"The Virgin Spring" is Bergman's masterpiece. The whole film recorded a murder and revenge from a stern perspective, and because it was released in 1960, the film won the 33rd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Regarding "Virgin Spring", Bergman once proudly said that this was his most satisfying film, but changed his words and said that it was just a mediocre work with no apparent appearance. In any case, Bergman and his "Virgin Spring" shocked the Oscars and shocked the world, allowing him to conquer Sweden on the film's territory and open up territory; allowing the world to breathe Scandinavians head on. The harsh and wild cold wind in the Asian peninsula witnessed the philosophical light still shining for a long time between the wind and snow.
Girl Karin and her maid Ingrid went to church to deliver candles, and met three shepherds. At first, Karin talked happily with the shepherds, but the situation took a turn for the worse. The shepherds took advantage of her precautions to rape and kill her, and stole her gorgeous clothes made by fifteen virgins. Ingrid saw all this in his eyes. In the evening, three shepherds stole the night at one person's house. One of the shepherds sold Karin's clothes to the hostess in exchange for money, and lied that it was his sister's belongings. The hostess was suddenly distraught-the hostess was Karin's mother, and this family was Karin's home.
Karin's mother endured her grief and locked the three shepherds in the house and discussed with her husband. In the end, under the extreme pain of bereavement, Karin’s father killed three shepherds and found Karin’s body under Ingrid’s leadership. When he asked God why his innocent daughter died tragically, A miracle appeared-a clear spring gushed out of Karin's body.
Many people analyzed this movie and saw a simple folk story in Sweden. But I have seen a reflection of the good and evil of human nature and the world of beauty and ugliness in this film, so in this article I will analyze this film from another perspective, from the two travel climaxes, the opposition between beauty and evil. , The perfect use of movie music to discuss why this movie is so popular and will be popular in Sweden and Europe.
01, from the climax plots of the two trips, to understand the theme of the "Bergerman" character
"Virgin Springs" is one of the few Bergman films written by others. In order to achieve the perfect combination of content and form, the film adopts a traditional theatrical structure: there are causal and interlocking storylines, sharp dramatic conflicts, and traditional dramas such as beginnings, entanglements, climaxes, and endings. As elements, with distinctive and prominent character and delicate psychological description.
So how does the "Bergman" character climax be reflected in the movie? I will analyze from the following two aspects:
1. Travel reflects the climax of the story, and the first trip reflects the first climax
Although this film does not have the dizzying time-space reversal and overly complicated rationality that Bergman used to Analysis and esoteric philosophical discussion, but the film still has a distinct personal style. Like "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberry", this film also uses the "travel" technique to expand the plot. The whole film can basically be clearly divided into two symmetrical parts, "travel" is the central clue of the two parts, and at the same time the beginning and end of the two parts. The climax of the first part of
occurred at the end of the first "travel". This part can be briefly stated as follows: Ingrid prepares lunch for Karin’s "travel" to church, puts the toad (the direct fuse of Karin’s death) in the bread, the Torres pray for their daughter, and the relationship between father and daughter Passionate farewell, Ingrid and Karin rode through the forest.
The kind-hearted Karin meets the shepherd, the "travel" is terminated, and the climax comes-Karin is raped and killed by the shepherd's two brothers, and beauty and goodness are ruined. At the same time, it also laid the groundwork for the second trip and second climax of the film.
Kind and beautiful things are always jealous. Karin's beauty and everything he possesses is jealous of Ingrid, so much so that Karin is taken away by the shepherd, but Ingrid does not help. The evil side of human nature was stripped away and revealed to everyoneBefore, give us a warning.
2. Travel embodies the climax of the storyline, and the second trip embodies the second climax
The climax of the second part happened before the start of the "travel". I thought it was the three shepherds who came to kill Karin’s family, but it was a coincidence of the three shepherds who stayed in. They were recognized by Karin’s mother when selling Karin’s dress. The second climax came-Karin’s father had revenge. Kill three shepherds. This triggered the start of the second "travel" (to the forest to find Karin's body).
Torrey's oath: He knelt on the ground and said, God, you have seen these with your own eyes. The death of an innocent child, and my revenge. You just sit idly by. But he said, I will be here, where my daughter died, to build a church for you, using plaster and stones, using my hands.
