Autumn Sonata

Holy fuck. Bergman perfected cinema in 1978. The beauty of this film is astonishing. The thing Bergman always does best is he brings these complex themes and emotions into a film and lays them all out on the table for you to just take in while you watch the story unfold. As always with Bergman the second half of this film is the best thing ever made. He has such a way of using the first half of film to build you up into an emotional climax that really makes you think past any emotional connection between yourself and the screen. Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman put on the two best lead actress performances put to screen. The emotions and weight you feel during this 90 minute runtime is never ever going to be matched again. There is no other actress that is even close to Liv Ullmann’s level by the way she always steals the show. Also there’s an argument to be made that Bergman is the best scriptwriter and best director ever. He brings the best out of every person working with him and he always crafts the most thought out and beautiful dialogue and it truthfully is never going to be matched by anyone else. With all that said everything comes together to create an absolute masterpiece and the magnum opus of cinema.