When it comes, all the four fields are listening to the

shadow and holding your breath.

When it goes, it is as far away as we

look forward to death. Distance

2. (The translator does not know)

There is a kind of oblique light

in the winter afternoon-

repressed, like

the weight of the cathedral music-



the harm of heaven, it comes to

us but we can't find the scar

but the inner difference

implies There is



something no one can teach sincerely --any--

this is a trace of despair--

It seems that a solemn distress

comes from the sky-



when it comes, the mountains and rivers are listening-the

shadows-and holding their breath-

when it leaves, it is like the face of death in the distance

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Extended Reading
  • Jamir 2022-03-21 09:02:47

    too cruel. Everyone in the church has his own thoughts and needs of God. Is the pastor actually looking for an outlet for his own confusion while listening to the world? However, when one cannot be honest with oneself, have prayers to the self and prayers given to the world become a cave to escape cowardice, and the church is no longer a refuge to find answers? It seems that ordinary people in the eyes of priests may have a more sincere and profound understanding of love.

  • Toney 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    In the spring of 1961, Bergman read an article in the newspaper saying that the Soviet Union's most feared country was China instead of the United States, and he began to worry that China's regimental regime would easily launch a nuclear war. In fact, Bergman did not care much about world politics. Sweden also adopted an armed-neutral foreign policy at the time. Compared with nuclear deterrence, the country’s increasingly secularization, technological modernization, and economic globalization have brought about the impact of traditional religious society. Bergman wanted to discuss. "Winter Light" was the film with the longest production cycle but the shortest duration at the time. Bergman was more demanding of movies than ever before. Bergman rejected the exquisite lighting and the pursuit of formal photography and tried to present The temperament of the neo-realistic film, in order to pursue the priest’s more natural anxiety, he almost ruined the relationship with Bjornstrand at the expense of "trespassing". Behind all the paranoid creations, Bergman attaches great importance to the performance of this film. , "Winter Light" has indeed become his deepest faith crisis movie, even if it does seem dull and boring.

Winter Light quotes

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: Picture my prayers to an echo-god, who gave benign answers and reassuring blessings. Every time I confronted God with the realities I witnessed, he turned into something ugly and revolting. A spider God, a monster. So, I sought to shield Him from life, clutching my image of Him to myself in the dark.

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: If there is no God, would it really make any difference? Life would become understandable. And this death would be a snuffing out of life. The dissolution of body and soul. Cruelty, loneliness and fear - all these things would be straightforward and transparent. Suffering is incomprehensible, so it needs no explanation.