Episode 200 – Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence

The trilogy concludes with the surreal, the inexplicably, and the haunting.

This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence.

Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom)—travel by train with Anna’s young son, Johan (Jörgen Lindström), to a foreign country that appears to be on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, each sister is left to her own vices while they vie for Johan’s affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their relationship. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day, Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence offers a disturbing vision of emotional isolation in a suffocating spiritual void.

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Episode Links

The Silence (1963) – The Criterion Collection
The Silence (1963) – IMDb
The Silence (1963) – Wikipedia
The Silence (1963) – #211 | Criterion Reflections

Winter Light (1962) – #210 | Criterion Reflections
Ingmar Bergman: Winter Light – The Mookse and the Gripes
Winter Light – Ingmar Bergman Online Resource
Winter Light | The Current | The Criterion Collection

Episode Credits

Scott Nye (Twitter / Battleship Pretension)
David Blakeslee (Twitter / Criterion Reflections)
Trevor Berrett (Twitter / The Mookse and the Gripes)
Arik Devens (Twitter)