Ingmar Bergman

“You know nothing, Ed Travis” — I jumped at the chance to review Criterion’s latest 4K UHD release of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. Why did I jump? Well, I saw this as a perfect opportunity for Criterion to once again “take me to school” as I’m a lifelong film fan who has managed to never…

Episode 2: The Dream March 24 2020 Dear Diary, It’s me again. Dancing Dawn. Well, duh, I mean who else would it be? It’s Day 8 of lockdown and I just have to write about this weird and wonderful dream I had last night. …

In my estimation, it comes down to three factors: character self-detachment and aesthetics for starters, but mostly the expansive, poetic dialog that Tarkovsky fosters on a broad swath of topics ranging from religious belief to disarmament to personal fulfillment and fraternity. …

This is the second film I’m attempting to write about after I started my series of writing in real-time while watching the film. That time I watched and analyzed “In the Mood for Love” by Wong Kar-wai. And in that previous story of mine, I was talking about how I…

You don’t have to like Johann Sebastian Bach but you must acknowledge his genius. The same can be said of Ingmar Bergman. He is dolorous, dark and unyielding in his tales of human suffering. But is perhaps the greatest filmmaker ever. …

Ingmar Bergman’s quote on film. —

Persona is arguably one of Ingmar Bergman’s most carefully designed and enigmatic films. …

Talking about Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957) first necessitates I discuss the difference in “film” and “movie” as I apply the terms. When I say “film” I am expressing my own opinion that the movie/film represents an artistic endeavor. In contrast, a “movie” as I use the term represents…

Alive and always unwell searching for inspiration… To fund a life through stanzas only, in the twenty-first century, you’d be appallingly ashamed at your spectacle - Many have dined on your pain and agony The myth of legend is on it’s fifteenth reprint! Often times your story is no longer…