A Tribute To Ingmar Bergman - 2 October 23, 2007

DOUBLE FEATURE

Tu 3:25p, 7p: Persona
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand; 1966, 83 mins
With some of the most iconic imagery ever committed to film, this is Bergman at his most brilliant. Ullman is an actress who has stopped speaking and withdrawn completely, now under the care of caretaker Andersson. As the women battle for control and sanity, the question becomes not which of them is patient and which is caregiver, but are they two separate women at all?

1:40p, 5:10p, 8:45: Hour of the Wolf
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson; 1968, 90 mins
The delicate, dangerous line between genius and insanity is brilliantly plumbed in this haunting film. Tormented by demons past and present, artist Von Sydow fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess. His wife Ullmann, desperate to help him, finds herself starting to share his hallucinations. “A dazzling flow of surrealism, expressionism and full-blooded Gothic horror.”—The Observer

Official Website: http://www.castrotheatre.com/p-list.html