"You have sunk my battleship!"
Seventh Seal, however, is a favorite of mine. There's something about the internal struggle Sydow's Block goes through that just resonates. I suppose a film studies prof would say that makes the movie "accessible", but I'll just say I think this is an excellent, if bleak, movie. 8.25/10.
Bkmrk.
I agree with you both about Bergman in general, and about “The Seventh Seal.” I love “The Seventh Seal,” but the only other Bergman movie I love is a much less well-known film called “The Magician.”
Max Von Sydow was made for that sort of role. One might say, he was prepped from childhood. Max’s father Wilhelm was an ethnologist and professor of Scandinavian Folklore. His mother, Baroness Maria Margareta (Greta) was a school teacher. He’s still alive at 86, and somewhat active. I didn’t realize Max was in Minority Report from 2003. On April 29, 2014, von Sydow was cast in the Star Wars Episode VII (The Force Awakens).
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"You have sunk my battleship!"
I remember seeing a short Bergman film parody about thirty years ago. I believe Madeline Kahn acted in it. Hilarious. Parodied all the pretentious symbolism of Bergman flicks.
A fine film, but with the revolting way things have been going, seeing my country circling the drain, I’ve been more apt to seek solace in films exuding touches of old-fashioned americana. Today, I watched two old favorites I first saw on the late-show decades ago:
“Trail of the Lonesome Pine” (1936), with Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda. The first three-strip Technicolor feature shot outdoors. And,
“Bend of the River” (1952), the classic Anthony Mann western starring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy and Julia Adams. Fine action and scenery.