Reason Writers Around Town

The Cinematheque asks 20 writers, including Reason's Jesse Walker, to pick their favorite Ingmar Bergman films.

Comments

[Max]

Choosing a favorite Bergman film would be like choosing a favorite Indian folk singer. Impossible!

[JasonC]

I don't think it's on DVD, so that probably counts for some of the reason that it is never mentioned, but From the Life of the Marionettes is great later period Bergman.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

I'm with Max on that one...btw-Woody Allen did a great article on Bergman in the NYT recently.

[poco]

Which is here. (Missed that y'day; thanks for the tip.)

[Michael]

I don't understand the mini-hate on for The Seventh Seal. I can see preferring Persona or Wild Strawberries or Fanny and Alexander, but it is a stone-cold classic of world cinema. Everybody is hipper-than-thou these days, I guess. Next up: The White Sheik = Best Fellini film? Steel Wheels = Best Stones album? George W. Bush = Most Underrated President?

[Jesse Walker]

I don't understand the mini-hate on for The Seventh Seal.

What hate? Yeah, one guy claimed not to like it, but it did finish third.