![]() ![]() Of the recent films which impacted me like this and gave me a similar notion is Kim Ki Duk’s Time. It gradually changes the opinion of us and along with Bibi who thinks she’s totally lost it. Just the difference here is it doesn’t happen instantly like a thriller film. It’s like in those Bourne movies where you get up somewhere and don’t know what you do. The idea of being influenced by some other person and to make someone believe that they are not what they are fascinated me. Every time the two images superimpose we forget all the questions that we’ve asked before and start thinking what’s happening at the moment. It increases the transparency of the film. Makes the art form look even more beautiful. There are many instances where cinematography takes art to next level. Oh wait are they?Īppreciating camera works have become order of the day. How long can a person be an active communicator in a relationship? I don’t want to name this relationship in fact I can’t name this queer relationship. Who wouldn’t like such a company?īut the situation changes after sometime. A once famous actress whom she had liked a lot. And why would she? She gets to talk about each and everything to someone who would listen to her no matter what. What would this poor girl do against a person who has self imposed muteness on her? Bibi initially doesn’t think that this is a case for her but once she sets her foot in the case she doesn’t regret. The questions shift as stories shift from one point to another.Įlisabet Vogler, an almost mute woman played by Liv Ullmann is no small job but the real show stealer is the talkative nurse Alma (Bibi Andersson) whose excessive charm makes us pity for her. And throughout the movie you don’t have just one of these questions in mind. Are they both one? Are they alter egos of each other? Are they lesbians? Are they what they really are? Or do they even exist? So many questions linger in our minds. The movie as a whole and the two lead characters. Persona has been widely interpreted in various ways. I’m certainly amazed and in fact it even beats me as to how writers could give so much heart and soul to stories of which they were not part of. I for one take my life as inspiration and draw stories from it. May be that’s why he has included the nurse character and hospital environment in here. Let me see what impact it has on me.īergman wrote this movie while he was recovering from pneumonia. ![]() Now after watching Persona the term mind blowing seems to be an understatement. In fact Autumn Sonata was the first movie which I watched of Bergman and it was mind blowing. The Seventh Seal didn’t have that much impact on me like Autumn Sonata. My favorite Bergman movie before this was Autumn Sonata. Of all the movies that he has directed this film along with Cries and Whispers are the movies he’s most happy about. Persona tells us once again why Ingmar Bergman is a genius. ![]()
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