Review of Persona (1966) by Leylani J — 13 May 2010
Shakespeare used six words to pose the essential human choice: "To be, or not to be?" Elizabeth, a character in Ingmar Bergman's "Persona," uses two to answer it: "No, don't!" She is an actress who one night stopped speaking in the middle of the performance, and has been silent ever since.
Now her nurse, Alma, has in a fit of rage started to throw a pot of boiling water at her. "No, don't!" translates as: I do not want to feel pain, I do not want to be scarred, I do not want to die.
She wants . . . to be. She admits . . . she exists. Roger Erebert.
This review of Persona (1966) was written by Leylani J on 13 May 2010.
Persona has generally received very positive reviews.
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