Cries and Whispers

Pros: Bergman's Script/Direction, Nykvist's Cinematography, Look, Editing, Sound, Music, & Cast.
Cons: None, Though Very Disturbing.

After an acclaimed period in the 1960s, Ingmar Bergman was clearly still making films as well as his first English-language film called The Touch in 1971. That same year, Bergman won a lifetime Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival though ...

Pros: Marvelous cinematography including creative use of color, three great performances, profound subject matter
Cons: Morbid and brooding – definitely not “entertaining”

Ingmar Bergman’s 1971 film Cries and Whispers is really no fun to watch at all. Its subject matter is morbid and awash in hate and agony. This is not a film than can be called entertaining in any sense. That being said, Cries and ...

Pros: A Masterpiece !
Cons: Disturbing at times

The coldness of death may be quite minimal to the coldness we show in our relationships. Death may be a welcome respite from this coldness or death may be a gate to supreme coldness of no relations. How does we look at death and how does we look at life ...

Pros: Characters, subject matter, unique and bizarre sequences.
Cons: Slow, may confuse or disturb some.

A long time ago, during my first year of university, I attempted to give out the impression that I actually knew something. The class was English 101, not really a heavy-duty course; everybody had to take it, as it was essentially concerning the...

Pros: Strong direction and acting
Cons: Non-linear storytelling, disturbing subject matter

I've only seen a handful of films by Ingmar Bergman--"The Best Intentions", "Autumn Sonata", bits of "Fanny and Alexander" glimpsed furtively as a child when my parents thought I was in bed asleep. However, "Cries and...

Pros: Direction and acting
Cons: None

"Cries and Whispers" is certainly a very powerful and evocative film. At the time this movie came out, there was a huge uproar from the "feminist" crowd. To elicit so much text and discussion to this day, can only attest to Bergman's greatness.
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