Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
Canon Fodder Episode 37
Your hosts retreat to the red room in their most immaculately ivory-white finery to review this blistering chamber drama. But did this stylistically bold wringer from Swedish master Ingmar Bergman inspire cries of joy or whispers of contempt?
Elsewhere, Daniel gets grumpy about the disastrous Disney “live-action” update of Snow White.
CRIES & WHISPERS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 21, 1972
IMDB synopsis:“When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Cries & Whispers
The first seven minutes
“I want you to see how you’ve changed.”
“I don’t want you to be kind to me.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini)
IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.”
Our review of Amarcord comes out on May 27!
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