Winter Light
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
80 minutes
Sweden
Berg-man strikes again! After viewing this film 2 weeks ago, I just could not get it out of my head. I empathize with the feelings conveyed by this film. The movie speaks to me.
From Criterion.com:
“God, why did you desert me?” With Winter Light, master craftsman Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. In this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation. When he is asked to assist with a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own uncertainty. Beautifully photographed by Sven Nykvist, Winter Light is an unsettling look at the human craving for personal validation in a world seemingly abandoned by God.
It is also one of Bergman's personal favorite:
"I think I have made just one picture that I really like, and that is Winter Light. That is my only picture about which I feel that I have started here and ended there and that everything along the way has obeyed me. Everything is exactly as I wanted to have it, in every second of this picture"
9/3, 8:00pm, Joe's place. Pizza and drinks.
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