MOVIE FLASHBACKS-FORIEGN FILMS

Inmar Bergman's

"Wild Stawberries"

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

For american audience's,'Wild Strawberries" is probably the most assessable foriegn
film ever made.It's stricktly a coincedence that it also happens to be one of the great-
ist-if not the greatist foriegn film ever made.
The theme's in the film are universal.Missunderstandings that are present in a
family that have been years in the making aren't brought out into the light until it's old-
est member,a Doctor,is called in his old age to recieve an honer from his University for
all his years of service.His daughter in-law,who's having some difficulty's which involve
her husband,the Doctors son,ends up accompanying the doctor to the ceramony.
During the the long car trip many of the doctors and his daughter-in-laws perceptions
of the family are brought to light.By the films end they know and like each other in a way
that would not have been possible before.So it explains family issue's and the tendancy of
family's not to talk about them in a way that any family member can relate to.Bergman
is a genuis at explaining complex issue's which every human being must confront in thier
live's.Here he just happen's to do it in away that is easy for anyone to understand.The film
is not dark in an overall sense,nor is it strange.It's an easy film for anyone to understand
because we all have a family and family issue's are universal with no borders.
The foriegn stylings of the film,dreams brought to life,which are one of Bergmans
favorite tools,in this film are easy to understand-It doesn't take an intellectual mind to
get thier meaning.

In Swedish-with English Subtitles

Written by Pete Holly-2009-Copyright-All rights reserved