{"id":96190,"date":"2024-04-28T00:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T07:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96190"},"modified":"2024-04-28T00:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T07:15:52","slug":"persona-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96190","title":{"rendered":"Persona (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I think I could turn into you if I really tried.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Poster.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a suddenly-mute actress (Liv Ullmann) is sent to an island to recuperate with help from a young nurse (Bibi Andersson), the two women&#8217;s identities slowly become merged.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Ingmar Bergman Films<\/li>\n<li>Liv Ullmann Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Breakdown<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, &#8220;Ingmar Bergman&#8217;s intense, powerful film&#8221; &#8212; one of the most analyzed in all of cinematic history &#8212; &#8220;has tremendous impact on American viewers,&#8221; ushering &#8220;in a new era of Bergman films.&#8221; He writes, &#8220;It excited us not only because it made us aware of the filmmaking process&#8230; and the unique power film has to tell stories, make personal and\/or political points, and probe the minds of characters, but also because it dealt with themes that were relevant: isolation, identity, alienation, communication, loneliness, guilt, horror, [and] schizophrenia.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking.png 987w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Walking-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that, famously, &#8220;Bergman places the two actresses, who resemble each other, in close proximity and uses camera tricks (superimpositions\/split screen) to make it seem as if two different women were fusing into one character.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"714\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces.png 996w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Faces-377x270.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"730\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window.png 986w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Window-365x270.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brings up countless questions and points of contention: &#8220;Could it be that they&#8217;re exchanging identities? Are the two women the split halves of a schizophrenic woman? If so, then is the nurse real and the actress imaginary? Or is it the actress who is real? Or, perhaps, is this woman neither an actress nor a nurse?&#8221; Peary notes that &#8220;Bergman doesn&#8217;t let us know the answers,&#8221; adding that &#8220;Figuring out &#8212; or not being able to figure out &#8212; the puzzle is much of the fun.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2.png 1632w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-1536x1114.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t exactly say &#8220;fun&#8221; is the most accurate word, given how dark so much of this film is; perhaps &#8220;intrigue&#8221; is a better choice. And with that said, not everyone will be taken with a story this &#8220;meta&#8221; &#8212; a film which not only critically explores complex issues of identity and psychology but plays its cinematic experimental hand so openly. So much <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persona_(1966_film)\">has been written and debated about this film<\/a> that first-time viewers are recommended to simply dive in and see what sense they make of it; there&#8217;s no right or wrong.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bibi Andersson as Alma<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat.png 999w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Andersson-Hat-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3.png 1008w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Ullmann3-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sven Nyqvist&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still.png 996w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Persona-Still-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an iconic Scandinavian classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060827\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/3116-the-persistence-of-persona\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dV527XJwjDE?si=ZObesPPk8ylZWD2T\">What Makes This Movie Great? Video Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/geOTJbgbDH8?si=nAvEUrFm2L4nXedL\">Discarded Image Video Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think I could turn into you if I really tried.&#8221; Synopsis: When a suddenly-mute actress (Liv Ullmann) is sent to an island to recuperate with help from a young nurse (Bibi Andersson), the two women&#8217;s identities slowly become merged. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Actors and Actresses Ingmar Bergman Films Liv Ullmann Films Mental Breakdown Scandinavian Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, &#8220;Ingmar Bergman&#8217;s intense, powerful film&#8221; &#8212; one of the most analyzed in all of cinematic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96190\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96190"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96207,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96190\/revisions\/96207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}