[Bullitt68]

Originally Posted by Three Gun Fish

Who told you that? Was it no one? Did no one say that to you and you put it together yourself?

Reread the part that says, "I've always thought," then go down a little further and read the part that says, "If it'll make people happy, to be safe, I'll warn for spoilers about every film from now on."

Originally Posted by Three Gun Fish

You don't agree spoiling the death of a main character in a film is wrong ....

There's a difference between coming back from Burn After Reading and running around the forums going Brad Pitt dies, it's really surprising, Clooney shoots him while he's hiding in the closet and then relaying what I figured was common knowledge that John Dillinger dies.

Even if you've never read anything about the man---which is very hard for me to fathom since he's arguably one of the top five most infamous men in 20th Century American history---how about Reservoir Dogs when Lawrence Tierney tells them that Mr. Blue is dead? Buscemi goes, "Mr. Blue is dead?" to which Tierney responds, "Dead as Dillinger."

He's an enormous part of popular culture. How a person can go through their entire lifetime never having attained the knowledge that John Dillinger was a bank robber that was gunned down in the 1930s is on the level of someone going through their life never learning that Hitler was the brains behind the Holocaust and killed himself towards the end of the war.

Oh, no. Did I just spoil Valkyrie by ruining the surprise that Tom Cruise's plan to kill Hitler doesn't actually succeed?

Originally Posted by HH

I've seen Wild Strawberries, and trying to find Persona, but it's hard.
It seems like a very interesting film.

Originally Posted by HH

lol, found it.

SCOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

It's an incredible film.

Originally Posted by Bullitt68

Persona [...] was incredible. One of the few films I can recall that actually got better in my mind the 10-20 minutes after it ended and I got a chance to think about everything I'd just seen.

For those who haven't seen it, think Fight Club meets Mulholland Drive. In fact, it's so similar to Fight Club that it even has a quick insert in the beginning of a big cock

Strange imagery and strong performances seem to be Bergman's hallmarks and they were both evident in this film, but more so than all of the other films of his I've seen---The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, and Autumn Sonata---I was enthralled and was desperately piecing together all of the imagery in my mind and trying to form satisfying answers to what was being put forth to form my own perception of the film.

Like Kubrick with 2001, Bergman didn't like talking about what Persona "meant" and even said his explanation of the film is no better than one his audiences could come up with, and it's nice every once in a while to enjoy a film's ambiguity and have the freedom within your mind to create your own reality for the film you've just watched.

I'm sure the film has its detractors, but I'm not one of them. If you enjoy mind benders, check out Persona.

Originally Posted by Joe McPherson

Never saw: The Virgin Spring or The Seventh Seal.

Either would be an ideal introduction to Bergman before trying something more challenging like Persona.

You should see them all, though

Originally Posted by Joe McPherson

Going to have to check out In Bruges now though (between yours and Bullitts reccomendations).

Enjoy.