Review of Winter Light (1963) by Ben K — 10 Aug 2007
Sometimes I think Sweden is this country Bergman invented to add Verisimilitude to his work. Of course he didn't stop there he created the language, added the repressed emotions, and the massive number of close-ups.
Bergman's movies look and sound like nothing else. Two scenes in particular are pure Bergman. The first is the one between the priest and the fisherman where Gunnar Bjornstrand gives the absolute worst advice anybody has ever given to someone on the brink of suicide.
The second is the one between the priest and his mistress where the priest cruelly lists everything he hates about her and why he will never marry her. And yet far from being a monster, the priest is the film's protagonist.
So we empathize even as we wince.
This review of Winter Light (1963) was written by Ben K on 10 Aug 2007.
Winter Light has generally received very positive reviews.
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