Everyone Understands "The Day of the Wedding 1969 Film'
The film "On the Day of the Wedding" (1969) was the first feature film by the young director Vadim Mikhailov, who had just recently graduated from the Higher Directing Courses at the Lenfilm Film Studio.Marriage is a curious thing, and my grandma Sophie told me that 'the bitter and the sweet go together in life.' I thought I knew what she meant back then, but only realized what that really meant later. She told me that at her wedding, John's brother-in-law called, for a prank, and said the wedding was off. The cakes were given away to the neighbors and so forth. And when John turned up, he encountered a huge scandal from her father. But in truth, he knew nothing about it. The wedding night was in the front bedroom, where the entrance was through the room where all his teenage brothers slept—three. One of them had removed the slats to their bed so that it collapsed when they got in. Grandma said that John's rifle was leaning against the wall and she couldn't sleep. Plus, as romantic as John had been with letters, he was shy in person and must have found sleeping with a bride at age 21 rather new. They must have figured out life, as they had six children. But if there is love and agreement between spouses, then the mother-in-law is sure to strike, and so forth. Marriage comes with various trials.Getting back to the movie. This is a strange and curious film. There is a mild tension that something is not quite right that runs through all the opening aspects of a couple setting up a wedding. At the pre-nuptial party the evening before, the reason becomes crystal clear: the groom seems to be in love with several women and seeks to give an explanation to his former flame, who also came to the party. Things then go downhill but are patched up somehow due to the bride-to-be's determination. The wedding day unfolds, a marriage takes place amid tension, and they commence to the wedding feast, and only there, the bride realizes that for herself, there is no way forward.The wedding day brings back memories to everyone, I would think. Everything is in place, all joy is yours for the taking, and toasts at the wedding, but during that time and before, a multitude of temptations spring out of nowhere to put a damper on what should be perfection. The crowns worn or held over the heads of the bride and groom in church symbolize the holy royalty of marriage and martyrdom to the same. As is said, when we're young, we're worried that everything isn't right, and when we're old, that maybe even something won't go right. And the crazy single life before that, right? The jealousies, the road-to-nowhere relationships, and the scars of should've, could've, and would've relationships that haunt young men foolish enough to believe that they need (what they think is) perfection or that they have any right to it. From trying to get too much, they destroy that which would have been truly beautiful.
The film "On the Day of the Wedding" (1969) was the first feature film by the young director Vadim Mikhailov, who had just recently graduated from the Higher Directing Courses at the Lenfilm Film Studio.Marriage is a curious thing, and my grandma Sophie told me that 'the bitter and the sweet go together in life.' I thought I knew what she meant back then, but only realized what that really meant later. She told me that at her wedding, John's brother-in-law called, for a prank, and said the wedding was off. The cakes were given away to the neighbors and so forth. And when John turned up, he encountered a huge scandal from her father. But in truth, he knew nothing about it. The wedding night was in the front bedroom, where the entrance was through the room where all his teenage brothers slept—three. One of them had removed the slats to their bed so that it collapsed when they got in. Grandma said that John's rifle was leaning against the wall and she couldn't sleep. Plus, as romantic as John had been with letters, he was shy in person and must have found sleeping with a bride at age 21 rather new. They must have figured out life, as they had six children. But if there is love and agreement between spouses, then the mother-in-law is sure to strike, and so forth. Marriage comes with various trials.Getting back to the movie. This is a strange and curious film. There is a mild tension that something is not quite right that runs through all the opening aspects of a couple setting up a wedding. At the pre-nuptial party the evening before, the reason becomes crystal clear: the groom seems to be in love with several women and seeks to give an explanation to his former flame, who also came to the party. Things then go downhill but are patched up somehow due to the bride-to-be's determination. The wedding day unfolds, a marriage takes place amid tension, and they commence to the wedding feast, and only there, the bride realizes that for herself, there is no way forward.The wedding day brings back memories to everyone, I would think. Everything is in place, all joy is yours for the taking, and toasts at the wedding, but during that time and before, a multitude of temptations spring out of nowhere to put a damper on what should be perfection. The crowns worn or held over the heads of the bride and groom in church symbolize the holy royalty of marriage and martyrdom to the same. As is said, when we're young, we're worried that everything isn't right, and when we're old, that maybe even something won't go right. And the crazy single life before that, right? The jealousies, the road-to-nowhere relationships, and the scars of should've, could've, and would've relationships that haunt young men foolish enough to believe that they need (what they think is) perfection or that they have any right to it. From trying to get too much, they destroy that which would have been truly beautiful.