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• Persona | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1966, Persona is among Ingmar Bergman's greatest, most vital movies, made during a difficult period in his life (Bergman's life is one short on easy times), having been hospitalised following a viral infection. It was while laid up that he conceived the notion of Persona, in which a famous actress, Elisabet (Liv Ullmann) suddenly lapses into a muteness from which, though mentally and physically healthy, she refuses to emerge. She is attended to by a young, naive nurse, Alma (Bibi Andersson) who develops an obsession, bordering on infatuation with her silent charge. She finds herself jabbering all of her innermost secrets to her and, little by little, through dream sequences, repeated dialogue and trick photography, it's as if the consciousnesses of the two women have actually merged. With its opening sequence of cryptic projected reel images (allusions to Bergman's previous work), jarringly atonal soundtrack and devices such as the audible chatter of camera crew, Persona contains an unusual share of avant-garde trimmings, which haven't necessarily stood the test of time. However, the relationship between Alma and Elisabet dominates the movie. Some confounded critics wondered if theirs was a lesbian relationship. Actually, Persona is an occasionally cryptic but overwhelmingly powerful meditation on the parasitic interaction between Art and Life, the way the former feeds off the latter (Alma is distraught to discover a letter at one point which suggests Elisabet has been coolly observing her, as if for material). However, as an early scene featuring TV footage of a Vietnamese Buddhist monk torching himself as a protest against the war, it's also about the helpless incapacity of art to "say" anything in the face of grim reality. A small film budget-wise, but a colossal event in world cinema. --David Stubbs

• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Upon Existence | Blu Ray | (13/07/2015) from £12.09   |  Saving you £7.90 (65.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living, Roy Andersson's award-winning film (Best Film, Venice 2014) forms the third part of a loose trilogy about life, death and what it means to be a human being. Sam and Jonathan are two travelling salesmen peddling novelty items mostly unsuccessfully. Like modern-day Don Quixote and Sancho, they take us on a kaleidoscopic journey through multiple human destinies. It is a trip that shows us beauty in one moment, pettiness in another and the humour and tragedy within us all. One that evokes the grandeur of life as well as the ultimate frailty of humanity. By turns tragic, absurd, meditative and hilarious his work has drawn comparisons with Samuel Beckett, Monty Python, Ingmar Bergman and Laurel & Hardy, but in truth is utterly unique. Pulling together all the various strands of his previous films into a cohesive, resolved whole, A Pigeon is the culmination of one of modern cinema's greatest talents and is nothing short of a masterpiece.

• A Lesson In Love | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-5.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bergman brings a refreshing wit to this dark domestic comedy tale of a married couple who desperately need each other. David (Gunnar Bjrnstrand) is a gynaecologist who is involved with a young patient. His wife Marianne (Eva Dahlbeck) learns of this transgression and begins an affair with his best friend. They attempt a trial separation however an ecounter upon a train bound for Copenhagen reminds them of the good times and connection they have with each other. Mirroring the

• Crisis | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (57.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  18 year old Nelly (Inga Landgre) lives a quiet life in a small town with her foster mother. There she makes a living giving piano lessons and letting a room to Ulf (Allan Bohlin) who is in love with her. Despite her financial problems Nelly's foster mother manages to save enough money to buy a new dress to wear at a charity ball. However when Nelly's real mother Jenny (Marianne Lfgren) also buys a dress Nelly wears this instead. Attracted by the glamorous garment and the pr

• Manderlay / Dogville | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Dogville (2003): The Beautiful fugitive Grace (Kidman) arrives in the isolated township of Dogville pleading that she is on the run from a team of gangsters and desperately needs help. The kindly Tom (Bettany) a self-appointed town spokesman encourages the little community to hide her and in return Grace agrees to work for them. Initial suspicion turns to trust as the townsfolk realise that they need her. Grace and Tom form a relationship. However when a search for Grace

• The Devil's Eye (Bergman 1960) | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The devil has a stye in his eye caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.

• Duel At Diablo | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An unlikely group of companions are thrown together to fight off an imminent Apache attack on Diablo canyon: an embittered army scout (James Garner), seeking revenge for the death of his Comanche wife; an ex-cavalry sergeant and expert horse-breaker (Sidney Poitier); and a racist bigot (Dennis Weaver) and his runaway wife (Bibi Anderson).

• Three Strange Loves | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ingmar Bergman's dramatisation of four Birgit Tengroth short stories novel which interweaves several episodes from the lives of Rut (Henning) and her husband Bertil (Malmsten)... Intricate and intense this powerful psychological drama is based on works by Birgit Tengroth (who also plays Viola in the film) and stands as a true Ingmar Bergman classic. Upon its original release in 1949 the lesbian relationship featured in the film was removed by censors: Bergman's original vision is

• Duel in Diablo | Blu Ray | (09/04/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Seventh Seal | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  As the Black Death continues to wipe out the population of Europe Knight Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow) returns from the crusades. Disillusioned and worn he encounters Death and makes a bargain - his fate will be determined by a game of chess. Taking a troupe of travelling players and a deaf girl under his protection the knight plays the game with Death who as the pieces fall exacts his toll. All the while the villages and towns about them fall into ruin and religion takes a stranglehold. This beautifully restored edition is presented here with previously unseen on-set footage shot during the film's production in late 1956 and is complimented by Bergman's powerful and evocative short film Karin's Face.

