The Ingmar Bergman Special Edition DVD Collection (Persona / Shame / Hour of the Wolf / The Passion of Anna / The Serpent's Egg)
by Ingmar Bergman
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Actor: Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Sigge FürstDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Producer: Harold Nebenzal
Producer: Horst Wendlandt
Producer: Lars-Owe Carlberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 459 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM
Movie Reviews of The Ingmar Bergman Special Edition DVD Collection (Persona / Shame / Hour of the Wolf / The Passion of Anna / The Serpent's Egg)
Movie Review: focus on the "Collection" Disk
Summary: 5 Stars
The five feature films that make up this special edition are probably well known to anyone who's thinking about buying it, so I'll limit my remarks to the sixth disk, the "Ingmar Bergman Collection" of special features. (Besides, I've reviewed each of the five feature films individually.)
The disk features a few photographic essays and an unopenable (at least for me) issue of "American Cinematographer" which presumably is devoted to Bergmaniana. The photographs are unremarkable, and the unopenable AC file is, of course, a disappointment. But three items in the supplemental disk make up for it.
The disk contains a 1970 interview with Bergman that most Bergman fans will have seen at some time. The gem is a 2002 interview, "Intermezzo," in which Bergman's conversation is both fascinating and revealing. He says, for example, that for a major period in his life, he thought film could be a refuge against his personal demons, someplace where he could find peace. The implication of his remarks is that his demons were still present at the end of his life. He worries that young directors are technically good but don't have anything to say. And he talks about his lifelong intimacy with Strindberg, beginning when he was a teenager. Fascinating stuff.
The second great item is a short documentary on Faro Island, with an emphasis on how its bleak landscape suited Bergman's temperament. For those of us (like myself) who have longed to see the two documentaries Bergman made about Faro, this short film is especially interesting.
Finally, there's a documentary on Sven Nyqvist's cinematography, which is very good indeed.
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