just a guess

Melba 2022-03-22 09:02:29

I don't understand religion. Make a purely personal guess about

the believers' beliefs. I: the original, perceived, real
self: my own mask, the person I want to be. In this metaphorical religious

film, I am talking about the id and the self. contest.

The id is laughing at the crumbling shell of the ego, the ego deceiving itself by defending itself.

Because once the ego is denied, it means that a long time of effort will be in vain, and what people fear most is nothingness, so in the last scene, the priest seems to be compromising on the ego. However, this is viewed through the eyes of unbelievers, and it is a superficial phenomenon. For a pastor, faith in God is more important than life. If God is false, life is meaningless. It is clear in the film that he has thoroughly doubted his beliefs, so it seems that he has betrayed his beliefs, which is to say, betrayed himself. Then why is he so sincere as a believer in the end?

Because he is afraid of the collapse of the belief that is more important than life. If the belief is gone, how can there be life? Therefore, the real purpose of his final choice of religion was to save his life. In this way, his balance has been tilted towards instinctive survival, whether he realizes it or not, it is the truth. That is to identify with the id, which is to deny God.

In fact, irony is used to deny religion!

Watching Bergman's own account, the final scene, inspired by his father, is very sincere. Let me guess that there is another possibility that moral supremacy has caused the protagonist's purgatory on earth. But this may not be as interesting as the first.

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Extended Reading
  • Toney 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    In the spring of 1961, Bergman read an article in the newspaper saying that the Soviet Union's most feared country was China instead of the United States, and he began to worry that China's regimental regime would easily launch a nuclear war. In fact, Bergman did not care much about world politics. Sweden also adopted an armed-neutral foreign policy at the time. Compared with nuclear deterrence, the country’s increasingly secularization, technological modernization, and economic globalization have brought about the impact of traditional religious society. Bergman wanted to discuss. "Winter Light" was the film with the longest production cycle but the shortest duration at the time. Bergman was more demanding of movies than ever before. Bergman rejected the exquisite lighting and the pursuit of formal photography and tried to present The temperament of the neo-realistic film, in order to pursue the priest’s more natural anxiety, he almost ruined the relationship with Bjornstrand at the expense of "trespassing". Behind all the paranoid creations, Bergman attaches great importance to the performance of this film. , "Winter Light" has indeed become his deepest faith crisis movie, even if it does seem dull and boring.

  • Edmond 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    In the darkness when the faith finally collapsed, a beam of [Winter Light] suddenly illuminated the priest's face. Ah! God is not love, love is not God, doubt is. When the bell rang at the end, the heroine knelt down and prayed for even a little bit of faith, and it was hard not to be moved. This is a human being, struggling to find light in doubts. Bergman not only used his superb language, but also used his silence to easily destroy me. That is the silence of God.

Winter Light quotes

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: Picture my prayers to an echo-god, who gave benign answers and reassuring blessings. Every time I confronted God with the realities I witnessed, he turned into something ugly and revolting. A spider God, a monster. So, I sought to shield Him from life, clutching my image of Him to myself in the dark.

  • 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.