• Daybreak | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £9.72   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Swedish director Bjrne Runge directs a splendid cast in this dark drama about the destructive nature of dishonesty and betrayal. Over a fateful 24-hour period in a dreary Swedish town three separate storylines unwind united at times by loose connections among characters and at other times only by theme. Anita has been consumed by bitter rage ever since her husband left her three years earlier for a younger woman. A toxic presence to all those around her Anita decides to take mat

• Pusher / Bleeder | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nicholas Winding Refn's searing pair of Danish underworld thrillers are provacative mesmerising and blisteringly fast-paced cinema. Pusher: A frenzied week in the life of Frank a Danish drug dealer fighting for his livelihood and his life when a deal goes tragically wrong. Bleeder: Malice and misfortune plague the relationship of Leo and Louise. When jealousy leads to an act of violence the retribution is swift and savage for the couple and their circle of friends.

• Abba - the Golden Years | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  From the very beginning pop music was dominated throughout the world by America and Britain - but with Abba all that was to change! This DVD charts their meteoric rise to fame and includes early pre-Abba footage of the individual artists along with intimate conversations with all of the members of this exceptional band. Tracklist 1. Baby Those Are the Rules (The Hootenanny Singers featuring Bjorn) 2. Unknown Title (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) 3. Sunny Girls (The Hep Stars featuring Benny) 4. Unknown Title (Agnetha Faltskog) 5. Rockin' Billy (Dutch hit written by Abba manger Stig Anderson) 6. People Need Love (Bjorn and Benny) 7. Ring Ring 8. Waterloo 9. Honey Honey 10. I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do 11. SOS 12. Mamma Mia 13. Fernando 14. Dancing Queen 15. Money Money Money 16. Knowing Me Knowing You 17. Marionette 18. Name Of The Game 19. Take A Chance On Me 20. Eagle 21. Chiquitita 22. Does Your Mother Know 23. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 24. I Have A Dream 25. The Winner Takes It All 26. Super Trooper 27. One Of Us 28. The Day Before You came 29. Under Attck 30. Thank You For The Music

• Pusher | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  To deal or not to deal: that is the question. Pusher is the story of Frank a small time drug pusher playing with the big boys. He loves the job the life and most of all the money. When a deal goes wrong Frank has 18 hours to come up with the cash or go on the run in fear of his life.

• Pain of Salvation - on the Two Deaths of | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-5.94 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Pain of Salvation captured live at the Paradiso club in Amsterdam. Tracklisting: DVD1 The First Death Of SixWorlds/EightDays (80 minute documentary of 2005 world tour by Per Hillblom) DVD2 The Second Death Of Touching You Harder: Live From Amsterdam 1. Scarsick 2. America 3. ! 4. Nightmist 5. Handful of Nothing 6. New Year's Eve 7. Ashes 8. Undertow 9. This Heart of Mine/Song for the Innocent 10. Chain Sling 11. Diffidentia 12. Flame to the Moth 13. Disco Queen 14. Hallelujah 15. Cribcaged 16. Used

• ABBA - The Movie | HD DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ABBA mania: that was the name given to the hysterical worship of four Swedes that enthralled Australia during an intense period in the mid-1970s. This phenomenon reached its high-point as ABBA conducted an enormously successful tour Down Under in March 1977. The feverish madness of the tour was captured on film in director Lasse Hallstrom's ABBA - The Movie which remains as one of precious few opportunities to experience ABBA live onstage. In the film we follow radio disc jockey Ashley Wallace as he tries to hunt down the group for an exclusive in-depth interview. Will he make it or not?

• ABBA - The Movie | Blu Ray | (19/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  ABBA mania: that was the name given to the hysterical worship of four Swedes that enthralled Australia during an intense period in the mid-1970s. This phenomenon reached its high-point as ABBA conducted an enormously successful tour Down Under in March 1977. The feverish madness of the tour was captured on film in director Lasse Hallstrom's ABBA - The Movie which remains as one of precious few opportunities to experience ABBA live onstage. In the film we follow radio disc jockey Ashley Wallace as he tries to hunt down the group for an exclusive in-depth interview. Will he make it or not?

• The Ingmar Bergman Collection | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £299.99

  This collection brings together all the works of master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. With a jaw dropping 30 features (over 47 hours of film!) plus a limited edition exclusive book reprint of Talking With Ingmar Bergman' - a rare transcript of three seminars Bergman gave in Dallas in 1983 - this monolith of a collection is sure to delight the hard core fans! Features Comprise: 1. After the Rehearsal 2. All These Women 3. Autumn Sonata 4. Cries and Whispers 5. Crisis 6. Dreams 7. Farodokument 79 8. From The Life of the Marionettes 9. A Lesson in Love 10. The Magician 11. Music in Darkness 12. Persona 13. Port of Call 14. Prison 15. The Rite 16. Saraband 17. Scenes From a Marriage 18. The Seventh Seal 19. The Silence 20. Smiles of a Summer Night 21. Summer Interlude 22. Summer With Monika 23. Three Strange Loves 24. Through a Glass Darkly 25. Torment 26. To Joy 27. The Virgin Spring 28. Waiting Women 29. Wild Strawberries 30. Winter Light

• Pain of Salvation - on the Two Deaths of | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £37.78   |  Saving you £-9.79 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Pain of Salvation captured live at the Paradiso club in Amsterdam. Tracklisting: DVD1 The First Death Of SixWorlds/EightDays (80 minute documentary of 2005 world tour by Per Hillblom) DVD2 The Second Death Of Touching You Harder: Live From Amsterdam 1. Scarsick 2. America 3. ! 4. Nightmist 5. Handful of Nothing 6. New Year's Eve 7. Ashes 8. Undertow 9. This Heart of Mine/Song for the Innocent 10. Chain Sling 11. Diffidentia 12. Flame to the Moth 13. Disco Queen 14. Hallelujah 15. Cribcaged 16. Used

• The Tale of a Manor | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £19.61   |  Saving you £5.38 (27.43%)   |  RRP £24.99

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