#through a glass darkly 1961

[nigesakis]

Through A Glass Darkly (1961), dir. Ingmar Bergman

[emiliosandozsequence]

through a glass darkly (1961) dir. ingmar bergman / the sparrow, mary doria russell

[bikinibar]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

[everythingilearned]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

[spellboundcinema]

[toiich]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961), dir. Ingmar Bergman

[normalbrothershow]

karin, through a glass darkly (1961) + sam, houses of the holy [p2/?]

[aliusfrater]

i saw god. that would make so much sense, if it was god doing the talking.

through a glass darkly (1961) + supernatural (2005 - 2020)

[wetgeliscasualinterval]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961) by Ingmar Bergman

[gacougnol]

Through a Glass Darkly, Ingmar Bergman 1961

[nigesakis]

through a glass darkly (1961) dir. ingmar bergman

[romanceyourdemons]

through a glass darkly (1961) is, like every ingmar bergman film i have seen, a beautiful and masterful meditation on divinity and identity. the element of the film that is the most fascinating to me is the camera and narrative’s insistence on keeping the film as small and realist as possible in direct contrast with its characters’ desires. most of its small cast of characters are Romanticists at heart, yearning for the sublime and the true spirit of art. as expressed in the fanciful play-within-a-play near the beginning, the choice to sacrifice one’s life for apotheosis with true art is a no-brainer, not even worth questioning, only tripped up by the unfortunate intrusion of reality. and the unfortunate intrusion of reality is the heart of the film. with tight, character-centered framings and cinematography that absolutely refuses to admire the landscape and the grandeur of nature, the film keeps the audience firmly tethered to the characters’ actions rather than to their experiences. its central figure, karin, is nominally the closest to the sublimity of true, invisible art as she drifts further from reality—making her theoretically the embodiment of the muse most worth sacrificing everything for—but the film refuses to admit her schizophrenic delusions to the realm of perceptible reality, prompting the audience to see her not as a supernatural muse but as an ordinary, struggling woman who is sacrificed for the sake of her family’s art. these tensions are carefully balanced in the script and vividly illustrated in the acting, to great effect. as of this point, through a glass darkly (1961) may well be my favorite bergman film yet, and i would highly recommend it

[mattydemise]

Through A Glass Darkly, 1961.

[fatecolossal]

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (1961, Ingmar Bergman) x THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS... (1871, John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll). While Bergman's title is very close to Carroll's, it has an independent, Biblical origin—and yet the similarity of these sequences is striking, suggesting clear influence...

PERSONA (1966, Bergman) x THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, & WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE (1871, Tenniel's original illustration for Carroll of Alice facing her reverse image & moving thru the mirror). This iconic image from PERSONA likewise seems to be clearly influenced by Carroll & Tenniel's ALICE works...

It seems fitting Carroll should inspire Bergman; both shared an interest in what lies beneath individual & social veneers, exploring it w/ elliptical, fantastical art. In the case of PERSONA, the exploration includes ALICE-esque touches of mirrors, mushrooms, madness, tea, & more...

Carroll's works have cast a long cultural shadow, & it's common to see their influence in classic films—including, seemingly, in works by Hitchcock, Rivette, Polanski, & more. Below, echoes in Kubrick's THE SHINING (whose source book by King expressly references ALICE, fwiw).

Given that TWIN PEAKS begins with rabbit references & ends with an enigmatic Alice, it's natural to impute to it an influence by Carroll's works. (But a further exploration of that topic will have to wait for another day.)

[toiich]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961), dir. Ingmar Bergman

[monstraduplicia]

favorite first watches of july '24!!

normal people (2020)

nitram (2021)

the lover (1992)

splendor in the grass (1961)

straight on till morning (1972)

seance on a wet afternoon (1964)

silenced (2011)

the sixth sense (1999)

cabaret (1972)

honorable mentions: down in the valley (2005) and through a glass darkly (1961)