+ggfanjase Right on! I loved "Cries and Whispers" among many of Ingmar Bergman's films but can definitely see the humor in your post despite how bleak and dismal the film is.
And you're proud of that? That you watched an illegal upload of a film that a small company paid to restore? You're proud that you're supporting theft from artists? I don't care if you posted this 9 years ago this shit needs to stop. You have no RIGHT to watch films for free. And you have the balls to post it on the Criterion page. People like you sicken me.
@@TheFbiFilesRepeat well it's definitely been mentioned frequently by many as an influence and on top films on other's lists. It's worth watching if you haven't yet.
The pain was real when I didn't know anything about Blu-rays having region codes and getting Criterion restorations all the way from another continent, only to have an error note.
I would've thought one of the reasons would've been it was the only film Bergman ever made that was a contender for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. That certainly makes me interested to see it.
Really? I would have thought his others are more worthy than this tbh, even though I didn’t like this one at all, it is probably the best use of colour I have seen in a film
nikosvault Don't know if it's my favorite, but I loved it so much I watched it twice in a row. This film got in my head and left me a little disturbed. I've only seen about 10 or so of Bergman's films, but this one haunted me the most. The music, the use of color... it's just maddening and I love it.
Wouldn't really call his films uneven, even the worst Bergman films is still made with skill of a master craftsman. Considering his output, he was bound to have a few misses, but damn, there are few other directors that can boast a resume as impressive as Persona Fanny and Alexander Winter's Light Through a Glass Darkly Shame Wild Strawberries The Silence The Seventh Seal The Virgin Spring Just one masterpiece after another. Only other filmmaker I can think of right of the top of my head with such a high output of good quality work is Fassbinder.
If you take a dip in his 40's melodramas, I think you'll find that they can be quite boring, badly acted, drawn-out (even if they typically run shy of 90 minutes) and annoyingly melodramatic without displaying any of the technical skill Bergman cam to be associated with after his work with Nykvist. The best example would probably be 1947's A Ship Bound for India; totally generic melodrama plot, uninteresting, dull cinematography, overacting and about three scenes that feel like they should be the last (both to make the movie make sense dramaturgically and to spare the viewer from watching another minute of contrived, overly dramatic bickering between unrealistic characters no one cares about). But you're definitely right he churned masterpieces out at an unbelievable pace. In the sixties, it seemed like he was incapable of making a non-masterpiece right until 1968 when try-hard, made-for-the-critics and pretentious, if not altogether bad, Hour of the Wolf was released, but even that would probably have retained a minor cult following if it had been directed by some no-name director, because it definitely had its moments.
What I call a glorious film ... One of the greatest achievements in the art of cinema
Reason 4 would've been The One Who Actually Gave A Shit And Helped Her.
+ggfanjase Right on! I loved "Cries and Whispers" among many of Ingmar Bergman's films but can definitely see the humor in your post despite how bleak and dismal the film is.
Anna was the strongest, the most humane, and the most beautiful. She could love beyond herself and that is a gift of joy that not all have.
this movie is SUPREME, an emotional sledghammer right into your heart
One of Bergman’s best films
This might be the scariest movie I've ever seen...and I mean that in the best way possible
The ending of Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Through A Glass Darkly’ (1961) is scarier than any scene in The Exorcist, (1973) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, (1974).
Blu-ray at last! Great movie. On my top-10 list of all time .
I love this movie !!
good god, Liv Ullman is simply sublime in everything!
(btw I've watched this movie fully on youtube)
And you're proud of that? That you watched an illegal upload of a film that a small company paid to restore? You're proud that you're supporting theft from artists?
I don't care if you posted this 9 years ago this shit needs to stop. You have no RIGHT to watch films for free. And you have the balls to post it on the Criterion page. People like you sicken me.
Best film of all time.
Really? I haven't seen it yet, lookinh forward to it
Not even close. But its still a 10/10
@@TheFbiFilesRepeat well it's definitely been mentioned frequently by many as an influence and on top films on other's lists. It's worth watching if you haven't yet.
@@migol1984 i sure will!
@@user-on8iz7iw9e yes it is really close
Beautiful restoration for a provoking,and sad movie.CRITERION ROCKS! :)
😍Bergman!!!!!!
This really makes me miss playing the cello :
Victal me too! Somebody actually called it a violin on a different video. The correction was made, but the damage is done. Where's all the cello love?
Transfer is looking FABULOUS.
it hurts sometimes, being in region 2
The pain was real when I didn't know anything about Blu-rays having region codes and getting Criterion restorations all the way from another continent, only to have an error note.
SomeSunshineOutside Masters of cinema is still pretty good despite it's somewhat limited catalogue.
***** i love them and own many of their blu rays, but their catalogue can't compare to criterion.
The criterion Bergman collection blu ray set is region free
hope you found a multi-region player.
Nice, I always wanted to revisit this movie but forgot its name! Thanks.
Yes yes yes!
I would've thought one of the reasons would've been it was the only film Bergman ever made that was a contender for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. That certainly makes me interested to see it.
Morbius Fitzgerald Yes, and should had definitely won!
That shouldn't be a reason. The Academy Awards are laughable.
Really? I would have thought his others are more worthy than this tbh, even though I didn’t like this one at all, it is probably the best use of colour I have seen in a film
Hi I was watched the movie.. I understand their feelings but I can't understand the theme of the movie... Can u explain it
wow this is deep
to my eternal shame i watched this yesterday on utube, chunked into 10 minute vids. only a criterion blueray will do it justice though.
+Eduardo Cruz Alayo Unless you can only find it on TH-cam...
This movie is the pessimist adult version of Frozen.
😂😂😂😂😂
This trailer is distinctly different from the one done by Bergman himself.
Turns out that the “STRONG” one was the weakest of all!
My least favourite Bergman film tbh, hated this one
What was your favorite one
@@Macktube Winter Light, The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly
My least favorite Bergman film.
nikosvault Don't know if it's my favorite, but I loved it so much I watched it twice in a row. This film got in my head and left me a little disturbed. I've only seen about 10 or so of Bergman's films, but this one haunted me the most. The music, the use of color... it's just maddening and I love it.
Wouldn't really call his films uneven, even the worst Bergman films is still made with skill of a master craftsman. Considering his output, he was bound to have a few misses, but damn, there are few other directors that can boast a resume as impressive as
Persona
Fanny and Alexander
Winter's Light
Through a Glass Darkly
Shame
Wild Strawberries
The Silence
The Seventh Seal
The Virgin Spring
Just one masterpiece after another. Only other filmmaker I can think of right of the top of my head with such a high output of good quality work is Fassbinder.
If you take a dip in his 40's melodramas, I think you'll find that they can be quite boring, badly acted, drawn-out (even if they typically run shy of 90 minutes) and annoyingly melodramatic without displaying any of the technical skill Bergman cam to be associated with after his work with Nykvist. The best example would probably be 1947's A Ship Bound for India; totally generic melodrama plot, uninteresting, dull cinematography, overacting and about three scenes that feel like they should be the last (both to make the movie make sense dramaturgically and to spare the viewer from watching another minute of contrived, overly dramatic bickering between unrealistic characters no one cares about).
But you're definitely right he churned masterpieces out at an unbelievable pace. In the sixties, it seemed like he was incapable of making a non-masterpiece right until 1968 when try-hard, made-for-the-critics and pretentious, if not altogether bad, Hour of the Wolf was released, but even that would probably have retained a minor cult following if it had been directed by some no-name director, because it definitely had its moments.
I'm with you bro
My favorite actually and I've seen so many.