The Seventh Seal
Part of the Ingmar Bergman From The Inside Out
| Director: | Ingmar Bergman |
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| Certificate: | Unknown |
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| Format: | 35mm |
| Language: | Swedish (English Subtitles) |
| Country: | Sweden |
Widely recognised as an absolute masterpiece, The Seventh Seal “marked a turning point in cinema and asserted film as a medium that could ponder life, death and existential angst” (The Telegraph).Using the rich metaphorical outer sheath of a mediaeval setting and a game of chess, Bergman explores our relationship with death.
“… and when the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was a silence in heaven” (Revelations)
REVIEWS
"Bergman's visually striking medieval morality play [was] the work that gained him an international reputation." - VILLAGE VOICE
"Film has superior technical narrative, impressive lensing and thesping." - VARIETY
"The Seventh Seal is an existentialist masterpiece packed with stunning symbolism and mordant humour. It's also far more accessible that you might think. Go see it. Or else." - LITTLE WHITE LIES
"Not a friendly film, but in the consciousness of suffering, the search for meaning and the acceptance of death, all (or nearly all) of Bergman is in it." - THE INDEPENDENT
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Other films in the Ingmar Bergman From The Inside Out:
08
Film: Wild Strawberries
8 Sep 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Winning the Golden Globe for best Foreign Film and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Wild Strawberries "has a compassionate view of life that best illustrates the more optimistic side of Bergman's puzzled humanity." (THE GUARDIAN). A crabby old professor goes to collect an award and on his journey reconnects with the lyricism of his youth.
15
Film: Through A Glass Darkly
15 Sep 2013, 7:30 p.m.
"You can freeze almost any frame of this film and be looking at a striking still photograph." - Film Critic Roger Ebert. This film is Bergman's study of a world without love: Karin slides inexorably into madness, losing her hold on the world, as she is trapped in a male world of repressed feelings.
22
Film: Persona
22 Sep 2013, 7:30 p.m.
"I said that Persona saved my life—that is no exaggeration. If I had not found the strength to make that film, I would probably have been all washed up" - Bergman. Absolutely stunning film about how power, jealousy, care and love can all come into play in one relationship, between a nurse and her patient.