It is said that watching this film requires a strong nerve. Otherwise, those who are not married will be afraid of marriage, those who are married will make up their minds to divorce, and those who are divorced will be glad to have escaped the bitter sea.
What I see is that no one should try to escape.
Also: the attachment of two people (not to call the word love) is higher than marriage. Is this what Bergman also wanted to express?
The final scene, "Dark Cabin". Years after their divorce, they both have new families, but a chance encounter in the theater entangles their lives. The two of them made an appointment with a friend's wooden house by the sea. The house was unexpectedly messy, and the two decided to clean up. He whistled lightly, swept the floor, and tidied up the fireplace, not noticing that she was looking at him. She watched, tears streaming down her face.
In the dark night, the whistle of the ship came from the sea. She had a nightmare and woke up with fright. He hugged her in his arms and comforted her. She dreamed of being trapped in the quicksand on the road, and wanted to reach out to him for help, but found that she had no arms, only her torso. Unable to reach out, the body kept sinking.
"For a lifetime, we grow up together and grow old together, don't you think it's strange?"
"One person is afraid of loneliness, and two people are afraid of disappointment." Now, it seems that this sentence is shallow for a tangled marriage.
"They can't be separated, and they can't live together. They do all kinds of cruel harm to each other. Only two people in this situation can become so cruel. It's like dancing the dance of death skillfully together. ("Bergman on Movies>)
Because of the hatred caused by love (people who have experienced it are not difficult to understand the hatred generated by love), two people who know each other and know each other, hurt each other, more skillful and fierce, and the knife will see blood. .
Like two hedgehogs tied with rubber ropes, they were farther and closer, and they were close to each other, dripping with blood. In this way, in the entanglement of far and near, in the bruises all over the body to the end.
Don't expect an answer, as long as we are still flesh and blood and have not evolved into "electronic life", love and harm always go hand in hand, and dependence and hatred go hand in hand. No solution.
Even, because of each other's hurt, and the love is deeper. I tore your wounds, but I know your pain because so do I.
Perhaps only hurt and pain can shatter the hard shell that surrounds our selves and make us one with each other. Love is the gentle melting of the shell, while hate and hurt are the violent destruction of that shell. All for the closeness of two lonely lives.
Even if you have another person by your side, maybe years later, you will still miss the person who hurt you, the person you love the most.
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