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Andrei - Cristian
16Feb13
An intricate experiment with form and narrative, up to the point in which it resembles a meta-film. One of my favourite of his. The ending alone is enough to justify the film's unquestionable grandeur.
DT
25Jan13
Bergman’s leap to colour gives En passion a unique feel; his quartet as the fractured individuals whose connivings collide, in claustrophobic bourgeois social drama. Meanwhile, the spirit of Persona lives on, its blurring of narrative boundaries: interviews with actors discussing their characters, in lieu of inner monologue; omniscient narration from Bergman himself as author; testing of new colours, shadows, lighting, edits. Bare-naked as psychologia; more intriguing as deconstruction of the filmography, in varied experiment.
lukasbicho
21Sep12
Bergman en estado puro: desde el comienzo ya sabemos que este personaje es un ser torturado, y la aparición de las dos mujeres añade más depresión a su alma. Eso, y las mentiras que no pueden distinguirse de la verdad. Nunca sabremos nada, aislados. Excelentes interpretaciones, fotografía, todo...
Trolley Freak
27Jul12
The protagonists of Bergman's masterly drama are all damaged souls and their pain and miseries are deeply felt and eloquently expressed by a director who had also centred his previous films Hour Of The Wolf and Shame on isolated social groups. The coldness of a bleak winter on a Swedish island is reflected in Nykvist's muted colour photography, appropriate for a film of such icy intensity. Never less than riveting...
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katheerine
23Jul12
loneliness and suffering are so intense that he can turn it to something poetic and beautiful. the final shot was epic, i think i will never forget that part. he's a genius.
Monsieur Arkadin
5Mar12
I think this is one Bergman's most powerful and most underrated films. The final shot is pure cinema, and I think one of the most potent images I've ever seen.
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ramosbarajas
1Feb12
The self-referential, metaphysical, and modernist aspects of this film show that Bergman was still experimenting even when he had ensured his place on cinematic history. The experimentation- seeing the actors talk about the characters WITHIN the film- is one of the most intriguing moments of his oeuvre. However, these may turn off viewers, who may prefer the religious or existentialist issues of his earlier films.
Lorna Singh
29Dec11
Not my favorite by Bergman,at times frustrating to watch.If there is a film that should not have 'Passion' in the title,this is it.
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HEDONIST
3Mar10
Postmodernist deconstructivism a la personality disintegration... more self-reflective cinema in a strikingly metacinematic period of Bergman's cannon.
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