Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman
Swedish
Criterion 11

An knight, exhausted and on his return from the Crusades, encounters death and challenges him to a game of chess.

James - A good film, with bits of comedy and art weaving through the dark story. I will definitely need to see this again to fully understand all of the minutiae. But I think I'll enjoy that. B+

Britney - I watched this film reluctantly, and finished it... reluctantly. There was never a point where I was compelled or inspired, though I found the Swedish language beautiful. A tale of religious questioning, the plague, and hovering, imminent death does not interest me, but it was thought provoking and had strong dialogue. D+

Criterion Collection: The Seventh Seal