- Sunday, March 23 4:15 pm
- Tuesday, March 25 4:00 pm
- Wednesday, March 26 8:45 pm
Savoy Theater
An era ended last year with the death of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. No single film represents both his filmmaking skill and his ongoing argument with God better than the seminal The Seventh Seal, released in 1957 and still resonant today. A knight (Max Von Sydow) returns from the Holy Crusades, with nothing other than a newfound lack of faith, and plays a game of chess against Death in order to prolong his life and find answers to his spiritual questions. The Daily Telegraph: “It is endlessly imitated and spoofed; it is also an august pinnacle of high-risk, high-art filmmaking, and one with a reputation for being far more forbidding and humorless than it actually is.” Sponsored by Burlington College. Post-event event: Burlington College film scholar Barry Snyder will discuss the film at the Sunday, March 23, show. No rating (probably PG-13), 96 minutes. Film article
Posted in 2008 Films & Events
