In Ingmar Bergman’s world, Death is a very nasty Mime.
My review after the jump.
He is accompanied by his Sancho Panza, Jons (Gunnar Bjornstrand) who wryly observes their fate.
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Their party keeps getting bigger and bigger, leading to a greater reward for Death.
But their game must be played to the end.
Woody Allen saw the comic possibilities of the imagery, but it is there to start with.
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But like most great films, there is much to glean from the film.
The new Criterion Collection Blu-ray makes that easy.
There’s also a Peter Cowie commentary done for the original Criterion lasterdisc in 1987.
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The film comes with an introduction by the director (3 min.)
More in depth is the feature length documentary on the director Bergman Island (84 min.
), a long series of interviews with the director recounting his life and career.
Never having seen much of the man in action, I was transfixed.
Peter Cowie gets to add an afterword (10 min.).
Cowie also provides an interview with Max Von Sydow (20 min.)
on the film and Sydow himself.
Woody Allen gets his say (7 min.
), who lauds the man and his gifts (for TCM).
Bergman 101 (35 min.)
