"You have sunk my battleship!"
Posted on 07/10/2015 8:09:25 PM PDT by DemforBush
A weary and jaded knight (Max Von Sydow) returns home from the Crusades to his native Sweden, only to find both the plague, and Death himself, waiting for him. Gripped by a deep crisis of faith, he will figuratively and literally play games with Death long enough to find some concrete proof of God's existence.
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Seventh Seal, however, is a favorite of mine. There's something about the internal struggle Sydow's Block goes through that just resonates. I suppose a film studies prof would say that makes the movie "accessible", but I'll just say I think this is an excellent, if bleak, movie. 8.25/10.
Bkmrk.
I agree with you both about Bergman in general, and about “The Seventh Seal.” I love “The Seventh Seal,” but the only other Bergman movie I love is a much less well-known film called “The Magician.”
Max Von Sydow was made for that sort of role. One might say, he was prepped from childhood. Max’s father Wilhelm was an ethnologist and professor of Scandinavian Folklore. His mother, Baroness Maria Margareta (Greta) was a school teacher. He’s still alive at 86, and somewhat active. I didn’t realize Max was in Minority Report from 2003. On April 29, 2014, von Sydow was cast in the Star Wars Episode VII (The Force Awakens).
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"You have sunk my battleship!"
William Sadler - one of my favorite characters of all time!
I remember seeing a short Bergman film parody about thirty years ago. I believe Madeline Kahn acted in it. Hilarious. Parodied all the pretentious symbolism of Bergman flicks.
Hehehe...I had neve seen “The Seventh Seal”, but I had seen “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey” and I thought the portrayal of Death was pretty funny.
Then, about six months ago, some Freeper suggested “The Seventh Seal” to me, which I watch, and nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Death playing chess!
I had no idea they had ripped Death off from Bergman so completely...which made it even funnier to me!
Madeline Kahn was pretty funny in those days!
A fine film, but with the revolting way things have been going, seeing my country circling the drain, I’ve been more apt to seek solace in films exuding touches of old-fashioned americana. Today, I watched two old favorites I first saw on the late-show decades ago:
“Trail of the Lonesome Pine” (1936), with Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda. The first three-strip Technicolor feature shot outdoors. And,
“Bend of the River” (1952), the classic Anthony Mann western starring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy and Julia Adams. Fine action and scenery.
Both of those sound quite good. I’m a MacMurray fan, so I’ll definitely check that one out.
It was called The Dove. I don’t believe it’s ever DVD released so I’m not sure if it could even be found on YouTube. Certainly not with my search skills.
Yes, I just found it on YouTube. Just go to YT, and enter The Dove/madeline kahn in the search engine, and it should pop up.....might be under the title of “De Duva.” Thanks for the info.
It became much easier when I spelled her name properly. Lol.
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