Dig deep into your heart, and find your... persona... One of the most talked-about films of all time is Ingmar Bergman's psychological masterpiece Persona. Film criticism aficionados salivate whenever this movie comes up because it contains so many layers. So how did it come to be? After seeing the innovations of the 60s from French New Wave filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, as well as Italians like Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman borrowed their radical cinematic language for his own purposes. He questioned social morals, deep feelings, and ushered in a new era of cinema. Let's dig into it together. Check out this video from The Discarded Image and let's talk after the jump. How was Persona a Breakthrough for Ingmar Bergman? Bergman was an existentialist who was consumed with the silence of God and fate. He made weighty movies that were rooted in old-fashioned storytelling. But as he watched movies from around the world, they rubbed off on him. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 7 December, 2020