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.
View more about Winter Light reviews