#the seventh seal

[weepingwidar]

Samantha Joy Groff (American, 1993) - The Seventh Seal: Silence (2024)

[fashionablyfyrdraaca]

Max von Sydow as Antonius Block in The Seventh Seal (1957)

[mattydemise]

The Seventh Seal, 1957.

[forthegothicheroine]

My friend sent this to me.

[lareginajoiosa]

“I see them, Mia! I see them! Over there against the dark, stormy sky. They are all there. The smith and Lisa and the knight and Raval and Jns and Skat. And Death, the severe master, invites them to dance. He tells them to hold each other's hands and then they must tread the dance in a long row. And first goes the master with his scythe and hourglass, but Skat dangles at the end with his lyre. They dance away from the dawn and it's a solemn dance towards the dark lands, while the rain washes their faces and cleans the salt of the tears from their cheeks”. (c) The seventh seal

Macabre - or Dance of Death - an allegory of the frailty of human existence.

In this case I wanted to contrast personified Death with people whose music can rightfully be called the hymn of Life; even if there were disagreements between them, now, when death drags their bodies to the grave, they are equal to each other. But at the same time they are strong and immortal like Life itself

~Based on a copy of frescoes from the Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris~

[lascitasdelashoras]

Ingmar Bergman - 'The Seventh Seal' (1957)

[bwallure]

THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman

[cosmonautroger]

The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, 1957

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[Note: This poll is a re-do of an older poll, as the original poll received less than 2,000 votes.]

[shittymoviedetails]

I can finally watch this old boring black and white movie without getting too bored

[cherriielle]

“who are you?” ♖ ♞

[partial-prints]

So I’ve been messing around “photoshopping” stuff. And by that I mean making stuff with ibis Paint like a Neanderthal’s version of photoshop.

Anyway, enjoy this random stuff I made that I thought was funny!

Which one do you like best?

Oh, and watch the lost boys and bill & ted if you haven’t already!

[gorgonopsis]

The thirty-year-old General plays chess with Death

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Must it be so cruelly inconceivable to know God through one’s senses? Why must he hide in a fog of half-spoken promises and unseen miracles?

THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) — dir. Ingmar Bergman

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 3rd Tilt

Antonius Block, The Seventh Seal {Det sjunde inseglet} (1957) VS. Arman, I Am Dragon {On — Drakón} (2015)

Propaganda:

Antonius Block, The Seventh Seal {Det sjunde inseglet} (1957) Portrayed by: Max von Sydow

“What is hotter than an existential crisis on a man who will sacrifice his life to save that of others and who is willing to fight both God AND the personification of Death? What is hotter than that same man's raw emotional honesty? What is hotter than his absolutely devastating jawline? He looks like he is carved from stone (complimentary, lustful)”

Arman, I Am Dragon {On — Drakón} (2015) Portrayed by: Matvey Lykov

“He's not only handsome and sweet, he can turn into a dragon. What more do you want?”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Antonius Block:

“He has a distinctive face that I wish we could see more of. And his portrayal of inner turmoil is *chef's kiss*”

For Arman:

[watchmorecinema]

Something I think is a bit of an issue is the myth that the "great" films from the past are all boring, unrelatable and incomprehensible. That some black and white foreign film from Sweden can only be a really slow, dour experience. I'll admit that I was guilty of that thought at one point too.

The reality is that lots of these great films are actually broadly enjoyable. The reason they're considered great isn't because of elitism, some snobby ideal that they're hard to watch and therefore better, but because they're just extremely well made and stylized films. The black and white Swedish film? That describes a number of Ingmar Bergman films like The Seventh Seal. And The Seventh Seal is hilarious, even now. I honestly thought it was going to just be really serious and depressing but it's a life riot (when not being serious and depressing). There's a scene where a man is trading insults with his wife's lover, but he's not very smart so another man is whispering insults to him to use. It's about a knight that plays chess with death for a chance at living, but death is a cheating bastard that delivers one liners before he kills someone.

I know that a lot of people really only watch whatever is popular and recent, and that's fine, but I don't want people to miss out on truly great films because they think they'd be hard to watch. I did a showing of a silent film at work (One Week by Buster Keaton) and everyone was enthralled by the stunt work on display. It's over 100 years old and it still holds up because there's no expiration date on quality.

If you are looking to engage with older films though, skip Tarkovsky for now. Stalker and Solaris are two incredible films (Stalker is probably top ten for me), but those are absolutely the cliche of some slow, hard to follow "true art is incomprehensible" film. Terrence Malick as well. Excellent filmmaker, but watching The Tree of Life is work. Kurosawa and Hitchcock are some of my favorite directors and every movie they make is straightforward and thrilling. High and Low is the most incredible police procedural I've seen in my life, and Psycho is still a tense, thrilling experience.

To be clear there is absolutely nothing wrong with liking the most popular stuff. I used to watch every marvel movie that came out, and I still think Wandavision is excellent. I have fond memories of going to watch Captain America with friends. I loved the Barbie movie and that's in the top 15 highest grossing films of all time. I just think that there's a lot of great films to explore if you're willing to try.