Because of this holiness, when the spring water finally flows out, it has shocking power. The clarity of the spring water in the black and white pictures is almost magnified to the extreme. When the maid holds the spring water in her hand, the mother uses the spring water to scrub her daughter’s face, with such a "cleanness" meaning, so she has to agree that this is a miracle of God. .
combined the two trips with climax plots to show the themes that Bergman wanted to express. The main thrust of the film is also vividly expressed.
02 Simple folk tales show Bergman’s basic themes: the struggle between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, light and darkness, which sparked the audience’s resonance. Symbol, expressing the symbolic meaning through object images and scene scheduling: 1. The two opposite metaphor objects and lens language express the struggle between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, light and darkness
First, the film’s concise style, editing There are not many skills and it is not complicated. Intentionally maintaining a lyrical atmosphere, even in the most stressful times, metaphorical shots are often inserted. For example, when the shepherd is malicious to Kailin, the shots of toads appear repeatedly. The evil and ugliness symbolized by toads are just like the shepherd. Contrast.
When Kailin’s father came to the shepherd’s room and decided to kill and revenge, the pictures of Kailin’s mother, Kailin’s father, and the shepherd crossed over, and an empty shot of a skylight with increasing light was used. The use of contrast here enhances the symbolic meaning expressed by the objects.
Secondly, in the film, more use of panning to maintain the continuity of time and space, the film has a slow-paced lyrical meaning and more thought-provoking. As in the first scene, Ingrid blows the fire in the stove, and the jealous fire in her heart also ignites the whole story. Then she pans the camera to follow Ingrid to look around the room on guard, and then Ingrid walks to the camera. Holding the pillar, a shot just ended. The symmetry of
is the next prayer of Kailin’s parents facing the statue of Jesus, one is the pagan god Odin, the other is Jesus in affliction, the other is direly lit, and the other is bright and soft. The director’s contrast intention is obvious. Also pay attention to maintaining consistency in the use of the lens, it is all panning to the end, and the rhythm is slow.
Just like Ingrid was ordered to make a lunch, she took a small cluster of torches from the fire, a close-up panning shot, and Ingrid took the torch and shook it to the fire to avoid creating a sense of vacancy in the picture. The flame has always been a symbol of Ingrid's jealousy of Kailin.
also tells a bedtime story to a shepherd child, close-up close-up shots, the narrator’s face and the child’s face cut each other, as if the child is dreaming a bizarre dream, and the audience has become the one who listens to the story. Frightened shepherd kid. Here, the director deliberately used close-up shots to deter the audience by the terrible evil, but then he was not eager to express his attitude.
2. Expressing the symbol of opposition through scene scheduling
The scene scheduling after Kailin was raped in the film is a classic. Two shepherds face back to the camera, one side is in the foreground; Kailin is at the back of the screen and she is holding it. The skirt slowly stood up, walked towards the camera, and became the foreground. At this time, the two shepherds turned to look at Kailin. Kailin's desperate face filled with tears occupied almost the entire frame.
seems to be asking God in that direction strongly, why he just watched silently (note that the direction of God in the film is always the same, and Kailin’s father’s prayer at the end is also in that direction), but at this time only the audience responded Kailin whimpered heartbreakingly. She turned her back and returned to the background of the screen. At this time, the bodies of the three shepherds and the tree formed a frame, enclosing Kailin, showing that Kailin's fate was completely controlled. status. does not need to cut a single knife. Through the unique scene scheduling, the narrative is completed with only one shot, and the director's intention is achieved.
It seems that Kailin is not a real existence, but a lake where ugly people see their own ugliness and cannot bear it. People who love God and worship God in the lake see God granting her glory and love her doubly. When the scene is scheduled The director often emphasizes this point deliberately. Ingrid’s uncleanness and low status are in contrast to Kailin’s purity and nobility. When Kailin was about to set out for the sacrifice, Bergman asked Kailin to lie in his father’s arms and be carried out. Falling into her smile, and in the next picture, Ingrid, who was forced to become pregnant, squatted in a dark corner doing dirty work-pulling chicken feathers.
was like the dispatch when the three shepherds spotted Kailin on horseback. The camera did not move. In a distant view, the shepherd took a group of sheep and sat on a distant hillside. Then the dumb shepherd rushed to the camera excitedly. The ugly face occupies most of the picture, making people feel disgusted and disgusted. I hope he can leave quickly. He beckoned to his accomplices and left the camera by himself. The accomplices' faces became a close shot again. The schedule of
concisely completes the narrative and conveys emotions, making the shepherd's ugly and impatient and Kailin's grace in sharp contrast. The movement from left to right is psychologically natural, while from right to left it is nervous and unhappy. Kailin has been riding from left to right while the three shepherds are facing each other.
