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While “The Seventh Seal,” “Wild Strawberries,” and “Cries and Whispers,” are better known, Ingmar Bergman’s “Trilogy,” variously known as the “Faith Trilogy” or the “Chamber Film” trilogy, is for my money Ingmar Bergman’s supreme achievement, approachable only by “Persona” and “Shame” later that decade. Casting a penetrating contemplate on the zeitgeist of the mid-Twentieth century and the concurrent loss of faith in outmoded notions of authority and truth, Bergman created some of the most provocative works world cinema and the twentieth century ever produced.
It may be more fashionable now for film followers to say they rob Bresson, Fassbinder, or von Trier–Bergman was so highly praised in the 1960s that it’s almost chic to deride him these days–but “The Trilogy,” particularly the second and third film in the dwelling, remain unparalleled achievements. “Winter Light” and “The Silence” are breathtakingly dramatic, and, despite what you might have heard, not at all contingent upon an interest in Christian theology.
One of my stop friends is a Muslim-raised atheist from Iran, and when I brought up “Winter Light” to him a month or so ago he said: “My God! That’s one of the most intense films I’ve ever seen! You can’t breath while you’re watching it, it’s so worthy!” He’s just. And despite initial fears that this DVD edition would impartial reissue the previously released censored versions of these films, Criterion has happily gone aid to Sweden and re-mastered the director’s fill, unusual cuts of each for this boxed site.
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If you resolve that you can only be bothered to contain only the twenty best movies ever produced on DVDs, this site should count as one of the twenty. Von Trier, Kubrick, Dryer, Bresson, Kiarostami, Kurosawa, Ozu, Fassbinder, Renoir… None of them ever hit the heights Bergman achieved with “The Trilogy.”
I reflect Bergman’s work from this period (early 60s) to be among his finest, so I pre-ordered this dwelling and have now watched all four (not three) DVDs. And I get that The Silence as presented here restores two of the Gunnel Lindblom-Birger Malmsten scenes, parts of which are absent from the Home Vision Cinema video, in case you were wondering.
For the uninitiated, the trilogy is heavy stuff. If you haven’t seen any Bergman, you might want to originate with the Criterion DVD of Wild Strawberries and go on from there. As for myself, I’m always amazed at the consistency of Bergman’s vision, the depth of the performances here, the beauty of the writing and complete mastery of light and sound. The cinematographic compositions, especially in Through a Glass Darkly and The Silence, are frequently awe-inspiring.
The fourth DVD is entitled Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie. It is a five-part documentary filmed by Vilgot Sjöman for Swedish television and it details the making of Winter Light, from beginning to raze. Roughly 50% is made up of interviews with Bergman where he discusses the themes of the film, the challenges of bringing a completed script to the conceal, his relationship and working methods with his cast and crew, and his reaction to critics (presumably Swedish) upon the film’s premiere. The other 50% of the documentary shows Bergman and crew at work scouting locations, building the sets, selecting costumes for Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar Björnstrand, blocking, rehearsing and shooting an early scene in the film, later editing another scene, mixing the sound, then screening the finished product. It is an invaluable document for Bergman lovers and film students and I’m gratified to have it in my collection.
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But I’m scratching my head over the lack of extras for the three feature films. If Wild Strawberries deserves one commentary, The Silence alone deserves THREE: one for background and important exegesis, another for lighting and composition, and a third for camera movement, editing and sound. Peter Cowie gives us 10-minute overviews of the films, and they are top-notch, but not really satisfying. There are American theatrical trailers and a mish-mash gallery of posters for the films from several countries (not Sweden or the Nordic countries, however) .
And if you’re looking for funny relief, there are English-dubbed soundtracks for the films. No serious Bergman admirer will spend them, but if your Pee-Wee’s Substantial Adventure DVD is not readily at hand, try switching the soundtrack to the dubbed version, especially during some of the ample emotional scenes. It’s almost a sacrilege, but their crudeness and ineptitude will provoke laughter.
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