The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet)
Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand
In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a ...( read more
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June 27, 2009
"The Seventh Seal" is one of those special movies that seems completely familiar to people all across the world, whether they've seen it or not. It's been completely embedded into our collective conscience through decades of praise, imitation, and parody. Released in 1957, this i... ...( read more )
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May 18, 2009
Ingmar Bergman's dark masterpiece effortlessly sees off the revisionists and the satirists; it is a radical work of art that reaches back to scripture, to Cervantes and to Shakespeare to create a new dramatic idiom of its own. It was released 50 years ago, but it's as fresh as a ... ...( read more )
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March 12, 2009
Although I can partly see the appeal to this popular film, I have to admit (I know I won?t be popular for this) I found a fair bit of this film quite boring. Having heard this film, so many times talked of with high regard ? I feel I?ve missed something!
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November 5, 2008
probably considered bergmans greatest masterpiece, although that sometimes depends on who you ask, seventh seal is a well directed and thought provoking film. cluttered with spiritual and philosophical concepts, this film is driven not by events or even the characters, rather it... ...( read more )
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October 26, 2008
This movie is excellent! I thought maybe it wouldn't be so good because it's so hyped and over-praised and whatnot, but I really liked it! I thought that it was a chilling portrait of Medieval mentality (an oft-discussed subject in the Bergman universe); the terror the population... ...( read more )
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June 28, 2009
I don't know why I haven't seen this earlier. The way that I knew it before was through Last Action Hero (which is pathetic). It really is one of the best films ever made and it deals with a subject that I think about all the time (death....I know, that's depressing). Max Von Syd... ...( read more )
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