The film is presupposed by a catastrophic event. This arrangement was also used by Kieslowski in "Blue". Juliette Binoche finally gained freedom of mind in reminiscence and nostalgia. Bergman, the story will always go the other way.
The film shot in 1969 seems to be a summary of the themes of the previous films. The intertextuality of this film is even reflected in Anna's dream. Her nightmare is the refugee ship in "Shame". Still war, loneliness, hatred, fear.
Mask: Anna is a person with a strong sense of mask. At the beginning of the film, she told us that the letters in her purse had already revealed the inside story of the disintegration of the family. Therefore, at the dinner table, she tried her best to show how real the past family life was. Happiness, that anxiety is particularly evident. Andreas knew this but didn't want to expose it. Later, they lived together. On the surface, she didn't even dare to watch a bruised bird being treated humanely, but behind the scenes, she kept killing animals to vent her hurt feelings.
Shame: Andreas (named after Ana's dead husband in the film) says he lives because he can't choose to die. He has always been humble and humble. As Ailes's photography model, he is always at the mercy of his mercy and has no complaints. He has been worn away by life, so only he can empathize with the suffering of John, who was also abandoned by the world, before he died. The humiliation of him, the letter he read, in a certain way, was also the Master's own way.
Violence: Anna's car accident was a double blow. Before that, she had already lived in a kind of violence. Her husband not only cheated but also decided to break up with her. Instead, the car accident gave her a chance to recreate her own memory. She made up a kind of happiness and told it to others. She thought that others believed it, and she made herself believe it.
However, the violent and injured heart still needs a certain level of comfort. This kind of comfort cannot be given to her by Andreas, who has the same name as her husband. She can only solve it in an extreme way and in a more violent way. damage caused by violence.
What has Andreas suffered? The film's account is minimalist, Ailes once asked him if he had ever been in prison, he admitted that he had forged checks, beat the police, he admitted that his life was a mess.
In the memory from a completely subjective perspective, the wife relentlessly said after the rejoicing that you are a patient of mental cancer, and you are hopeless.
Two people damaged by life, like two piles of pottery fragments. Can they repair and warm each other together? Andreas's heart cancer is that he has been unable to love, he knows that he should go on vacation with Anna, he knows that he should give Anna a kind of comfort and warmth, he knows it. However, he couldn't do it.
In the end, it can only be a re-enactment of the hurt, as they had been hurt by each other's partner before, with Ana cursing viciously and Andreas swinging her axe at her.
I was powerless to save, so I had to leave alone. Then, as the camera gradually zoomed in, the people became more and more blurred, making it difficult to see clearly. Perhaps, this also hints at the relationships shown in the film: when the distance is closer, the truth is further away, and the damage is greater.
Love is impossible.
This film is not Bergman's most well-rounded work, because the emotional transitions of the characters in the film are not enough, the drama is too strong, it is too like a complete story, too much emphasis is placed on the beginning and the end, but it is not detailed enough. Telling a good story, or telling a good story, is not Bergman's forte, nor is it what we originally expected from his films.
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