A Tribute To Ingmar Bergman October 17, 2007

OCTOBER 17 DOUBLE FEATURE
W 3:15p, 7p: The Seventh Seal
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson; 1957, 96 mins
After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess. More than forty years after its initial release, Bergman’s stunning allegory of man’s apocalyptic search for meaning remains a textbook on the art of filmmaking.

1:30p, 5:10p, 8:55p: Wild Strawberries
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand; 1957, 91 mins
The film that catapulted Bergman to the forefront of world cinema is the director’s richest, most humane movie. Traveling to receive an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg (masterfully played by the veteran Swedish director Victor Sjöström) is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and accept the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, WILD STRAWBERRIES captures a startling voyage of self-discovery and renewed belief in mankind.

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