Wild Strawberries1957
Paired by the Criterion Channel, both directed by Ingmar Bergman, and both with commentary by Peter Cowie
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №60
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
AUTUMN SONATA was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar and Ingrid, the monumental star of CASABLANCA. The grande dame, playing an icy concert pianist, is matched beat for beat in ferocity by the filmmaker’s recurring lead Liv Ullmann, as her eldest daughter. Over the course of a day and a long, painful night that the two spend together after an extended separation, they finally confront the bitter discord of their relationship. This cathartic pas de deux, evocatively shot in burnished harvest colors, ranks among the director’s major dramatic works.
