3/4
I liked Cries and Whispers a lot. I loved Liv
Ullman again, this time as a somewhat empty damsel. The aesthetic was
tantalizing and somewhat terrifying. The plot was intriguing and shocking in
some regards. I didn't recover very much philosophy from the film, other than
the reliable Bergman bleakness, but there were moments shocking enough, visual
or conceptual motifs engaging enough, and characters fascinating enough that
this film struck me. [At the top of the list of things are the screaming from
Agnes, the blood-red walls and scene transitions, the "whispers"
shots with naked character faces, the Anna character, and the amazing scene
near the end when Agnes calls again]. The four women give brutal and vulnerable
performances in a film highly unsettling and made with a few strokes of
brilliance.
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