Best ending ever made
I loved this film...it has the best ending ever made. Anyone see this film and like to talk about it?
shareI loved it...and I am surprised that no one else has commented. I think the ending was done very well...but I am still a little confused about some of the film...what was reality and what wasn't.
Thats right. God came down from heaven, and stopped these mother *beep* bullets
It was a bit confuzing on those lines. I only saw it once a few years ago, so I'm afraid I don't remember enough of it to help you on what parts were real or not. I would love to see it again, but I can't find it anywhere.
"I have so many problems I think about killing myself, but that wouldn't solve them all."
Man this movie really brought out my personal demons! I happened to pick it up in a sales bin at FYE for $10! It sat wrapped on top of my TV for two weeks until last night. I couldn't sleep and thought to myself, "I feel like watching some Bergman!" I was going to watch Winter Light for about the 10th time because I relate to it so much, it calms me and let's me sleep. But last night I could tell that my insomnia was really bad so I needed something I've never seen before. So with much enthusiasm I opened Hour of the Wolf up and put it in my DVD player. As I watched I couldn't believe how much the film resembled my situation in life, and weirder still I happened to be watching the film at the 'hour of the wolf' as it is described in the film! And have any of you all ever tripped on hallucinogenes and had then something happened, and you couldn't believe it happened at that moment? Well, that's exactly how it felt like when the scene with The Magic Flute came on. And no I wasn't tripping last night! It just felt that way! I kept thinking, "I can't believe The Magic Flute is playing! This is too weird! Why out of all the operas did Bergman choose this one?" I have read the relevence to The Magic Flute on the user comments but for me in my real life I had listened to The Magic Flute at a certain time in my life that is echoed in the film. So anyway the movie really freaked me out and I thought I would share. Anybody else relate?
If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mom smoked, I'd be dead.
I never saw Winter Light...Is it any good? What's the story? Why does it have a calming effect on you?
"I have so many problems I think about killing myself, but that wouldn't solve them all."
"I never saw Winter Light...Is it any good? What's the story? Why does it have a calming effect on you?"
Winter Light is my favorite so far. I just love the atmosphere, particularly the opening scene and the ending scene. It's about a pastor who has lost his faith. The main theme is about having faith despite God's silence. I think I relate most to Max von Sydow's character who comes to the pastor for guidance because he is severely depressed about the atomic bomb. I relate to it because it's been my experience that the church really doesn't do a lot to restore faith. I've heard it helps others, but I must be wired differently or something. But really they hardly try to reach me on a spiritual level! I would go into more detail about the film but I don't want to spoil the experience for you of watching this film for the first time.
It's a very calm movie. As much as this film is about losing faith in God it also is very spiritual. It is as if Bergman made this film to communicate with God, begging for God to speak to him. And because of this, as I watch the film I try to speak to God. And also explain why I can't believe in him. And to forgive me for it. So this film is a great way for me to calm my demons and go to sleep. Although after watching The Hour Of the Wolf the other night I had to watch Winter Light twice in a row before I was able to sleep!
If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mom smoked, I'd be dead.
Thanks for the reply...Now, I really want to see it.
"I have so many problems I think about killing myself, but that wouldn't solve them all."
I love the ending of David Lynch's Lost Highway... the film ends at the same point it begins. How messed up is that???
shareYeah, Lynch's latest films are circular, with a very intelligent structure.
Regarding Winter Light, I'd say it's the most optmistic film I ever watched, actually. People say Bergman is gloomy and pessimistic. Sure he's gloomy, but his films are optmistic as they coud be.
This... is chemical burn.
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Do yourselves a favor & go to Amazon & buy the scripts to the faith trilogy.Mucho recommended!
shareWinter Light is one of the greatest films I have ever seen in my life.
Hands down.
I got it for a buck (Hollywood Video clearance sale of VHS.)
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I also watched this film for the first time during "the hour of the wolf". Highly reccomended. Sent shivers down my spine when Sydow elaborated about dying, birth, nightmares and fears. The concept was sort of drawn out of the screen to where you are sitting in reality. Really adds to the mood of the film watching this during the early morning hours.
Liv Ullmann delivers a mesmerizing performance as always. Sydow is convincingly introverted and withdrawn. A lot of beautiful shots and editing...one of the most memorable being the shocking suddeness of the murder of the young boy. The way the film gradually draws you into a dreamworld adds to predictability, but for me this was irrelevant...I knew he was ill, but I never knew what was real...and what wasn't.
As for the ending...
As with most Bergman movies, the only things that sucks about the endings, is that the film is finished.
10/10