Persona (1966)

[The Mystical Man]

As slow and boring as a movie gets.

Beautiful photography, though.

[Asayake]

A certain scene from this movie makes this movie akward to watch with your parents, especially if you're a Swede I think it becomes even worse lol.

I can recommend Wild Strawberries if you haven't seen that one and plan on diving deeper into Bergman, it's a movie I like!

I would like to add that all Bergman movies I've seen has a similar kind of dialogue/script style that makes them instantly recognizable. I'm not sure how well it translates to English subtitles but the Swedish prose used is really beautiful/different and reminiscent of theatre.

Edited March 10, 2023 by Asayake

[The Mystical Man]

9 hours ago, Asayake said:

A certain scene from this movie makes this movie akward to watch with your parents, especially if you're a Swede I think it becomes even worse lol.

Good scene that one ?

9 hours ago, Asayake said:

I can recommend Wild Strawberries if you haven't seen that one and plan on diving deeper into Bergman, it's a movie I like!

I got into Bergman because in McKee's opinion he is "the cinema's finest screenwriter". So far, I've only watched The Seventh Seal and Persona. I might watch Wild Strawberries, too.

You can see the influence Persona had on Mulholland Drive, which is a movie I like:

Edited March 10, 2023 by The Mystical Man

[Asayake]

3 hours ago, The Mystical Man said:

Good scene that one ?

I got into Bergman because in McKee's opinion he is "the cinema's finest screenwriter". So far, I've only watched The Seventh Seal and Persona. I might watch Wild Strawberries, too.

You can see the influence Persona had on Mulholland Drive, which is a movie I like:

Good scene indeed!

Ah yes, I've heard from somewhere that David Lynch was influenced by Persona for that movie, I can certainly see it as well. God I love Mulholland Drive, it's brilliant.

I'm going to watch Hour of the Wolf next from Bergman, it's supposedly a horror movie, which I'm pretty excited about. Fanny & Alexander is the one many talk about as being his best work and I haven't seen that one yet so it's on my watchlist as well.