Description:
Adapted from Ingmar Bergman¡¯s 1973 Swedish classic, and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, Scenes from a Marriage re-examines the show¡¯s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage, and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.
Transcription:
"What is it?" ¡¦in the beginning of a relationship everything is thrilling and it's new research says that "when the woman is the provider and the man as a caregiver the marriage has a greater chance of success" ¡¦ huh? Yeah? Loud and clear. You just believe as a couple nothing can hurt you¡¦ and then you gradually start to realize that actually anything can hurt you. ¡°We¡¯re gonna sit here and we're gonna talk as long as it takes okay". But there's nothing left to say¡¦ "What is this? What is this! Thing where we can't talk". "You know how long I wanted to leave. I'm gonna go out of my mind, if I don't leave right now¡¦ right now like right this second, if I don't leave right now, I know I'm never going to. I tried so hard to make sense of what happened- "Wow! Did you get a new living room? ¡°It¡¯s really ugly, I remember how we were and we're just throwing it all away.¡±We can survive this, how long did you think that we could go on like that [Music]. "Like what? You were so busy! "You didn't even notice what I not noticed that we were living without any passion". ¡°I realized everything that you've despised me for, somebody else would love me for exactly the same thing". "All I want is what I used to have". .
"It's like a piece of tape that you rip off and try to reapply it might stick but it's never going to be like the first time you.¡±
Questions:
1. How can be marriage successful according to the new reasearch?
2. What do you think the couple notice in their relationship?
3. Explain "It's like a piece of tape that you rip off and try to reapply it might stick but it's never going to be like the first time.¡±