Criterion Collection: Scenes From a Marriage [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Liv Ullmann
  • Actor : Erland Josephson
  • Actor : Bibi Andersson
  • Actor : Jan Malmsjö
  • Actor : Gunnel Lindblom
  • Aspect Ratio : 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Liv Ullmann
  • Creator : Erland Josephson
  • Director : Ingmar Bergman
  • EAN : 9780780028029
  • Format : Box set
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : Special Edition
  • Format : Subtitled
  • Format : NTSC
  • Is Adult Product? : No
  • ISBN : 0780028023
  • Label : Criterion
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Original Language: Swedish
  • Manufacturer : Criterion
  • MPN : PMIDSCE030D
  • Number Of Discs : 3
  • Number Of Items : 3
  • Package Dimensions : 1.10 inches (Height) x 7.40 inches (Length) x 0.55 pounds (Weight) x 5.40 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : PMIDSCE030D
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : Criterion
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2004-03-16
  • Running Time : 455
  • SKU : DS823
  • Studio : Criterion
  • UPC : 037429187623

Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage opens with a couple--Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johann (Erland Josephson)--being interviewed for a magazine. Every moment seems to teeter on the brink of some rupture; just as they start to get comfortable, the interviewer has them freeze for a photograph. After making some bland, general statements, they both start admitting intimate details, confessing that they were brought together by mutual misery, then cheerfully claiming that theirs is a model marriage. The entirety of Scenes from a Marriage--which chronicles their emotional relationship even after a divorce and marriages to other people--continues to have these contradictions, moments of honesty and self-deception, of cruelty and kindness, concern and self-obsession, all laid bare by the skilful actors and the subtle, constantly shifting screenplay. Every scene is a small movie unto itself; in fact, Scenes from a Marriage was originally a six-episode TV show, carefully edited down into a unified film. This is one of Bergman's most immediate and accessible works, concerned more with the facts of human behaviour than symbolism or abstract themes. Bergman understands how to balance what could be horrible pain and despair with the characters' earnest efforts to improve their lives. His imitators reduce everything to sheer suffering and alienation; Bergman sees the best in his characters, even when their actions are terrible. This 1973 film won numerous awards, including several acting honours for Ullmann. --Bret Fetzer

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