Dreams
Wild Strawberries has a heaviness to it, but I find it very hopeful. This whole film is like a dream to me. I think the opening sequence sets the tone nicely. We weave in and out of that dream mode throughout the whole film. Even when Isak is not really dreaming, we are seeing his memories. He sees what he has become and he does not like it. Unlike A Christmas Carrol, Isak does not do a 180, but I do feel that he finds some sort of redemption. There are things in life that no matter what, will not change. Bergman is not one to give us happy endings, but this is as close as we will get.