Persona: 1000 Favorite Movies Ep. #45

Episode #45 of my Top 1000 Favorite Movies series is Persona (1966) by Ingmar Bergman. I'm walking through Kashiwanoha Aqua Terrace in Chiba, Japan.
My Top 1000 Favorite Movies series is my attempt to get the word out about my favorite movies and why I love them so much. For the most part, they're chosen in a completely random order. I'm doing these all while we explore Japan together! I live in Tokyo, so pretty much all of my videos will take place there, save for a few surprises along the way!
I upload a new video every Friday morning. This is the forty-fifth video in my epic journey, so please like and subscribe to help me complete it! Thanks so much!

[@MetalNoir668]

Persona is my very favorite film, and Bergman is my favorite director, mostly on the strength of this film (though there are others which I admire also, mainly the ones which came immediately after Persona). You mentioned "Lynchian" in your talk, and it should come as no surprise that David Lynch is reportedly an admirer of Persona, and he visits themes informed by Persona in MULHOLLAND DR., INLAND EMPIRE, Twin Peaks, and most of his other works if one cares to look. Also, Roeg's and Cammell's co-directed film Performance can be viewed as a drug-informed, gender-swapped re-working of Persona (even the one-word titles are similar). Thanks for making this video!

[@TheMovieOtaku]

That's great that you also love Persona! You're right that it's been very influential, and when I watched it the last time to make this video I really noticed how it felt a lot like Lynch. Thanks for watching!