Canaletto
28Sep11
A jodido... eso amor al arte.
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Mr. Arkadin
6May12
His repeated and varied use of close-ups make monument-sized portraits out of each woman's face. Their movement through the house seems both choreographed and nightmarish. More-static shots like a partially disrobed Anna comforting the dying Agnes and the contrasting backgrounds framing Karin and Maria during dinner—a visual shorthand for each of their characters—show such a fantastic mastery of compositional space.
Mario Coelho
22Apr12
"To see it is to touch the extremes of human feeling. It is so personal, so penetrating of privacy, we almost want to look away." (Roger Ebert)
ramosbarajas
6Feb12
I have been trying to make up my mind about this one, and it definitely warrants a second watch. I found the style interesting, and I have read before that although this is a drama, it is shot as a horror film. The four actresses are spectacular and I enjoy them all. It's a very complex film, and I still cannot make up my mind about the film. I like it, but maybe not as much as other of Bergman's work.
Jeremy Ashlyn
29Jan12
Unbelievably broad gestures from characters who surround an overwrought death. The death was very believable. The ancillary characters were not. I found it to be a mixed bag. Certainly very modern at times.
Phoebe Pua
30Oct11
Masterpiece. Harriet Andersson's full-lipped sensuality is nowhere to be found, hidden under an excellent performance of decay. Bergman's embracing of color culminates in this explosion of crimson, Sven Nykvist outdoes himself, creating emptiness in such lush interior. And as always, Ingrid Thulin is fantastic.
Freddie Sutton
22Oct11
one of my absolute favorite Bergman films. virtuoso lighting, camera, and art direction. the master at the top of his game. even contemplating harriet andersson and liv ullman in the same room gives me shivers. the good kind.
soiwaswrong
17Oct11
Like any other Bergman films, one screening is not enough.. The more you watch it the more you understand it....
Oswalde Garbo
27Sep11
First time I watched this film, I didn't feel anything, but I knew I had to watch it later... second time, the movie shoked me; the third one, the movie shocked me so hard that I had doubts about my own faith and purpose of life... and after, I couldn't let to watch it. My fanatism to the movie is so, that I tattooed words "Cries and whispers" in my left arm, as a proof of my love and devotion to this masterprice.
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Rahul
22May11
Bergman takes us where no director has gone before or since. Cries and Whispers is an intrusion of privacy so severe and so unrelenting that one cannot but look away at times. A note also for the masterful cinematographer Sven Nykvist, whose camera sees through souls.
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Joshuah
27Apr11
Ingmar Bergman explained the use of the color red his film: "'Cries and Whispers' is an exploration of the soul, and ever since childhood, I have imagined the soul to be a damp membrane in varying shades of red."
AntioneOscar69
17Jan11
One of Bergman's best and most complete films, a stunning film visually, great direction and acting, moving screenplay.
gisela cardenas
30Dec10
Does anybody knows if the script has been published or where to get it? Thank you! gc
Amateur View
29Sep10
All posts about this movie are true...what a kinky way to paint broken family portrait.... Brilliant.
Clayton Godby
20Sep10
A truly unnerving and horrifying film. It leaves the kind of scar you like to look at afterward.
