| | Wild Strawberries DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Essential Cinema, Self-Discovery, Criterion Collection, Psychodrama, Swedish | | Starring | Victor Sjostrom, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin | | Director | Ingmar Bergman | | Screenwriter | Ingmar Bergman |
Weaving a tapestry of memory and dreams, Ingmar Bergman delves into the past of aged professor Isak Borg, en route to receive an award from his alma mater for a life he no longer understands. Following directly on the heels of his international breakthrough The Seventh Seal, the alternately warm and nightmarish Wild Strawberries cemented Bergman as the leading art-house visionary of his era. Ingmar Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES is the finely crafted and innovatively filmed story of an elderly professor's spiritual transformation. During a day trip to a town where the academic is to be awarded an honorary degree, long-forgotten memories are triggered by specific locales and encounters with the passengers he picks up along the way. Forced to reassess his past behavior, the professor begins to realize that some of the disappointments and botched relationships in his life may be a result of his own emotional shortcomings. This meditative film on loss and self-discovery--written and directed by Bergman--is universally acclaimed as one of the director's greatest achievements. WILD STRAWBERRIES is among Ingmar Bergman's most rich and contemplative films, a lyrical reflection on guilt and disappointment in the form of a spiritual journey. The movie stars Victor Sjöström as Professor Isak Borg, an elderly academic who takes a trip by car from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary university degree, accompanied by his daughter-in-law (Ingrid Thulin). Along the way, they meet various passengers who seem to be weighed down by unresolved ethical dilemmas. Meanwhile, Borg's own existential crisis is triggered by dreams and memories in which he is confronted with past disappointments, missed opportunities, and troubled personal relationships with those close to him--his son (Gunnar Björnstrand), his mother (Naima Wifstrand), and his late wife (Gertrud Fridh). The film features stunning imagery, most notably in the flashback, dream, and nightmare sequences, as well as an outstanding final film performance by Sjöström (who is also a famed Swedish director of the silent era).
This film was released soon after THE SEVENTH SEAL, which had earned Bergman accolades from film critics and moviegoers the world over. Though similarly challenging and philosophically complex, WILD STRAWBERRIES is often considered the more accessible of the two movies because of its ultimate warmth and affirmation of life.
Theatrical release: December 26, 1957 (Sweden).
Filmed on location at Lake Vättern, Lund,at Dalarö and Ängö (Stockholm archipelago), and at Råsunda Studios.
Winner of the Grand Prix Golden Bear at the 1958 Berlin Film Festival.
Winner of the Fédération internationale de la presse cinématoraphique award at the 1958 Venice Film Festival.
Winner of the 1959 Best Foreign Film and Best Actor (Victor Sjöström), National Board of Review Awards.
Winner of Best Foreign Film at the 1960 Golden Globe Awards.
Winner of the Danish Academy Award--the Ibsen Statuette.
Voted one of the Ten Best Films of All Time in the Sight and Sound International Film Critics Poll of 1972.
Though originally against casting Sjöström, Bergman later acknowledged the actor's supreme contribution to the success of this film.
Wild Strawberries Reviews: ""...A film of great melancholy and introspection....A true classic..."
-- Mark Chalon Smith, Los Angeles Times "...Among the Swedish master's most accessible movies..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Achingly wise....A film that goes where many others have gone but with a subtlety few have dreamed of..."
-- Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly "[A] 1957 road movie laced with symbolism, philosophical musing and sly humour..."
Uncut Wild Strawberries | List Price | $19.95 (You save $5.66) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1957 | | All Time Sales Rank |  85482  | | CD Universe Part number | 7705978 | | Catalog number | 5 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 09, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Smultronstallet | | Running Time | 91 Minutes | | Additional Info | Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Black & White; Subtitled; Criterion Collection Essential Art House |
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