"Wild Strawberry" shows people the inner world of an old man who has reached his twilight years from the perspective of the protagonist Sax Pogle. It leaves the audience with infinite thoughts about life. The film takes Professor Sachs' journey to receive his honorary degree as a clue. By combining and reconstructing time elements and techniques, dreams, illusions and reality are used to form a complete story. The protagonist's one-day itinerary is actually a microcosm of his itinerary. In this short day, the old man's emotions were vented, the value of life was recognized, and finally he was reborn. The director explores the relationship between people and between people and society through the film. In addition, the film also pointedly pointed out various contradictions such as religion and philosophy, love and family, reputation and hypocrisy at that time, which are worthy of the audience's pondering.
During the shooting, the director successfully used the unique expressions of film time, such as flashbacks, pauses, interruptions, etc., to show the dream and reality in front of the audience, which not only gave the audience a strong visual impact, but also The audience quickly enters the plot, and their thoughts jump with the images. The hypothetical nature of time and space in the film is brought into full play in the film.
The director skillfully used the metaphorical function of objects to make the content of the film more in-depth, more enjoyable, and more space for discussion. For example, the watch without an hour hand that appears twice in the film, its first appearance is in Professor Sax's dream, and the second time is in Sax's mother's house. The ingenious design of the choreographer makes this timeless watch function beyond its general material properties. It can be seen as the unease and fear brought to the owner by the passage of time, and it can also be seen as the unpredictable nature of time itself. and unstoppable nature. This watch has become a doubt for the director about time and a question about the years, which makes the audience realize the mystery of time and cause deeper thinking. Another example is the "wild strawberry" that appears many times in the film, which is an important object detail in the film and becomes the entry point of the film. The wild strawberry is not only a plant, but also a kind of emotional sustenance, which makes the audience deeply impressed. impression.
The film has successfully created a number of characters, and these artistic crystallizations have left a vivid and definite impression on the audience. Through the ingenious conception and creation of the director, coupled with the appropriate interpretation of the actors, the characters in the film have their own characteristics and have room for exploration. The character image not only reflects the beauty of human nature, but also reflects the contradictions of human nature, becoming the epitome of people in that era, and it is worthy of conscientious people to taste and study. Marian has both the great sentiments of his wife and mother, Sarah's passion for life and incomprehension of the world, and the forbearance and kindness of the housekeeper Aegda, all of these characters are fully displayed. The most fascinating is the artistic image of the protagonist Sax Pogle. Such an old man who was sentenced to "loneliness", his delicacy and elegance, in the eyes of others, he was hypocritical and contrived, and his speech and behavior were considered unreasonable and abnormal. In the film, he does show some shortcomings, but his heart is also very contradictory. The director expresses the old man's unease and doubts about life and even his life through a number of bizarre and bizarre dreams. And what is the reason for the protagonist to have such contradictory personalities? Maybe it was because of the aristocratic atmosphere that pervaded the whole society at that time? Or the lack of communication between people... From this character, we can see issues that are representative of the times, such as: the contradiction between fame and fortune and family, the contradiction between conscience and money... Sax Pogue The character of Er is successful and vivid, so close to life and full of realism, so that people can start more heartfelt thinking from this image, and gain more benefits beyond film appreciation.
Ingmar Bergman, the director of "Wild Strawberry", expressed a very profound reflection on life and life through this film, achieved a very significant social impact, and exposed the sharpness and contradictions of interpersonal relationships at that time. A society makes a person, and a person reflects a society. This relationship clearly tells the audience the general situation of the society at that time. The director designed the ending of the story as a perfect dream, that is, the protagonist finds his parents fishing by the lake. It is worth noting that in this dream Sax is old, while Sarah and his parents are young. This unique The idea makes people think about the past, present, and future of the journey of life. This real and false dream makes people's thoughts reach another realm, which has risen to an artistic realm, which is worth savoring carefully.
The contradiction between religion and philosophy implied by this film is also very obvious and worth exploring. The director shows the sensitivity and complexity of this topic through the endless disputes between the two youths in the film, and even a big fight. The director did not favor any of them, but left the question to the audience through the narrative function of the film, and did not give clear answers and instructions from beginning to end. This can't help but make the audience think about what the faith of that era was like. At this time, the director also achieved his goal, which is to let people think about life and society through movies.
This black-and-white film not only completes the narrative part, but also has a very profound ideographical part, allowing the audience to see the brilliance of human nature in this elegant black-and-white film, and it also benefits us as beginners. .
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