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What Bergman film should I watch next?


So far I've seen four Bergman films (Here's how I'd rank them: 1. Seventh Seal- 9/10 2. Persona- 9/10 4. Wild Strawberries- 9/10 4. Autumn Sonata- 8/10) and I think they're all great. Autumn Sonata is the weakest one I've seen thus far but that one was still outstanding. The Seventh Seal cracks my All-Time Top 10, and Persona and Wild Strawberries are both in like my Top 30, or even 20.

Anyways, I really want to watch another one of his films, but I don't know where to go from here. I would watch Fanny and Alexander or Scenes From a Marriage, but those are a bit too long and I don't have the time right now. I've tried Cries and Whispers multiple times now, but I really could never get into it, though I've only watched about 30 minutes each time. It wasn't bad, I just felt like I would rather watch something else.

Here's the ones I'm open to:

Winter Light
Shame
The Virgin Spring
The Silence
Through a Glass Darkly

I would watch Hour of the Wolf but I can't seem to find it anywhere. All of those that I listed are on Youtube, so, if you can, please get back to me on this!

P.S. I have posted this on the Bergman board, as well.

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The Silence is a bit strange at times, but it's very good

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All of those are good choices. I would also recommend The Magician, & Sawdust & Tinsel as well.

Fanny & Alexander is a must watch, but perhaps you could watch the TV version with one episode per night or something?

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Watch "Vigin spring" (Jungfrukällan) is my second favorite Bergman movie

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I also recomend "the emigrants" and "the new land" by swedish director Jan Troell, they star Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullman :)

Fantastic movies and i think i read somewere that ingmar bergman was a big fan of them aswell :)

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