Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is Wild Strawberries (1957)

Additional Resources:

TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lg-0HeDLAQ [2 ½ minutes]

GENERAL

TCM Wild Strawberries page

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95892/wild-strawberries#overview

REVIEWS/ANALYSIS

New York Times (Bosley Crowther) 06-23-1959

https://www.nytimes.com/1959/06/23/archives/screen-elusive-message-wild-strawberries-is-a-swedish-import.html

Arctic Shores Contemporary Reviews (Bob Miller) 11-29-2010

https://arcticshores.blogspot.com/2010/11/wild-strawberries-1957-ingmar-bergman.html

The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe) 07-08-2017

https://thestopbutton.com/2017/07/08/wild-strawberries-1957/

Images (David Ng) 2002

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2002/reviews/wildstrawberries/

Wild Strawberries Analysis (Izaak Gray)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZFjNcEzNMk

(The producers of this two-part presentation recommend watching them only AFTER having viewed the movie)

Wild Strawberries (1/2) (Smultronstället) Breaking Down Bergman - Episode #18 Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il_wa3BogAc  (13+ minutes)

Wild Strawberries (2/2) (Smultronstället) Breaking Down Bergman - Episode #18 Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_kONuZSFg (10+ minutes)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: INGMAR BERGMAN

Ingmar Bergman: In Memory (Roger Ebert) 07-30-2007

https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/ingmar-bergman-in-memory

“Believing in Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema” (Patrick Z. McGavin) 07-23-2018

https://www.rogerebert.com/features/believing-in-ingmar-bergmans-cinema

Ingmar Bergman Interview on The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and More

(Melvyn Bragg, 1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVLKQ8Nh_A

[17 minutes 25 seconds]

Library Resources:  (Call No.)

791.43

Bergman, Ingmar. The Magic Lantern: an Autobiography (1988)

791.43

Bergman, Ingmar. Images: My Life in Film (1994)

791.43

Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at the American Film Institute

DVD 791.43

Bergman Island: Ingmar Bergman on Fårö Island, Cinema and Life

 

All links checked and current as of 11-07-2022