Classic/art, all decades, many directors. £12 per person to view all remaining films in our 2012-13 year. Most you will never again see in a real cinema near Wells. Includes admission. Students far cheaper. Day members welcomed at £6 each.
Monday evenings every 4 weeks throughout the year. No stop for summer. In The Wells Film Centre. Big screen, fully digital, surround sound.
David Thomson, probably "the greatest living film critic and historian": “What I saw of Wells and its film society leaves me eager to recommend it to all Wellsians.”
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Next film: Mon 24 Jun 2013
Site updated: 28 May 2013
(We try to update within 24 hours of our most recent film’s ending – occasionally we fail.)
What’s it about?
An old man, dessicated, journeys to receive an honorary degree, on the way dreaming, and meeting happy youth.
Even though the image on the left is Dali-like, this is a quiet and reflective film, the like of which there is no other.
You see again that community of superb actors that Bergman so regularly used. One of the great pleasures is to watch each of them master so many different types of role.
Which means that you have to watch Bergman's other films too, in which I find no difficulty.
What some have said
TOFG: "One of Bergman's ... finest films. ...Sjöström ... gives an astonishingly moving performance as the aged professor."
VFG: "Possibly Bergman's finest film and a landmark in film history. ... the virtuosity that Bergman's actors consistently display." 4.5*.
RT: "Contrasting the innocent expectancy of youth with the bitter regret of old age ... the memories of idyllic summers ... rank[s] among the finest moments of the director's career." 5*.
1001: "... this remarkable, much imitated film ... has an emotional honesty entirely in keeping with the voyage ..."
H1000: rated 27th best film of all time.
S&S Top 250: 63=.
Some on-line reviews: IMDB, Wikipedia.
(TOFG, VFG, 1001, EFG, H1000, RT, BN100, DP, NYFCC, DT, DT2, ...? What do these acronyms mean?)
