I have long admired Ingmar Bergman, but only recently saw his film for the first time. This is a film with too much faith, too much religion, but I have no intention of commenting on it , the overwhelming film critics of this film have chewed these topics rotten and rotten, and I don't want to repeat these things. Although this is a film with strong symbolic meaning, even from the opening and the chess game of Death to the end with the hourglass and sickle dance. there are too many ideas for the film, while the outstanding films often very difficult to get a few words come clean, I had to talk about some of my humble opinion.
in a country without faith tradition, but also in a growing atheist In the past years, for many people, a <
> has made many people shy away from this film, resulting in missing such a wonderful film. The so-called faith, if it is simpler, is actually just a human spiritual activity It is a kind of, but its connotation is by no means just an emotion. Humans' fear of the unknown world directly leads to the emergence of belief, and death, as the ultimate topic and destiny of human beings, is also closely related to belief. In the face of death, some people are full of fear, and some people have the courage to face it, but people are born with life and death, so no matter what attitude they have, it is the embodiment of human instinct, and there is no comparison. The so-called heroes and martyrs It's just a symbol, and the form of their death just has more use value. The god of death in the film, as an "outsider", calmly observes the world, and uses tricks from time to time - such as agreeing to play chess with the knight , to make their "work" more interesting and to understand the real thoughts of human beings. But none of us can be the god of death---so knights, entourages, actors, wizards, monks, these people face death differently The attitude of evasion or acceptance, recalcitrance or obedience, these inner forms of our instincts can be seen at a glance. Under the shadow of death, everyone shows their truest self. Even the seemingly brave and fearless The knight also secretly changed the pieces, and also went to knock down the pieces.
Although the theme has always revolved around death, I think the inspiration of this film is more than that. To understand your instinct is to understand yourself. The dazed and anxious knight chose to save the actor couple at the last moment, his " "Empty" was also enriched at the end, although his wish to "win the god of death can't take me away" did not come true, and the chess game with the god of death also ended in failure. This film may make you feel too gray, but it has A very "bright" ending is that the actor and his wife were not taken away by the god of death, and the actor Joseph looked at the god of death and the people dancing behind him. Knight---I also saw the actor couple.
If it was you, who would you be? If you were a knight, how would you face this game of chess?
Death also said when confronted with questions:
" I am ignorant."
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