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"𝘈 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴." In attempt, Bergman tries to break woman, but Liv Ulman puts up a performance that is unbreakable. I’ve watched her as muse through his films, but here and perhaps Scenes of a Marriage does she create such notions towards real feelings, real lived feelings that goes beyond story, script, and the senses. This is less a film, and more of a confession on Bergman's part. He is his own therapist, struggling with the terrors that have haunted him so. It's a perfect film that delves into the breakage of the human psyche. Here are some of my favorite moments: 🥮“𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺..” 🥮“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.” 🥮"𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥… 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸." 🥮"𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘐𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳." 🥮“𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺?” 🥮“𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬. 𝘈 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢.” 🥮"𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. … 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸. 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘶𝘮." 🥮"𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵." 🥮🥮🥮 If you enjoyed this write-up, please consider purchasing my novella here (https://nathansnook.bigcartel.com/). Or find other thoughts on books and films here (https://www.youtube.com/@nathansnook/videos).