Peter
10Mar12
nah, show 'em Attenberg...
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Riley Jessett
13May12
The first dialogues at the cottage between Alma and Vogler alone make the film great. However, much of the rest of the film is full of the typical ambivalence of Bergman's characters that I can never sympathize with and grow tired of, not to mention the uncharacteristic lapses into surrealism that further isolate the viewer.
Scottie Ferguson
13Apr12
I enjoyed this much more the second time around. I'm still hesitant to call it a masterpiece, but still a very good film nonetheless.
Phil Worfel
18Feb12
Love it because it's brilliant craft. Hate it because it has inspired the worst in student filmmaking.
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Hugo Resendiz Saldivar
2Jan12
Una genialidad visual, un filme muy crudo, pero no por su contenido dramático, mas bien es la imagen fuerte y desesperanzada. Mucho simbolismo y metáforas como acostumbra con escenas muy perturbadoras. Muestra el episodio en la vida de una actriz que se acerca mucho a su enfermera y comparten empíricamente lo que ha molestado a esta actriz para llevarla al punto que ha decidido no hablar.
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Aaron Garrett
17May12
To discuss personal identity? How were you thinking of using it? I teach philosophy of film but I've never used it.
Howard Orr
18Dec11
I sometimes imagine I wake up one day in a world created by Bergman: brutal, frightening and avowedly confrontational, but also honest and vital.
Film Coach
16Dec11
Persona. Gripping. Who has not at one time or another attempted to console the inner soul with self talk and companionship? Some of life's most painful experiences threaten to divide even the most cohesive bond - the personality. Perhaps the unbreakable breaks and offers a way to consider the horrific past and discover healing before self hatred discards everything.
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Bardesanes
7Dec11
For the longest time I did not like Bergman. Persona, however, was brilliant and makes me want to go back and watch his films again.
Matthew Landry
5Dec11
"Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, ....., that is the meaning of cinema" -Andrei Tarkovsky. Fading out into the walls and fading in through the halls, limited by their past, their desires, and themselves-- Elisabet and Alma become both one and no one.
MrDickPump
12Nov11
No era capaz de dimensionar la complejidad de los personajes y el gusto que deleitaban en cada escena lo convertían en algo tan palpable tan honesto, que era imposible perder la conexión con la pantalla... Una entretejida amistad digna de cualquier critica cinematográfica.
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ILoveCourtneyHate
6Sep11
easily the best Bergman I have seen so far, second being Cries and Whispers.
Alfredo Domador
8Aug11
There is something horrific stirring beneath the film's narrative/visuals. And it's amazing.
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Qiydaar Foster
7Aug11
I feel like I'm gonna have to watch this about 6 more times to fully absorb it. What the hell did I just watch? Amazing cinematography and perfect performances!
ramosbarajas
1Aug11
Having watched most of Bergman's early films from Port of Call to The Virgin Spring, I was surprises by the sudden change from those films to this one. I suppose that his trilogy of Through a Glass, Winter Light, and The Silence are vital to seeing the Bergman's development, especially after he begins working with Sven Nykvist in the Virgin Spring. Persona is interesting, and of course, amazing cinematography.
Tara Violet
21Jul11
strange and wonderful. my first bergman film. I was stunned to the point that when it ended I just stared at the dark screen with my mouth agape frozen and perplexed the strange figure in the bed who glimpses a face-so odd. nightmarish delight, a drug trip through the human psyche. the dichotomy between the two women is fascinating
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Ace Craven
18Jul11
The editing is superb. A bit Godard like in style but cold. Due to the tense of the dialogue, i feel a distance from the characters that never quite rubs off. Directed on the point of a needle: poignant and focused. Great portraiture like images and sequential sound mixing with almost no ambience. Absurdly frustrating at points. The beginning feels a bit like a lesbian romance novel. Dirty yet sexy as hell.
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