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Bergman’s Cinema Episode Eight
One of the most iconic images in Bergman’s Cinema is Harriet Andersson sitting with a man in a bar, cigarette in hand, before she turns to the camera, breaking the fourth wall to stare at the audience beyond. This video breaks down that fourth-wall break and how it forces the audience to reconsider the story.
Films in the intro:
Summer with Monika (1953)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Persona (1