I think Bergman is skeptical of what the world holds, religion, and emotion. And this doubt is not because he is suspicious, but because he is truthful. It is he who tortures reality with the real instincts and feelings he feels, rather than blindly deceiving himself. He also has a rich imagination, which allows him to build a complete story, while combining the elements of fantasy and magic. This is reflected in most of his films.
"Marriage Scene" continues the development of the plot in the small space that Bergman is used to, and even the entire episode takes place in one house. Its plot is also mostly driven by conversation, with plenty of close-ups of the characters. And the two leading actors are also very superb in such close-up shots, especially Liv Uman, all the emotions are so naturally expressed on every muscle of the face. Seeing that her face was full of tenderness, and in the next instant, countless sadness filled her eyes, it was hard to imagine that she could be so coherent and incisive on a person's face that she was so happy that she became angry.
I think Bergman's greatness is that he is so genuinely willing to face his emotions, as Joann confesses to Marina that he cheated on in episode 3. This makes people really feel their powerlessness, ignorance and confusion about their own feelings. It makes people feel like Joanne and Marianne, and the Paula who never played.
In the fifth episode, Marian and Joan discussed in the divorce scene "one day will be the real self" "No, no one will be the real self, we wear it from the day we were children. The opposition of viewpoints like "mask" is actually not the opposition of a husband and wife, but more of a struggle of the self.
In terms of sound, Bergman also has his own opinions. For example, in the last episode of Marina’s conversation with her mother, the background sound is only the ticking sound of the wall clock, and this ticking sound explains the passage of time and the loneliness of people, and at the same time It also makes people feel silent, more silent than no sound. After that, Marina left, leaving her mother to sit on the sofa alone. The sound of the wall clock became louder, and it was still ticking, accompanying her for the rest of the time. The end of emotions is not quarrel, but silence, cessation of communication, refusal to express, or nothing to talk about. I can only fall into my empty heart, and my cries are not echoed.
And this is also the final outcome of a dishonest person trapped in a married life, who chooses to deceive at the beginning, but still chooses to deceive in the end.
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