Dai Xinyi's summary "Autumn Sonata" is a very special film by Bergman. Compared with "Masque", "Virgin Spring" and "Wild Strawberry", which discussed religious philosophy and personal emotional ravings in the peak period, the style is very different. Aiming at the "unbalanced family", it is further refined into the "mother-daughter relationship". It interweaves harsh reality with tender memories in this unique and emotional film. The film depicts the alternation of love and hate in a short day and night after a mother and daughter reunite after a seven-year absence. The scene of mother and daughter meeting late at night was considered shocking. In this deep and complex topic, Bergman immersed himself in his own understanding, and showed it in a sonata full of pain and restraint in the late autumn, discovering and discussing it; some comments pointed out that "Autumn Sonata" has a layer of Bergman's In an autobiographical style, he faces the repressed emotions, helplessness and numbness of his strict parents, and integrates his own perception and experience of the family, which is particularly delicate and moving. tags: love The film mainly focuses on the mother played by Ingrid Bergman and the daughter played by Liv Ullman. As the two constantly change their viewpoints and complain about each other, they deeply explore and expose this discordant mother and daughter. The reasons for the relationship, and the two gradually try to let go and accept in the face of the future; in addition, Ullman himself has followed in the footsteps of his mother, because his career alienated his disabled daughter. Compared with Bergman's works, which show more personal emotions, the misunderstanding and quarrel, understanding and love shown in "Autumn Sonata", the mother and daughter in the video reflect the appearance of all mothers and daughters, and this experience is more meaningful. Universality is more resonant. Although I have no similar experience with the mother and daughter in the film, I can always find the shadow of myself and my mother in their mutual misunderstanding. I want to understand Bergman's understanding of the mother-daughter relationship by analyzing the complex emotions that Bergman and Ullman show in "Autumn Sonata". 1 Not being "loved" means "not knowing love". First of all, Bergman's understanding of the mother-daughter relationship is pessimistic and realistic. The joy that the two met for the first time was only a moment, and it quickly turned into a state of mocking each other behind the scenes and playing with positive connotations, so that it was difficult to carry out a short communication, every sentence was like a provocation to the other party, until the emotional climax was approaching. Most of the thirty-minute long talks were full of sharp confrontations, with understanding and forgiveness taking a back seat, and ending with the departure of my mother. Bergman's creation of the source of the mother and daughter's pain generally comes from three aspects. One is the unequal relationship with each other. When the child was young, there was only the mother in the world, and all the joys and pains of life were given by the mother. She "lives for her mother" as she arrives, but her mother's life is rich, she lives for herself, the child is only a small part of it, and the impact on her may not be higher than her career; second, the mother is in the latter part She also shared her own experience. Her parents never "loved" her. People who have never been loved don't know how to love others. Even if she loves her own child, she will not love her in the right way, which is also a burden. This continuation has also continued until Ulman and his daughter, the Mobius ring that cannot escape from generation to generation; the third is the lack of communication between mother and daughter, it is precisely because of communication that all problems are exposed, but emotions have been accumulated For too long, the venting can only be done, but the wound can no longer be healed, so that the mother chooses to leave after knowing her daughter's true thoughts, which is difficult to face and cannot be adjusted. How pessimistic is Bergman, whether it is memory, reality, argument, understanding, they are always in pain under his lens, but the drive of "love" pushes people further. 2 families are the place of birth and death. It is between mother and daughter. We see the deepest love and capture the most. However, ridicule and boredom in the chest. This love-hate relationship, which is both enemy and friend, is thicker and more fake than the relationship between father and son. In the ordinary daily life, the thrilling confrontation produced by the particularly sensitive hearts of women, such as the strong light of lightning burns the scar on the soft heart, with the most cruel and clear memory, even if it is a lifetime, it cannot be dimmed and relieved. Lu Xun said, "Home is where we live and where we die." It is precisely because we have no way to choose our birth and our parents. The tug-of-war and torment over time have only made this fateful ruthlessness more apparent. In "Autumn Sonata", you discover that she is the one who ruined you. your mother. She shapes you with her ideals. Not you. You look down on yourself because you are not as good as she thinks. you hate her. Because you never accept yourself. You live and lose yourself. Your mother also doesn't know what to love, because she hasn't been loved well, she thinks she doesn't ask for you, but you know you can't refuse everything she thinks she doesn't force you to do. "Autumn Sonata" is obviously more straightforward and cruel in dealing with the theme of "mother-daughter relationship", because it states that love is a burden, love is a burden, love is selfish, love is hidden hate, and love is a careful disguise And repair, even the escape of the self, even the kinship praised by the secular meaning, cannot escape this tragedy. The mother's mental control over her daughter and the daughter's tragic complaint to her mother are all impressive. Bergman paints the abyss of human nature so truthfully, neither glorifying it nor avoiding it. 3 "Love" that cannot be ignored However, we should not ignore the bond between mother and daughter in the name of "love" throughout the film, which is the hope and love that Bergman still has after the haze. It exists in the daughter's eagerness to welcome her mother's arrival, in the mother's deep gaze at the daughter playing Chopin's Prelude, in the mother's willingness to leave but reluctance to leave, including the ending of the daughter's recovery and confession. monologue. Different from Bergman's usual attitude towards coexisting fearlessly with death, what is interesting is that at the end of the film, her daughter is in the cemetery. It is precisely because of the concern that the emotion of "love", even if it is expressed incorrectly and is difficult to understand each other, has already taken root and lingered, and the relationship with the mother is unknowingly complicated and profound. Here again Bergman is hopeful. The daughter finally wrote in the letter, "I have understood that I have wronged you. I came to meet you not with love, but with demands. I blame you with old accusations, and these accusations are not true. I got everything wrong. I I beg your pardon. "This is the last introspection and redemption. After such fierce quarrels and games, the huge rift between mother and daughter is no longer visible, all the contradictions have been revealed, but the daughter still loves her mother. At the end of the letter "Although, it may be too late. But I don't think it's too late, it certainly won't be too late. "Blood is the deepest bond. Even if we haven't seen each other for seven years, the huge quarrel after meeting can't cut off this emotion. It's never too late until the end of life. "Autumn Sonata" is Bergman A very special film. Compared with "Masque", "Virgin Spring" and "Wild Strawberry", which discussed religious philosophy and personal emotional ravings at the peak, the style is very different. It focuses on the "unbalanced family", and goes one step further. Distill it into a "mother-daughter relationship." It interweaves harsh reality with tender memories in this unique and emotionally charged film. "Autumn Sonata" has a Bergman-inspired autobiography. Facing the repressed emotions, helplessness and numbness of his strict parents, he integrates his own perception and experience of the family, which is particularly delicate and moving. Whether it is Bergman's discussion of mother-daughter feelings contained in this film, or the film itself, in short "Autumn" The Sonata of the Day is definitely not to be missed. Thanks for the help and guidance from all sides in the completion of this article, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Li Congcong and my friends and family.
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