Product: Persona (1967)
Rating: 5.0
Many women or one?
Ingmar Bergman's Persona is a complete picture of Transactional Analysis in action. There is only one woman in the movie & I'm surprised there is no mention of that anywhere. TA is an approach to psychology & psychotherapy that was created by a Dr. in Canada sometime in 1950's. Bergman was obviously very well versed in those concepts & brings them to the scene as only he can.The more I look at these scenes & their construction the more impressed I am. I haven't seen every Bergman film but this is definitely the cream of the crop in my estimation. I will never tire of seeing this movie & being amazed at the care & skill put into its construction. It's a marvelous achievement & a joy to contemplate. The acting by Bibi Anderson & Liv Ullman & cinematography (Sven Nykvist) are the equal of the directorial effort. Easily a 5 star Amazon rating for this film. Recommended to all.I do admit to being puzzled by the montage lead-in. It really didn't seem to relate to anything in the movie & resembled the pictures used to test convicted felons for abnormal sexual responses. IMO it leads in a false direction for the film & places an overly serious nature on the problems faced by the main character.