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shittymoviedetails · 1 year

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I can finally watch this old boring black and white movie without getting too bored

#trivia #the seventh seal

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forthegothicheroine · 9 months

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My friend sent this to me.

#the seventh seal #barbie

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bwallure · 7 months

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THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman

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cherriielle · 9 months

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“who are you?” ♖ ♞

#my art #the seventh seal #fan poster #ingmar bergman #digital art #artists on tumblr #illustration #fan art #paint tool sai #art #portfolio #criterion collection

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classicfilmblr · 1 year

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Must it be so cruelly inconceivable to know God through one’s senses? Why must he hide in a fog of half-spoken promises and unseen miracles?

THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) — dir. Ingmar Bergman

#filmedit #the seventh seal #filmgifs #dailyworldcinema #userteri #userairam #usermichi #userbrittany #tusershay #userjonah #1950s #film #ours #by tom

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watchmorecinema · 7 months

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Something I think is a bit of an issue is the myth that the "great" films from the past are all boring, unrelatable and incomprehensible. That some black and white foreign film from Sweden can only be a really slow, dour experience. I'll admit that I was guilty of that thought at one point too.

The reality is that lots of these great films are actually broadly enjoyable. The reason they're considered great isn't because of elitism, some snobby ideal that they're hard to watch and therefore better, but because they're just extremely well made and stylized films. The black and white Swedish film? That describes a number of Ingmar Bergman films like The Seventh Seal. And The Seventh Seal is hilarious, even now. I honestly thought it was going to just be really serious and depressing but it's a life riot (when not being serious and depressing). There's a scene where a man is trading insults with his wife's lover, but he's not very smart so another man is whispering insults to him to use. It's about a knight that plays chess with death for a chance at living, but death is a cheating bastard that delivers one liners before he kills someone.

I know that a lot of people really only watch whatever is popular and recent, and that's fine, but I don't want people to miss out on truly great films because they think they'd be hard to watch. I did a showing of a silent film at work (One Week by Buster Keaton) and everyone was enthralled by the stunt work on display. It's over 100 years old and it still holds up because there's no expiration date on quality.

If you are looking to engage with older films though, skip Tarkovsky for now. Stalker and Solaris are two incredible films (Stalker is probably top ten for me), but those are absolutely the cliche of some slow, hard to follow "true art is incomprehensible" film. Terrence Malick as well. Excellent filmmaker, but watching The Tree of Life is work. Kurosawa and Hitchcock are some of my favorite directors and every movie they make is straightforward and thrilling. High and Low is the most incredible police procedural I've seen in my life, and Psycho is still a tense, thrilling experience.

To be clear there is absolutely nothing wrong with liking the most popular stuff. I used to watch every marvel movie that came out, and I still think Wandavision is excellent. I have fond memories of going to watch Captain America with friends. I loved the Barbie movie and that's in the top 15 highest grossing films of all time. I just think that there's a lot of great films to explore if you're willing to try.

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cinemaspast · 2 years

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Who are you? I am Death. Have you come for me? I’ve long been at your side.

THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman

#filmgifs #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #classicfilmcentral #classicfilmedit #dailyworldcinema #tusershay #underbetelgeuse #usertom #userkraina #the seventh seal #1957 #1950s #*#by aram

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poesie-abstraite · 3 months

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The Seventh Seal

Ingmar Bergman 1957

#ingmar bergman #the seventh seal #films #cinema #art

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cosmonautroger · 11 months

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The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, 1057

#the seventh seal #ingmar bergman #1957

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full-of-terrors · 9 months

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Just watched A Field in England and now I'm wondering-

What is this sub-genre- this horror but let's be literary and metaphorical about it, Magical Realism for menTM, exploration of masculinity, courage, fate, and tragedy, descent into madness, historical fever dreams? Because whatever it is, I dig it. And A Field in England would go on the list along with The Lighthouse, Ravenous, The Seventh Seal, Aguirre, Brotherhood of the Wolf and of course the OG- AMC's The Terror.

#weirdly specific niche subgenres #a field in england #the terror amc #amc the terror #historical horror #ravenous 1999 #the seventh seal #speaking of which when am i getting my seventh seal tattoo #the lighthouse #recommendations welcome

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mattydemise · 1 month

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