Production Year: 1961 - Drama - Director: Ingmar Bergman - Original Language: Swedish - Classification: 18 years and over more
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THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY won Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for the second year in a row. (It was preceded by THE VIRGIN SPRING, which won...more...in 1960.) The picture represents Bergman's first experiment with what he referred to as the chamber play, featuring only four characters whose configuration resembles that of a string quartet. Karin (Harriet Andersson), a young woman recently released from a mental institution, is on holiday on a secluded island with her father, David (Gunnar Bjornstrand), a writer; her husband, Martin (Max von Sydow); and her younger brother, Minus (Lars Passgard). The presence of her family, who are caught up in their own problems and unable to offer her the love and emotional support she requires, proves detrimental to Karin's mental condition instead of bringing about her recovery. Soon she is undergoing an emotional crisis, culminating in the memorable hallucinogenic episode in which she envisions God as a spider.This was the first film of Bergman's trilogy of faith--which also includes WINTER LIGHT and THE SILENCE--though this is a concept discredited later on by Bergman himself, who ultimately saw few thematic links among the three movies.
Advantages: Wonderful acting, direction and cinematography Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste
...emotional turmoil that inevitably seeps through his earlier films then this is a worthy offering form a great director. 'Through A Glass Darkly' is available on DVD from Amazon.co.uk for £15.99 (+p&p) Thanks for reading and rating this opinion © Mauri 2004 ... Read review
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