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
  • Jakayla 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    It's more of existentialism than religion. The most devout priest of God becomes the most miserable man of faith, in which the Holy Father is false and mysterious, elusive, noisy and complicated. In front of the helpers who attempt suicide, the pastor becomes a helpless confidant, while in front of the woman who loves the pastor, the woman is like the sacrificed Christ, who seems to be the warmest compassionate person who knows how to live for others. Weak priests are mean, cold-blooded, selfish mockers. A believer who renounces his faith will never find peace. The greatest pain is not the suffering of the body, but being abandoned by the people, and friends are hard to find, but the greater pain is doubt and silence of belief. The Lord is love, love is the Lord, love proves the existence of the Lord, love is the true power of human beings. Life can go on or not go on

  • Wilburn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The most moving religious movie I've seen so far. Compared with "The Virgin Spring", the emotional expression here is more real and rich. Worldly love and religious love, a woman who cannot love, a priest who cannot read God. Large sections are monologues, trivial chatter, sun, snow, and death. The bell rang, and Marta, the least devout believer, turned out to be the only one in the audience.

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.