tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post7391330573378802671..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Spring is ComingSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83936944931927823622017-12-17T12:43:01.304-06:002017-12-17T12:43:01.304-06:00I think the answer is one that Bergman couldn'...I think the answer is one that Bergman couldn't have expressed fully at the time and of which I wasn't fully aware at the time I wrote this. I'd recommend looking into J.L. Schellenberg's argument from divine hiddenness. <br /><br />The reason I say Bergman couldn't have fully expressed it, at least formally, is that the argument didn't exist formally until 1994.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41083442242958351442017-12-17T05:41:21.203-06:002017-12-17T05:41:21.203-06:00Interesting review, Steve.
This is a movie that as...Interesting review, Steve.<br />This is a movie that asks some deep questions, yes, but it also seems to be ironizing over them. Tomas cannot see God anywhere, yet his interaction with Jonas and Märta can well be interpreted as the Christian imperative, to love thy neighbor. He is just so obsessed with his doubt that he fails to see the answer. Which makes him look like a fool.<br />Can't say i understood the ending well. Did you get the significanse? TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-35266530395251044502014-12-06T08:56:19.709-06:002014-12-06T08:56:19.709-06:00Most Bergman needs to be watched multiple times. F...Most Bergman needs to be watched multiple times. Fortunately, most Bergman is worth watching multiple times. This is one I need to sit down with again because it's a very dense film for its short running time. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-73863170013885098492014-12-04T17:13:50.983-06:002014-12-04T17:13:50.983-06:00I watched Winter Light this morning and I had a li...I watched Winter Light this morning and I had a little trouble concentrating on it. My mind kept wandering and I'd realize that I had missed a few sub-titles. I've been having a Bergman-a-thon because TCM had a lot of Bergman last night and so far I've watched Smiles of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries and this. Maybe it's a bit much. (I'm going to wait a few days before I watch The Silence.)<br /><br />Still, I liked Winter Light, especially Ingrid Thulin. That part where she's narrating her letter to Thomas, I was riveted by that whole scene. And I also thought she was very good in the scene where Thomas is telling her all her faults in the schoolroom scene. OUCH! That's gonna leave a mark!<br /><br />I figure I'll watch it again some years in the future, I'll watch the Faith Trilogy in another Bergman-a-thon and see what I think of them.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55422572943047701422013-03-14T13:25:58.650-05:002013-03-14T13:25:58.650-05:00Right--there's not a lot of shock to his fate....Right--there's not a lot of shock to his fate.<br /><br />I find that Bergman does work for me. I can't just put in a Bergman film, though--I need to sort of psych myself up for them, but when I do, I haven't been disappointed yet.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-50505096962449008812013-03-14T11:07:17.537-05:002013-03-14T11:07:17.537-05:00It didn't take long in this film to know what ...It didn't take long in this film to know what was going to happen to von Sydow's character, so I was thankful that Bergman didn't draw it out. This movie falls into the middle ground of Bergman's films with me, although since Bergman doesn't work for me in a number of cases, that makes this one of the ones I was able to appreciate some.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-69954005383739187242013-03-13T17:56:38.831-05:002013-03-13T17:56:38.831-05:00I've found going through the list that I reall...I've found going through the list that I really seem to like Bergman, but I also seem to need to be in the right mood for him. I appreciate his level of introspection, if not always the mood.<br /><br />@Kim--<i>Smiles of a Summer Night</i> is a lot of fun just because it seems so out of character for him.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82180962493365068942013-03-13T15:47:15.903-05:002013-03-13T15:47:15.903-05:00Bergman is almost always thought-provoking. This ...Bergman is almost always thought-provoking. This is one of his darker films, and you're right: it should not be viewed lightly. While I prefer Smiles of a Summer Night and Wild Strawberries to this, I can appreciate what Bergman was doing here.Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-17362108974904520312013-03-13T15:21:17.002-05:002013-03-13T15:21:17.002-05:00Great, insightful review here. This is one of my f...Great, insightful review here. This is one of my favorite Bergman's and one of my favorite looking films of all time. I love how you broke down the film's notions and complexities about faith, along with its very detailed cinematography. Definitely not one to be viewed lightly. Not in the slightest.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-79776236035919664752013-03-13T09:06:33.278-05:002013-03-13T09:06:33.278-05:00I agree in the sense that spending a day with most...I agree in the sense that spending a day with most of these characters would probably end with both of us sitting in a beige room staring at a wall contemplating our mortality.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-62004032904342133332013-03-13T03:11:25.761-05:002013-03-13T03:11:25.761-05:00I watched and reviewed Bergman's faith trilogy...I watched and reviewed Bergman's faith trilogy last month. I can admire the filmmaking, though for me, I struggle to connect with Bergman's melancholic characters. My fav of the trilogy is The Silence.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.com