Ingmar Bergman is somewhat of a philosophical director,there is a intellectual group that lift his films to class of masterpiece,mostly it is based pholosophical level. He is historically important director and the most prominent Swedish one so far but his film are not for broad audience entertainment.
Here Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block ,a crusader returning from the battlefield to his homeland Sweden that is in the midst of the plague, he debates for himself if life is worth living through all of its pain,cruelty,lies and betrayal. A traveling artist group that represent joy,rejuvenation of life,love and mystery cross thier path with the crusader,giving him hope,positive energy to carry on the burden of questioning life . It is symbolically a beautiful film even though Bergman bent the rules of the meaning of the reaper by having him kill someone( the grim ripper should not itself kill but appear when your time is up)
Here Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block ,a crusader returning from the battlefield to his homeland Sweden that is in the midst of the plague, he debates for himself if life is worth living through all of its pain,cruelty,lies and betrayal. A traveling artist group that represent joy,rejuvenation of life,love and mystery cross thier path with the crusader,giving him hope,positive energy to carry on the burden of questioning life . It is symbolically a beautiful film even though Bergman bent the rules of the meaning of the reaper by having him kill someone( the grim ripper should not itself kill but appear when your time is up)
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