Review of The Virgin Spring (1960) by Nick O — 07 Sep 2012
I'm best to leave it to the experts to decamp Bergman's Oscar-winning treatise on family, nature, sadism, religion, and forgiveness, but I'll say this: "The Virgin Spring" has Bergman giving dimension to the devil inside.
It's about the presence of God in violence and darkness, the merits of sacrifice in mythology. How love transcends evil, even when you're doing evil out of love. And sometimes, when there's really no returning, all things must go, even those on the sidelines.
It's what Peckinpah did with the great "Straw Dogs". "The Virgin Spring" offers no answers. Why Bergman's so great, is because his filmography is a like an epic poem it's too painful to read back.
So you keep dictating and asking questions to keep going. Because when we don't have that, we don't have anything.
This review of The Virgin Spring (1960) was written by Nick O on 07 Sep 2012.
The Virgin Spring has generally received very positive reviews.
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