Since the director wants to express a lot, some of the scheduling may seem too deliberate. For example, the shepherd rummaged through her package after killing Kailin. The white candles that were supposed to be dedicated to the Virgin were scattered all over the floor, and the shepherd stepped on it like venting anger. For a long time, it may be an irony that the virgin who "only thought of Mary and the church" was killed by rape, and the white candle was a symbol. Although the scheduling allows the audience to understand this meaning, it is natural and deliberate. The film
is adapted from Nordic folk tales. In folk tales, Kailin’s father made a vow to build the temple with both hands when he saw the miracles flowing from under his daughter. In the film, the order is reversed; this is Uncle Geman’s new thinking on religion, the Virgin Spring is just a symbol of our hearts. We do need to rely on a God, but the important thing is not God himself, but the inner peace brought by faith at the moment of making a vow, "Let you be The distant place is reborn, that is the place that the hand of sin cannot reach."
God is eternally silent. He cannot protect Kailin from infringement, nor can he suppress his father’s vengeful anger, leading to the tragic death of the child. The place where the hands of sin cannot reach is not in the embrace of God, but farther, farther, and closer than this. The place where is the virgin spring flowing out of the heart, it can wash the blood from Kailin's face, and also wash the blood stains in people's hearts.
03 Sound is perfect, and music makes classics
1. The sound is sometimes more important than the structure, because it can be more direct to people’s heart, but the voice of z61 is the succinct expression of the man’s 0zz28. . For example, in the use of natural sound, the farmer, after seeing his daughter’s body, turned his back to the camera and complained to God.When speaking, there was only the sound of gurgling streams. He raised his hands and stood up slowly. The audience and him waited with bated breath for a response from that direction. However, after a moment of silence, the bird chirping sounded more and more tactfully, as if God had nothing to do with what happened. As we know, it is irrelevant. The whole picture has a strong sense of loss due to the birdsong. The prayer slowly lowered his hands and lowered his head.
When Kailin's father decided to take revenge, there was an empty shot of a skylight, the light gradually increased, and in order to enhance the effect, it was accompanied by the sound of a cock that announces the arrival of dawn. The subsequent revenge seems to be a ritual content, and the pain will be washed away by the enemy's blood. The film also uses crows to create a gloomy atmosphere in many places, which seems unfortunately hidden in the black feathers of the crows. In this film that can explain many symbolic metaphors, the sound is also given the meaning of symbolic metaphor.
2. The tranquility of Sweden must be accompanied by lyrical music. The soundtrack of the film
is a bagpipe melody from beginning to end. The long and lyrical temperament matches the film very well. This may be the simplest soundtrack in Bergman's film. If you only watch this film, you may think that Bergman is not sensitive to music. It is the theme of the film that made him "opportunistically" replace it with a long silence. The soundtrack, but if you look at "Wild Strawberry", "Finny and Alexander" and so on, you will find Bergman's pursuit and ability for music.
In "Wild Strawberry", the professor stands by the window of Sarah, who is a beloved girl and is now a married woman. The violin music can make people's eyes wet, and there is one last shot, the gentle piano music of the professor from childhood When the smile of your parents came back to life; everything is so perfect, you will fall in love with Bergman and the movie because of these moments. In short, Bergman's silence is intentional, and you really can't find a better way to express it.
Although the story of "Virgin Spring" is very simple, but the plump character image makes the film very vivid, there is no obvious large metaphorical picture and symbolic plot, fire, like toad in the movie "Wild Strawberry". The spring water seems to contain something simple and easy to understand. The film is full of doubts about God and care for human souls. Although the film is not the same as director Ingmar Bergman's later film style, Bergman's care for humanity and hope for humanity are throughout.
summarizes:
has no bright spots in the plot, but it uses the most sincere and simple folk tales to move people's hearts, and uses technical shooting methods and music to emphasize beauty and ugliness, kindness and ugliness. In contrast, the linking of the beauty and ugliness, kindness and ugliness, and God between people not only touches the sincerity of the audience, but also triggers people's thinking about right and wrong, and it has also triggered a big deal in Sweden. Discussion of topics, perhaps these have surpassed the universal value of a movie.
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