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RE: Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona."

In Reply to: Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona." posted by tinear on May 11, 2011 at 14:53:05:

""Persona?" Two very beautiful women upon whom to gaze for an hour and a half as one of them shares her most private secrets."

One of the biggest pleasure of 'Persona' has always been psychological voyerism.

"There are more than a few remarkably splendorous natural scenes (a pristine island) and a creative prologue with several of the most disturbing newsreel videos of the time; the ugliness of the outside world juxtaposed with the deep alienation and withdrawal of the character almost reads as a justification, as a logical explanation."

One reason 'Persona' works so well is because it's B&W. Objectively I don't think it would have worked as good if it had been color.

I mean, can you imagine, 'Persona' in vibrant technicolor?

"If you're not crazed by all this, Bergman may be saying, you're already crazy."

The first time I saw 'Persona', I took to it like a duck on the water.

""Persona" has no plot, no momentum:"

I agree it has no plot in conventional sense, but I do believe it has momentum, in visual poetric sense.

" it is more a poem, a bizarre one, than a drama. I preferred the earlier film, but I can't say I looked away for a moment during "Persona:" Bibi and Liv are far too beautiful. "

For me, 'Persona' is the most compulsively watchable film I have ever seen.

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Topic - Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona." - tinear 14:53:05 05/11/11 (7)

RE: Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona." - Rod H. 21:20:39 05/12/11 (0)

RE: Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona." - RedGrant 07:50:59 05/12/11 (5)

Would you have preferred either actress to have an Oscar? nt - tinear 09:20:52 05/12/11 (4)

RE: Would you have preferred either actress to have an Oscar? nt - RedGrant 09:53:54 05/12/11 (3)

I thought Jodie deserved hers far more than quite a few before and after! nt - tinear 17:52:15 05/12/11 (2)

RE: I thought Jodie deserved hers far more than quite a few before and after! nt - RedGrant 07:56:32 05/13/11 (1)

I remember Elizabeth in "Ragtime." Oooooh la la! nt - tinear 13:05:45 05/13/11 (0)

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RE: Early Bergman vs middle: "To Joy;" "Persona." - RedGrant 07:50:59 05/12/11 (5)

Would you have preferred either actress to have an Oscar? nt - tinear 09:20:52 05/12/11 (4)

RE: Would you have preferred either actress to have an Oscar? nt - RedGrant 09:53:54 05/12/11 (3)

I thought Jodie deserved hers far more than quite a few before and after! nt - tinear 17:52:15 05/12/11 (2)

RE: I thought Jodie deserved hers far more than quite a few before and after! nt - RedGrant 07:56:32 05/13/11 (1)

I remember Elizabeth in "Ragtime." Oooooh la la! nt - tinear 13:05:45 05/13/11 (0)

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