Persona
by Ingmar Bergman
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Actor: Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bj?rnstrand, J?rgen Lindstr?m, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha KrookDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Editor: Ulla Ryghe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Swedish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Persona
Movie Review: "The important thing is the effort, not what we achieve."
Summary: 5 Stars
It was, it will be, it will always continue to be Persona, unknown as to the true meaning of what Bergman's message was about these two women struggling with each other to truly understand their own moral dilemmas, but it worked. It worked in 1966 when he made this film, and it works today in 2009. Its ability to make me feel uncomfortable, to make me chuckle a bit, and to question the true sanity of our characters. Its cinematography couldn't be recreated in today's technology even if we tried, and the sudden Lynch-ian moments just heightened my cinematic senses. It is an honor to be a part of a select few to have seen this. It bended my mind, in such a way that required another viewing, and another viewing, and another viewing.
Summary of Persona
With some of the most iconic imagery ever committed to film, this exceptionally beautiful specimenof movie-making (The New Yorker) is recognized as a modern masterpiece and a landmark in late twentieth-century art (Time Out London). Actress Elisabet Vogler (Liv Ullmann) has stopped speaking and withdrawn completely. Under doctor's orders, she's taken to a remote seaside cottage by a nurse, Alma (Bibi Andersson). Alma chats to fill the silence and gradually begins to lay bareher entire identity until she discovers it is being coolly sucked away from her. As the women battle for control and sanity, the question becomes not which of them is patient and which is caregiver, but are they two separate women at all?Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film, photographed by Sven Nykvist, begins when famous actress Elisabeth Vogler (Liv Ullmann) freezes on stage in the middle of a performance. Struck dumb by an unknown cause, she winds up in the care of young inexperienced nurse Alma (Bibi Andersson), and together they retreat to the seaside for the summer, where they enter into an uncommon intimacy and clash of wills. Bergman's study of the fragility of the human being and the treachery of life is incredibly moving in its perception and unrivaled imagery. And as always with Bergman and his reappearing ensemble of actors, the performances are flawless. Especially notable is the scene in which Alma recounts for the silent Elisabeth a morally and emotionally ambivalent erotic encounter she had experienced on a beach with a friend and two teenage boys. It is one of the most strangely erotic scenes ever filmed, and not a stitch of clothing is removed. Also of interest, and one of the most intriguing scenes in the film, perhaps among the most intriguing in all of cinema, is when Elisabeth paces barefooted back and forth over a patio on which we know there to be broken glass. It is an achievement in simple suspense from which many an aspiring director of thrillers could learn a bit. For those who've had their fill of predictable plots, irrelevant matter, and apish acting and are looking for something a little more sensual, poetic, and relevant to what life is about beyond the daily grind, this may be a good place to start. --James McGrath
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