Generally, either "Seventh Seal" or "Persona" is the film that a critic will name if s/he is stuck with the task of naming Ingmar Bergman's greatest achievement. A couple others might be named, but rarely do you hear a critic espouse the brilliance of "Autumn Sonata."
The first thing I noticed about this film is that it is, like "Cries and Whispers," nothing less than a painting. The textures, the warm reds and the close-ups of the faces of wounded souls, all combine to make the viewer realize ...
《采薇》出自《诗经》中的小雅，叙述的是叔齐、伯夷两位矜持气节的义士。因不食周粟，而采薇裹腹，最终活活饿死在首阳山的故事
Ingmar Bergman's From the Life of the Marionettes, his last film done while in exile during the late 70's, hearkens back to his experimental period in the mid to late 60's. Here he's trying for a deconstructive way to get inside the mind of his subjects, most notably the character of Peter Egermann. The fatal flaw of the film, however, is also something that adds an unusual kind of connection to the material for a Bergman film. It's erratic in its narrative as the director tests himself with jum...
Here's a bit of an odd confession. I'm starting to like this Ingmar Bergman guy. Mind you, I've only seen two of his films (the other being Cries and Whispers) but he knows how to make a film, let me tell ya! After the Rehearsal is a great movie that makes you think, while marveling how clever the whole thing is. A theater director (played by Erland Josephson) is putting together a production called "The Dream Play". One of his actresses (Lena Olin) stays behind to talk to him about past experie...
Karin's Face" was shown as part of the Bergman retrospective organized by the National Gallery, the American Film Institute, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. It was paired with his 1958 "Brink of Life" in an insightful match.
This is a surprising and lovely film, and thoroughly engrossing, given its brief length. Shot and framed with exquisite care, it validates a favorite past time and the value of looking at old photographs of family members to gain insight into one's self.
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After thirty years without seeing each other, Marianne (Liv Ulmann) has a strong need to visit Johan (Erland Josephson), who is living in an isolated house that belonged to his grandparents after inheriting a fortune from a distant aunt. In the nearby cottage, Johan's son from another marriage, Henrik (Börje Ahlstedt), is living with his daughter Karin (Julia Dufvenious), after the death of his beloved wife Anna. Henrik is giving cello lessons to Karin to be admitted into a European music school...
-theatre is a limited medium but as such no one in Sweden can understand it and use it as Ingmar Bergman. The world know him as the film director, but in Scandinavia he also stands out as probably the best TV-theatre producer/director ever. In Sweden challenged only by Bo Widerberg and Lars Norén, I think. It shines through in the directing, the way he uses the actors and how they are placed within the "stage room". It's balanced, it's pure and it is physical - it is Bergman.
The play "Bildmaka...
After his brilliant portrayal of the black sheep Ekhdal in Fanny and Alexander I expected something else from Börje Ahlstedt but didn't know where to find him. I stumbled accidentally on this film that I didn't even know was a Bergman at first. I was completely surprised not only in the acting of not only Ahlstedt but Erland Josephson and Marie Richardson as well, but by Bergman's capacity to come up with so many ideas in a moment in his career when other brilliant directors are long forgotten. ...
萨德的婚姻是由其父亲一手促成的,萨德夫人不是个娇媚的女子她很平凡但是却有着超乎常人的对丈夫的容忍,不论是对于萨德的夫妻性生活方面的"另人不齿"的行为可以接受而且对于他的"虐恋案件"和"同性恋倾向"也可以包容.
The color red holds so many facets of symbolism in this picture. If you've seen Woody Allen's "Manhattan", then you may remember when he called Ingmar Bergman the only person he could truly consider to be a cinematic genius. Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bergman digs deep into the human psyche... only he does it cinematically, which is an even greater achievement. This is just one of those rare, important films艾格尼丝（哈里特·安德森 Harriet Andersson饰）、玛丽亚（丽芙·乌曼 Liv Ullmann饰）和卡琳（英...
1907年圣诞夜，在瑞典的一座小城内有一户人家，老祖母海伦娜，芳妮和亚历山大及其父母奥斯卡和埃米莉，还有芳妮和亚历山大的两位叔叔和婶婶住在一幢豪华的大房子里面，他们享受着美味的圣诞大餐，分送着圣诞礼物，这一家人过得和睦而快乐。
奥斯卡和埃米莉都是演员，并经营着一家大剧院。在排练《哈姆雷特》时奥斯卡突然中风。生命垂危的奥斯卡把大剧院托付给埃米莉后离开了人世。葬礼很隆重，参加的人也多。使埃米莉一家精疲力尽，当晚亚历山大和芳妮看到父亲奥斯卡在客厅里弹钢琴。
一年以后埃米莉向大家宣布她要结婚了，嫁...
Superb Fairy Tale.
Once upon a time there was a tailor who had three sons ( a fat one, a tall one and an idiot one ). Since the tailor had no work for his sons, they decided to go on a journey to try their luck. The tall one found in the forest a goblin who taught him carpentry; a year passed and when the apprentice decided to return back home, the goblin gave him a magic table that would be filled with meals only by saying "Table-Be-Set". On the journey home, the tailor's son was robbed i...
This is probably one of the worst films I have screened in a very long time ! I was really looking forward to seeing Palermo Shooting, but what a disappointment. Beautiful cinematography, great music - but the plot and dialogs ? My goodness ! What was Wim Wenders thinking ? Such a waste of acting talent ! Especially the dialog - most lines were laughable they sounded so hollow ! We saw it in Cannes at the Grand Palais Lumiere where it premiered. So many people left before the end the end of the ...
8/ / Gus Van Sant
短片集。包括：Jane Campion (segment "The Water Diary")
Gael García Bernal (segment "The Letter")
Jan Kounen (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Mira Nair (segment "How can it be?")
Gaspar Noé (segment "SIDA")
Abderrahmane Sissako (segment "Tiya's dream")
Gus Van Sant (segment "Mansion on the hill")
Wim Wenders (segment "Person to Person")
大兴安岭的鄂伦春族人，大多数已经永远地结束了狩猎生活，居住在了山下的定居点。而鄂伦春人孟金福，则依然保留着最原始的生存方式，信奉火神、月神，万物皆神，尤其是信奉山神，相信是山神给了他猎物和住所。孟金福在很多树上雕刻了山神的摸样，对他膜拜。偶尔有筏木者将这样的树砍掉，会让他和同他一样信奉山神的人难过很久。本片忠实记录了这些鄂伦春人的最原始的生存方式，尤其是他们制作桦皮船的工艺，但是随着这些老鄂伦春人的逝去，古老的传统就渐渐遗失了。
