Post by Eva Yojimbo on May 19, 2020 0:05:45 GMT
Ingmar Bergman's my second favorite filmmaker behind only Hitchcock and I've seen almost all of his films. I can't quite remember when I saw his Faith Trilogy, probably ~10 years ago like yourself. At the time, I remember thinking they seemed like preludes to the, IMO, better "chamber" films that came after like Persona and Cries & Whispers, but they've stuck in my mind a lot over time. The Silence is an especially powerful film, almost reminiscent of The Shining in the way it makes use of its setting, but its horrors are far more human than supernatural. Winter Light has also stuck with me as perhaps Bergman's film that most vividly recalls the spiritual austerity of Dreyer of Bresson, perhaps most reminiscent of Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest. Through a Glass Darkly is, IMO, the least of these films, perhaps only because it's the most conventional. It's still an extremely moody pyschological drama, but I don't feel like it goes as much for the metaphysical aspects as the latter two. Still, they're all powerful in their own way, and even though I still prefer Persona and C&W, these are still absolutely worth seeing by cinephiles and anyone who's interested in the depiction of faith and religion on film.