Rating of
4/4
Persona review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 01/15/12
Artistic, brilliant, absorbing, perfection and thought-provoking. A nurse named sister Alma (Bibi Andersson) is tasked to look over Elisabet Volger (Liv Ullmann), a theater artist. Both live together and Alma tells the story of Katarina, her relationships, becoming Elisabet. Who owns the child? Whose persona is real? One of those types of films in which it would make you think and react, much like Cronenberg and Lynch movies. Screenplay was exceptional; (and personally one of the best onscreen) with the following lines: Alma – “I think art plays a role in life.” Volger’s Doctor – “Life seeps in everything. You’re forced to react.” "The hopeless dream of being - not seeming, but being. At every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone." Mr. Vogler – “We must see each other as two anxious children” "The important thing is the effort, not what we achieve." Directing style was superb utilizing a myriad of methods such as using film clips, unique camera angles, thick blur, breaking, close-ups and split screens. Themes of relationships, trust, life's indignation's, jealousy, and transformation were touched effectively. The score was haunting which matches the horrific and graphic frames of certain scenes. Persona is a brilliantly created dramatic film with a complicated structure in terms of storytelling filled with symbolism's about humanities evil deeds that can be enjoyed with repeat viewings.
