| [filmlover-l] Movie this wednesday at 6:30:
"Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers)" |
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
12:51:29 AM |
| From: |
tbco@mtu.edu |
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filmlover-l@mtu.edu |
Hello everyone,
This wednesday, we are showing a Swedish movie "Viskningar och rop
(Cries and Whispers)" directed by Ingmar Bergman (more details below).
(May be a difficult movie for some to watch)
Please feel free to pass the message around
and invite your friends. Hope you can join
us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers)
Date and Time: March 2, Wednesday, 6:30-9pm
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Partial List of Actors:
Harriet Andersson
Kari Sylwan
Ingrid Thulin
Liv Ullmann
US Rating: R
Language: Swedish (with English subtitles)
Length: 91 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (by duke1029@aol.com via www.imdb.com)
"In turn-of-the-century Sweden,
cancer-stricken, dying Agnes
is visited in her isolated rural
mansion by her sisters Karin
and Maria. As Agnes' condition
deteriorates and pain management
becomes increasingly more difficult,
fear and revulsion grip the sisters,
who seem incapable of empathy, and
Agnes' only comfort and solace comes
from her maid Anna. As the end draws
closer, long repressed feelings of
grudging resentment and mistrust
cause jealousy, selfishness, and
bitterness between the siblings to
surface."
My Comments:
Cinematography by Sven Nykvist is really great.
...a study in RED. The acting was
also great. The movie could have been set as
a play.
One of the quietest movies around, so when
screams are heard, it is strangely
painful.
More than just a narrative. When they say
"art film", this is it.
As I said above, the movie is not for everyone.
But definitely worth a look...at life, vanity,
emptiness, anger, madness, cruelty and loneliness.
Several reviews tend to link Bergman
with his envy of religion. But I think they
are missing possible commentary on
affluent women who are so lost that they are
capable of self hate and self mutilation. (I
wonder how much Bergman and Albee borrowed
from each other?)
