Schreie und Flüstern
In his book, "Images", Bergman wrote: "Today I feel that in "Persona"—and later in "Cries and Whispers"—I had gone as far as I could go. And that in these two instances when working in total freedom, I touched wordless secrets that only the cinema can discover". In an essay included with the DVD, critic Peter Cowie quoted the director: "All of my films can be thought of in terms of black and white, except "Cries and Whispers"".