The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection

Buy This Item The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection by Criterion  Available from Amazon  $29.99  on 8-29-2008     After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess. More than forty years after its initial release, Ingmar Bergman's stunning allegory of man's apocalyptic search for meaning remains a textbook on the art of filmmaking and an essential building block in any collection. Criterion is proud to present <I>The Seventh Seal</I> in a pristine new transfer. Reader Reviews Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) is a true masterpiece of world cinema. For years I avoided Bergman due to the perception that the master was gloomy and hard to watch. Having seen both The Magician and The Seventh Seal I have changed my view radically. The subject matter is dense but presented in a fresh and even earthy way. A knight, Antonious Block (Max von Sydow) and his squire Jons (Gunnar Bjornstrand) have retured home to Sweden following the Crusades. Sweden is in the throes of the Middle Ages and the plague rages. While Block is waiting to begin his journey to his castle he meets Death (Bengt Ekerot) and challenges him to a game of chess. The hope is to delay death long enough that he may do one truly good deed. Along the way we meet a troupe of actors which includes a small family:Jof (Nils Poppe)his wife Mia (the stunning Bibi Andersson) and their small son Michael. The true question posed by the film is the meaning of life. Is there a God and what is his place in the world. Does Death provide answers or only more questions. This is a film that demands great attention but one that also provides great rewards to its viewers. I watched the Criterion edition which provides perhaps a better transfer than audiences saw in 1957. A commentary by film historian Peter Cowie. An Illustrated filmography for Bergman and a restoration demonstration. This is one film that demands to be seen and should be part of the backbone of any serious film collection. Buy it.

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