Ingmar Bergman
This weekend I’ve made a decent-sized dent into my stack of as-yet-unwatched DVDs. Up for viewing were two Ingmar Bergman films: Smiles of a Summer Night and Persona.
Smiles of a Summer Night was pretty good, it was a comedy, but not really the kind of comedy I’m used to. Well worth watching :)
Persona was… weird. Very weird. I don’t really understand all of it, and I’m not sure that a second viewing will change things all that much. It’s rated as one of the all-time great films, so definitely worth giving a chance—I have a nasty habit of hardly understanding any of the films I watch, so plenty of other people will do better in understanding it than me.
I had sort-of decided to not buy any more DVDs until I’d got through this pile. Well, I guess I buckled and just bought The Seventh Seal from play.com. This is a really great film, up there with my favourite film: The Seven Samurai. Like the Seven Samurai it’s also incredibly long, and requires a lot of concentration to fully appreciate it. It should make an interesting evening :)
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