Persona
1966 | Drama | Sweden | Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Overview
A nurse tends a mute actress on an island, and their faces merge in a famous splice. Bergman stripped cinema to two women, light, and silence, then questioned whether film itself holds together, burning the reel mid movie. Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann duel in closeup. The most radical film of the 1960s from a major director. Every art film after owes it.
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