Furthest distance

Torrey 2022-07-26 20:21:27

At the end of "Wild Strawberry", the old doctor Isaac returned to the manor where he lived in his youth in his dream. Under the guidance of his former lover Sarah, he saw the scene of his former partners playing and playing, and his parents' clothes fluttering. The figure is fishing in the river. The long-lost warmth occupies his heart, and Sarah exudes the brilliance of Dante's Beatrice. There are no more wild strawberries, nor is there a nightmare, everything is happening according to the new order, and the old man falls asleep peacefully.


The
death and loneliness in the black and white desert put the dying Isaac into many crises, not only struggling in the rigid relationship with his relatives, but also suffering from nightmares every night.
The breath of death enveloped him, like a tighter rope, appearing in his mind in various terrifying incarnations, as if playing an ominous overture.
And loneliness made him look at scenes of teenage past from time to time. The sternness and indifference of his parents stamped on him. The decisive departure of his first love, Sarah, drove away the only warmth in his heart. From then on, life is an emotional desert.
After that, even though Isaac, who was devoted to practicing medicine, had outstanding achievements, he still could not stop the family's genetically diseased selfishness and ruthlessness from coming back again. The lack of emotion made his son lose his willingness to love and face the same predicament. Decades of marriage and life are almost empty in Isaac's memories, leaving only the portrait of his lover on the table.
The cool tone of black and white highlights the desolation, mystery, and coldness one by one, and the gap between the souls becomes so deep and unpredictable, like the brilliance sprinkled in the forest, it brings people cold and sighs.

Two Sarahs There
is no doubt that the two Sarahs in the film are completely different, both of which are impressive.
Sarah, the first love lover, only appeared in imagination and dreams. She wore classical long curly hair. She was running as light as a fawn. When picking wild strawberries, she was seduced by Isaac’s unsuccessful brothers, so she moved to fall in love. Resolutely terminated the marriage contract with Isaac.
Sarah, a modern girl, is enthusiastic and generous. She is the soul of a trio of two boys who like herself. She often raises the flag in a triangle relationship. She respects this elderly doctor and leads the two boys The flowers picked in the wild were offered to him, and when he said goodbye, he played and sang for him by the window.
The former Sarah destroyed the young Isaac, and the latter Sarah brought salvation to him who was about to die. It is clearly a cycle of causality.
The two Sarahs have different temperaments, but they are both young and beautiful in Isaac's thoughts. This is the eternal female image in his mind. That's why there will be a stinging picture in the dream: the young Sarah and the old one. Sitting side by side under the tree, Isaac rejected him and used a mirror to increase the relentlessness of the passage of time between memories and reality. In this dream, although Sarah appeared as a first lover, she added the shadow of a modern girl to some extent. In the face of youthful vitality, Isaac deeply felt her old age and was ashamed of it. And add this shame to the pain of rejection.
In the scene at the beginning of this article, Sarah, a modern girl, appeared in his dream as a first lover. Everything exudes peace and warmth. Isaac was relieved, but after more than 70 years of time was lost, he It's time to step into the kingdom of the other side. Even though this scene is beautiful, the cold reality still stands in the damaged heart in an immortal posture.

Loved ones to sparse
film is not a couple is living in marital harmony, not only that, the relationship between Isaac and the family are very nervous. Starting from the appearance of his daughter-in-law Marianne (a very elegant woman), the relationship between the characters has shown flexibility between closeness and conflict.
The conflict between the son and the daughter-in-law is caused by the inconsistent tone of the two temperaments. Marianne yearns for rising and bright days, while the son prefers a dark and hopeless life, so he said, "What you want is hope and creation. New life, and me, I only look forward to the eternal death...". In the final analysis, this is actually caused by the problem between the father and the son. The son has developed Isaac's generally forbearing feelings, and "hates" him because of his father's unusual gift. The son inherited his indifferent blood, feeling painful but powerless. The only hope is not to pass on this blood to the next generation, so he does not want Marianne to give birth to a child.
Although there are disagreements between the son and the daughter-in-law, their mutual affection still prevents them from being separated. The couple that I met halfway was really shocking. They beat each other and provoked. The man seemed to be infected with tuberculosis, while the woman was on the verge of mental breakdown. Their appearance undoubtedly allowed Isaac and Marianne to examine their marriages separately. Marianne expressed her worries through words, and Isaac used her dream to let the couple act as a judge of her past behavior.
Isaac’s dreams reveal the secret pain of his marriage. He can’t remember many things about his wife. The only scene of her affair with others is vividly vivid (and it happened in the woods like Sarah was seduced), wife The crazy laughter is exactly the same as that of the mentally broken woman in Lu Yu, and this is enough to explain how unfortunate Isaac’s married life is. His mother's eccentricity, coupled with the abandonment of the other two women in his life, created the tragedy of Isaac's life. He therefore said "I am alive, but in fact I have died".


Going back to the scene at the beginning of this article. At the end of the film, Isaac and his daughter-in-law Marianne eliminate the conflict and express his reconciliation with reality with this beautiful dream. He traces back to a scene of a teenager's past. There is no separation or sorrow. , Emotion has crossed the farthest distance in the world, and exudes the warmth of humanity.

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Wild Strawberries quotes

  • Marianne Borg: I saw you with your mother, and I was panic-stricken.

    Professor Isak Borg: I don't understand.

    Marianne Borg: I thought: That's his mother. An old woman, cold as ice, more forbidding than death. And this is her son, and there are light years between them. He himself says he's a living corpse. And Evald is growing just as lonely, cold and dead. And I thought of the baby inside me. All along the line, there's nothing but cold and death and loneliness. It must end somewhere.

  • Professor Isak Borg: I have liked having you about the house.

    Marianne Borg: Like a cat.

    Professor Isak Borg: A cat, or a human being.