Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal - Finale: Dance of Death
"The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet), final scene, the dance with death. Jof describes it to his wife, Mia....She can't see it and remarks again on his private visions.Jof the Jester: "I see them, Mia! I see them! Over there against the dark stormy sky. They dance away from the dawn and it's a solemn dance toward the dark lands, while the rain washes their faces and cleans the salt of the tears from their cheeks."Nils Poppe ... JofBibi Andersson ... Mia, Jof's wifethis scene has been parodied a number of times -- in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975), Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Last Action Hero (1993), and many commercials.Dr. J Paul Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of English, Winona State University, writes:Death's triumph-- In the morning, Poppe, Andersson, and their baby have been spared; the plague has passed them. Poppe looks up to see Ekerot leading Von Sydow, Bjornstrand, Fridell and his wife, Anderberg, and Gunnel Lindblom in a dance across the crest of a hill, the figures silhouetted hand-in-hand in a chain against the dawn sky.Spontaneous death dance-- The famous, final dance of death was spontaneously created: Bergman had finished the day's shooting when he saw a beautiful cloud in the sky, and, unwilling to let the image go unfilmed, hurriedly got crew members to dress in the costumes of the already-departed actors and form the silhouetted procession. The scene was shot in just a few minutes, without rehearsal.Film released in 1957. Directed by Ingmar Bergman (born, July 14, 1918 -- died, July 30, 2007). — from an interview with Ingmar Bergman, (1971):"Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death—this infantile fixation of mine—was, at that moment, overwhelming. I felt myself in contact with death day and night, and my fear was tremendous. When I finished the picture, my fear went away. I have the feeling simply of having painted a canvas in an enormous hurry—with enormous pretension but without any arrogance. I said, 'Here is a painting; take it, please.'"
Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: SirMixItAllUp
Length: 02:18
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Tags: BibiAndersson Det-sjunde-inseglet IngmarBergman the-seventh-seal Totentanz
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VeeRidders (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Heavyweight. Yet there's also a unique humour in this movie eg. the ludicrous staged musical "entertainment" and the ominous cult leaders mocking speech to the dim villagers, among others.
lancelogan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol
Ninitos1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
25-30 shows a horse...
Nicecatholicgirl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I saw this movie in Cologne. I think it was at night time in winter. Doesn't get much more depressing than that.
niceswede (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No one escapes death but their time was not up yet. They escaped the plague, not death.
bigbadmuthafukkah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
She looks like christina applegate
lancelogan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Bibi andersson is hot during the first 30 seconds. :)
Sanguiluna (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Without death, there is not life. All things must die in the end. No hourglass possesses infinte sand. Neither do you possess an immortal essence. For when you look into the eyes of the Reaper, you will know that your day has come. And on that day, all you will become is a hollow body, and a screaming soul.Requiescat in Pace...
StuC5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I first saw this in 1969 with pretty ordinary English dubbing. What fixated me was Death personified, the doomed heroism of the Knight, and the Dance of Death at the end (not just the visual, but the grim soundtrack with it.) Also the snippet of choral elegy as the wagon moves off in the final shot. I'd never seen a film like it, and it sparked an interest in Bergman's films that lasted for years. I have a VHS copy with subtitles which I watch from time to time. Great.
gothsrule247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Love this fil. What else can say death is great :) |
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