Persona

1966, Movie, NR, 81 mins

Persona
This is Ingmar Bergman's chaste exploration of psychosis. It's not a horror story but a poem, and remarkable for that. This is one of the director's masterworks. Opening with a sequence that includes a bare bulb projecting onto a screen, the countdown leader of the first reel, and short film clips from slapstick comedies and cartoons, Bergman reminds us that we are in the act of watching a film. Gradually, however, the story gets underway. Ullmann plays an actress who mysteriously stops speaking after a performance of "Electra" and is sent by a psychiatrist to a seaside cottage where she is looked after by nurse Andersson. Using light and shadow masterfully, Bergma...
Released: 1966 Rated: NR Length: 81 mins
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Persona: 6/13/2007
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