Review of Hour of the Wolf (1968) by Tor M — 13 Nov 2016
Another mix of dreams and reality from Bergman. We meet an artist that's having an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. Everything happens on an island with few inhabitants. His mood swings as he face his inner deamons everywhere. He seem to have a guilty conscience from somthing, probably related to his young, pregnant girl.
"Repulsion" comes to mind as a similiar film, there is also something very Lynch-like here, but the "The Shining" must be the film that later on seem most influenced by this flick.
Never a horror, but quite close to one, very psychological and dark stuff. Some things seem to make no sense, others are very deep and open to a number of interpretations.
Lovely crafted and maybe the most experimental film he's done that I've seen. Never got the ending really. It's something unique, but I never caught it. Huge stars in this film - mostly known Bergman faces. Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann and a stunning Ingrid Thulin.
Probably on my top 5 Bergman-list, but it may drop some places after I watch the next relases I got planned to give a go.
8 out of 10 fishing rods.
This review of Hour of the Wolf (1968) was written by Tor M on 13 Nov 2016.
Hour of the Wolf has generally received very positive reviews.
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