Sarraband

Ingmar Bergman's movies are never uppers, but this his latest and "last" (fanny and alexander was also going to be his last twenty years ago)movie is fucking amazing. First off it's a sequel to Scenes from a marriage and again stars Liv Ulmann and Joseph Erland.

These people are in their late sixties and 80's. They give a-fucking-mazing performances. Marianne hasn't seen johann in twenty years and shows up one day and they start right back in where they began. It's fucking amazingly depressing and thought provoking it took me weeks to get in the right mood to watch it. Just like scenes from a marrige only that was 6 hours long.

It's hard to recommend a movie like this. It's a difficult movie. It's 90% dialog with 4 different people in three different settings.

One of the best parts of this dvd is the making of, which is absofuckinglutely amazing. It's fantastic to see bergman at work. The man is 84 years old and he knows exactly what he wants from everyone on crew. No one dares even give him a dirty look or any kind of 'tude whatsoever when he gives these people direction. Or to take a zipper off of some clothing, or he wants the same shirt a different shade of burgendy. He doesn't do it like a hollywood asshole either. There is no malice in his tone, no voice raised, no implied threat, he simply says change it, or do it this way, everyone knows that what he wants is for the best. That he has a bigger vision and that he absolutely knows what he's doing.

Oh have you seen virgin spring? Seventh seal? Wild strawberries? Fanny and Alexander? Scenes from a Marriage?

For fucks sake he knows what he's doing and this movie stands as a testament to that.

An incredible swan song for an incredible career.

4.5 out 5 tacosauce packets

ps i doubt ill ever see this movie again. i'm just saying...