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Movie Reviews of Persona
Movie Review: Persona, unmatched in film history...
Summary: 5 Stars
Persona brings two very different characters, Alma (Bibi Andersson) and Elisabeth (Liv Ullman), to the screen. Alma is a nurse who has been designated to personally care for Elisabeth, who has had a "breakdown" after performing as Electra which was written by Sophocles. Elisabeth has decided to remain silent forever, and Alma is attempting to nurse her back to speech. The use of Electra adds a subtle touch by Bergman which can help the understanding of Liv Ullman's character in the film, since the whole film is an artistic event as it displays the convergence of Alma and Elisabeth. As the two women come together Bergman maximizes the situations and atmospheres by balancing contrasts, which enhances the emotional experience in the film. In addition, Persona offers a cinematic experience with contrasts as the story is compassionate and callous, which appears through the magical touch of Bergman's direction. The film presents several personal interpretations as well as several common interpretations as great art is known to do. Therefore, Bergman puts forward a brilliant cinematic experience which is unmatched in film history.Movie Review: One of those great movies that just haunts you
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never been much of a Bergman fan. I mean, there are some of his movies that I loved, some that I liked, and a lot I just didn't care for (this includes The Seventh Seal).But Persona... I don't know. It's just, for lack of a better word, incredible. I know Bibi Andersson gets a lot of the praise for the film, because her performance was both engaging and haunting in its delivery. But for me, it's Liv Ullmann (who I always look forward to seeing in Bergman movies). She says only a handful of words throughout the entire film, and then relies solely on her expert ability to express herself through her eyes and body movement. Both women just managed to amaze me with their performances, something I can hardly ever find in contemporary American acting.
So, to sum up this review, I just want to say that as far as foreign movies go (and I've seen my fair share), Persona is one of my very favorites and I'm more than glad to see it finally come to DVD.
Movie Review: Bergman's Dissonance
Summary: 5 Stars
Because of its incongruous mixture of images, the opening montage of this film brings to mind the adagio introduction at the beginning of the first movement of Mozart's String Quartet in C Major (K. 465), the so-called "Dissonance". The both introductions clearly create the feeling of angst.
This rather complex film reminds us how our knowledge of ourselves, and especially of others, has its natural, insurmountable limits. Because we all wear masks (at least to some degree) our knowledge of what exactly is going on inside someone's mind (including our own) simply cannot be complete. In this respect we do not live in some sort of a perfect, unambiguous, deterministic, Newtonian world, but rather we live in a world akin to that of quantum mechanics, with all its uncertainties and probabilities. Other people, no matter how hard they try, can never understand us completely.
Movie Review: INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 27
Summary: 5 Stars
***** 1966. Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. When the actress Elisabeth Vogler decides not to talk anymore, her doctor asks Alma, a nurse, to accompany her for a holiday in a house near the sea. Both women get along well until the day Alma discovers by reading one of the actress's letters that Elisabeth is in fact observing her. PERSONA is a film about cinema, about lies, about masks. PERSONA is a film which could arouse in you the passion for cinema, PERSONA is a masterpiece.
In the bonus section of the DVD, you'll find interviews of Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson recorded in 2002, a featurette about the film with interviews of Liv, Bibi and Ingmar Bergman and finally a great commentary by Bergman biographer Marc Gervais: subtle and humorous.
A DVD zone your library.
Movie Review: a simple explanation of this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
almost all works of art are personal. so is this one. bergman had the big PERSONAL problem of wanting to dump BIBI for LIV. this can be tricky. bibi and liv were supposedly best friends and bibi had been partly responsible for bergman's early success. bergman solved his problem brilliantly. he created a psychosomatic illness for himself (he "couldn't" speak and was hospitalized) and then made a symbolic movie (starring both ladies) about the experience. the movie was hailed as a masterpiece (although no one can explain it). this worked wonderfully for bergman. both ladies were happy with the success and bergman added to his reputation as a genius. he also got his new girl. such is the life of the great auteur. in general, when trying to divine the source of great "art", look close to earth.