Through a glass darkly [videorecording] / AB Svensk Filmindustri ; a film by Ingmar Bergman.
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FilmPublisher number: 209 | Criterion collectionTHR070 | Criterion collectionLanguage: sweeng Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 209.Publication details: [Irving, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780027027
- 9780780027022
- Såsom i en spegel
- Photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Ulla Ryghe ; music, E. Blöndal Bengtsson.
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, 1962.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ingmar Bergman won his second Best Foreign Film Oscar for the moody family drama Through a Glass Darkly. It is the first of what came to be called his "chamber dramas," which positioned four characters in one place where they could interact like a string quartet. It has also been referred to as the first of his trilogy of faith, followed by Winter Light and The Silence, dealing with issues of God and love. Shot in black-and-white and running only 90 minutes long, the film opens with a quote from the book of Corinthians. Suffering from severe mental illness, Karin (Harriet Andersson) has just been released from a psychiatric hospital. She vacations for a summer on an island with her family to help speed up her recovery, but they can't offer the support that she needs. Her father, David (Gunnar Björnstrand), is a clinical and detached writer; her husband, Martin (Max Von Sydow), is a doctor unable to assist her illness; and her brother, Minus (Lars Passgård), is sexually coming of age and dealing with his own emotional problems. Karin's condition worsens and she thinks a spider is God. It has been argued that the script for Through a Glass Darkly was influenced by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, The Yellow Wallpaper. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Special features: new high-definition transfer, with restored image and sound; exploring the film: video discussion with Ingmar Bergman biographer Peter Cowie; new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; original U.S. theatrical trailer; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.
Photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Ulla Ryghe ; music, E. Blöndal Bengtsson.
Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max Von Sydow, Lars Passgård.
"While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness."--Container.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital mono.
In Swedish with English dubbed track and optional English subtitles.
Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, 1962.