tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post401658860272762912..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-76908174041196967462016-04-09T08:11:06.830+03:002016-04-09T08:11:06.830+03:00Yes, there is a lot to like here. Not least the su...Yes, there is a lot to like here. Not least the surprising humor. I have not seen The Virgin Spring, but have moved right on to another Bergman movie, Wild Strawberries, for which there is also a curious reference in The Seventh Seal.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-67236717319354069182016-04-07T16:00:21.776+03:002016-04-07T16:00:21.776+03:00I really liked The Seventh Seal; I haven't yet...I really liked The Seventh Seal; I haven't yet watched a Bergman I didn't at least admire. This I enjoyed. As others have said, the humour is surprising, particularly when all you know of the film is the oft parodied chess game. <br /><br />A good companion piece to this The Virgin Spring, another medieval-set Bergman film, which though darker in tone, has a slightly different ending. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-70248536666031637632016-04-06T23:11:38.994+03:002016-04-06T23:11:38.994+03:00Yes, this is surprisingly funny. That guy in the t...Yes, this is surprisingly funny. That guy in the tree is hilarous and it is almost tilting the movie, yet the joy of the actors serves as counterpoint to the despair and horror of the plague and the devout.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-63982265178189803352016-04-06T19:08:27.509+03:002016-04-06T19:08:27.509+03:00I am always amazed at the amount of humor Bergman ...I am always amazed at the amount of humor Bergman manages to get out of his bleak story. Jons gets out some very wry quips but my favorite part is the actor in the tree. This was one of the very first foreign language films I ever saw and it had a big impact on me. Just the cinematography alone is genius.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-53349494808439038622016-04-05T09:48:16.790+03:002016-04-05T09:48:16.790+03:00That was also my expectation and impression. It wa...That was also my expectation and impression. It was not distancing itself from its audience as some particularly French movies do, but was yes, accessible. It is however when you start thinking about you get its true strength. There is so much food for thought here.<br />Cool picture. I did not have to think twice to pick this one. Sadly for it it cannot compete with the darling picture I have of my son as wallpaper. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-18457231978286747752016-04-05T09:44:53.259+03:002016-04-05T09:44:53.259+03:00That is the problem with high expectations. I had ...That is the problem with high expectations. I had a similar reaction to Citizen Kane. <br />Of course it is great when a movie suck you in, but for me the real test is if you cannot stop thinking of it after you saw it and The Seventh Seal did that for me.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-30543213484453155952016-04-05T05:50:28.492+03:002016-04-05T05:50:28.492+03:00First, I should let you know that the picture you ...First, I should let you know that the picture you have at the top is my current PC wallpaper and has been for the past couple of months.<br /><br />I was surprised at how completely accessible this is. I expected to be intimitated by it and to be confused by it. How surprising that it was easy to follow and much more powerful because of it. I think it's rightly regarded as a classic. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-8946743048713365012016-04-05T01:46:15.011+03:002016-04-05T01:46:15.011+03:00This was the first Bergman movie I ever saw, and w...This was the first Bergman movie I ever saw, and while I liked it, my reaction was along the lines of "That's it?" Here was the hugely celebrated movie that supposedly changed cinema and when I finally saw it I wasn't that impressed by it. Perhaps if I had seen it at the time it came out I would have been more impressed with it.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com