Haunting farewell to cinema from Bergman.
My Rating : 10/10 ♠ Tour de Force ♠
What an end to a career, one of the greatest to ever do it goes out with absolute integrity, clarity and confidence.
With so many masterpieces, my favourites being 'Winter Light', 'Wild Strawberries' and 'Cries and Whispers', Ingmar Bergman - a master of cinema - gives it his all in this semi-autobiographical work. The cinematography by Sven Nykvist is exquisite as usual.
Harrowing and profound, cold and clear; Bergman took hold of his demons and went for it.
While he hides from his demons in his grandmother's lap, she reads: "Anything can happen, anything is possible and likely.
Time and space do not exist.
On a flimsy ground of reality Imagination spins out and weaves new patterns."
'Not for pleasure alone'.
What an end to a career, one of the greatest to ever do it goes out with absolute integrity, clarity and confidence.
With so many masterpieces, my favourites being 'Winter Light', 'Wild Strawberries' and 'Cries and Whispers', Ingmar Bergman - a master of cinema - gives it his all in this semi-autobiographical work. The cinematography by Sven Nykvist is exquisite as usual.
Harrowing and profound, cold and clear; Bergman took hold of his demons and went for it.
While he hides from his demons in his grandmother's lap, she reads: "Anything can happen, anything is possible and likely.
Time and space do not exist.
On a flimsy ground of reality Imagination spins out and weaves new patterns."
'Not for pleasure alone'.
- A_FORTY_SEVEN
- 29 avr. 2023