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Around the world in 50 films: #1 Sweden – Persona (1966)
| March 20, 2012 | Posted by Simon Brand under around the world in 50 films |
This review marks the first of many to come. I have set myself an aim to watch and review a film from as many countries as possible for the St Andrews Award as well as my own pleasure. The initial target is fifty, but that may increase depending on how I feel. Why I chose this film Tracing my love for foreign, artistic and generally weird films back to one picture leads me to Ingmar Bergman’s Persona. I took this out of the university library on a whim after an online recommendation and was awestruck from the initial montage. It seems a perfect choice for my first review, so here commences my epic journey around the world of film. Bergman has made a great number of influential,… more
