You with your visions and dreams

[sovay]

"I see them, Mia! I see them! Over there against the dark, stormy sky. They are all there. The smith and Lisa and the knight and Raval and Jöns and Skat. And Death, the severe master, invites them to dance. He tells them to hold each other's hands and then they must tread the dance in a long row. And first goes the master with his scythe and hourglass, but Skat dangles at the end with his lyre. They dance away from the dawn and it's a solemn dance toward the dark lands, while the rain washes their faces and cleanses their cheeks of the salt of their tears."

—Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal (1957)

Comments

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

That's a nice piece of writing. The Seventh Seal is still the only of his movies I've seen. But I was sorry to hear he'd died . . .

[gwynnega]

I love so many Bergman films. I can't believe he's gone...

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

Fanny and Alexander was the best. I also loved Hour of the Wolf.