#bf2014

Those Bergman Faces of Death answers:

The Bergman Faces of Death Competition is over.

There were only two entries which surprised me (and disappointed me a bit to be honest) considering there seemed to be some interest in the form of likes and reblogs.

Just three hours left to get your answers to my ask box for a chance to win the Artificial Eye Classic Bergman DVD box set in the Bergman's Faces of Death Competition.

For the rules click here: RULES

For information on the prize click here: PRIZE

I really love Fanny and Alexander too and will often say it’s my favorite if pressed. I love it because it encapsulates so many of his themes from his film career while also having these strong autobiographical tinges. I also like the way it features so many of the people he had worked with (when making it he thought it would be his last film). I sometimes think it’s a shame Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow weren’t in it, but then it wouldn’t be the same without Ewa Fröling and Jan Malmsjö!

But anyway, I sometimes think Fanny and Alexander is a bit of an “easy” answer because I really struggle to pick favorites!

I really love The Face / The Magician, which I don’t think is considered a “great” Bergman by a lot of people, but it’s so full of humor and horror. I was thinking after watching it recently how if I had to choose between that film and Persona to only be able to see either one or the other from now on I’d choose The Face. I love Persona and I think it’s a great achievement and a more “important” film than The Face, but I still think I’d choose that way.