Winter Lights Short Commentary

Rylan 2022-03-21 09:02:47

Maybe the movie itself wants to express the denial of God. Since I watched it with such preconceived ideas, I don't know what the movie itself wants to express in the end. But my own understanding of this is: the absence of God, the religious suffering we share with Jesus—in itself, this is not a denial of God, but an affirmation: God is absent, religious suffering is present . Isn't this what the butler's keynote sentence and all the foreshadowing meant?

The subtle feelings here are no longer felt by this age of "God is dead, does that need to be said?" So what is a more contemporary way to ask questions? God is only synonymous with the way, the truth, and the life.

The leading role makes people play a little bit. Still in the mirror is the point of failure in him. Still, the portrayal of the kind of respectable relationships that upbringing strives to maintain falls into the woods. ("I pity you when I can't stand you". If that's why God has pity on us only at a distance). And this dignified relationship with the God of Absence is exactly what this town strives to maintain.

Record one detail: the conversation with the priest was the last straw that broke the man. When the priest informed his wife of the news, he suggested, let's read a passage of the Bible? No, Father.

btw, the fear of China is also shared by myself.

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Extended Reading
  • Haley 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Bergman has a unique way of explaining belief and doubt. Even the knowledge of Jesus on the cross doubts God's instructions, let alone others. The so-called middle work of the so-called trilogy that I picked up occasionally is not very immersive. It is so-called further research, and it will be better to continue after reading the other two when I have time.

  • Sam 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    The winter light is full of fear and anxiety, but there is no trace of love at all. For the first time, we see the clues of mutually exclusive relationships between people. The lover said that the biggest problem with the pastor is "indifference to Christ." He can't even convince others, just a form of persistence, but the final result is tragic: no one in the church is even willing to pretend anymore, and hatred is everywhere. Where can faith be placed all over the world (China’s atomic bomb)?

Winter Light quotes

  • 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.

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: There is no creator. No sustainer of life. No design.