"Actor: Bibi Andersson"

• 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

• 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).

• 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.

• 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