Hour of the Wolf

watching, i thought that bergman's one horror movie is almost indistinguishable as such when compared with his others. but seen as tied to persona, it makes sense; the theme is similar, but this is more straight-forward and has some explicit scenes, and in that, i can see the horror movie.(*) the uncertainty of perception, interpretation, and hallucination is present from the start, tremendous, and descends into surreal as the character's sanity slips away. as time passes, is alma affected too? beyond folie a deux, her self-/imposed sleep deprivation itself would be enough. and then there is... read more