Review of Wild Strawberries (1957) by Petros T — 06 Feb 2011

A 78-year old doctor learns how to love, reaches self-awareness and reconciles with his children. That was the most profound and unadorned film ending in cinema's history. The acting is superb (by Bergman regulars Andersson and Thulin but especially by Sjostrom) and the back and forth parts are as confusing as life (= a lot) but not too confusing to cause a headache.

This is how to make a slow but interesting (and great and meaningful and, from a directorial aspect, profoundly elementary) film.