The Seventh Seal - Renegade Cut 

I am suprised you did not mention the scene where Atonious distracts death so Jof and his wife and child can escape death's grasp. Did this not give Antonius' life some meaning?

Death guy stole the show as best actor in the movie. He was perfect, not too dark or serious, but determined to play his role in the world.

Ah, we are in plague times now. And the Knight says Goodbye.

I might need to challenge death to something a little less mentally strenuous, like a game of uno

I just realized. Death placed his rook in the back row next to Ant's king (The back row corners being used for the "Castle" maneuver); symbolizing Death entering Ant's castle. Clever

Such a strangely relate-able film to so many people.

I think Antonius was actually suffering from plague and that's why death said he would take him and his companions who came in contact with him.

"Killed By Death"

@Renegade Cut - About your comment on Antonius having found his meaning in the moments of happiness with his friends - I thought so too when I reached that part of the movie. However, as you see at the end when Death comes to claim him, he is the only one out of the group who averts his gaze from him and openly cries out to God for salvation. Others in the group recognise that, unlike God, Death is a real palpable force that they know for sure to exist and that it holds power over everyone, and accordingly pays it respect, and look and speak to him directly, showing that they accept him fully and do not deny him. The servant girl is even entranced by him and kneels before him almost religiously. Antonius, the character who has been searching for an answer to the conundrum of comfort offered by faith in God and the harshness of rational thoughts, and seemed to be moving towards the latter throughout the film, looks away from Death, covers his face and then prays to God. He was not able to find an answer even to the end of his life and accordingly is not at peace - he still does not understand what Death will bring. What can a man in his circumstance do? Cry out to God and ask for salvation, even though he does not know or fully believe that He exists. Faith, after all, is something you have in the face of a lack of a proof. The squire, on the other hand, had already fully accepted the idea that God does not exist and that life is inherently meaningless, save for the meaning you give to it. Therefore when Death comes, he is able to face him head on as he already knows what Death is and has lived his life accordingly - enjoying it to the fullest and thereby giving it meaning. I noticed that he is the only one in the group who actually looks directly at the camera, perhaps showing that the level of his awareness transcends all of the others in the group. While others have spent their lives grappling with their fear of the meaninglessness of life, the squire has already accepted it and had moved on to creating his own meaning in it. Antonius gets a glimpse of this possibility when he shared a meal with the actor's family, but was not able to commit to it like the squire did. The difference between these two characters are reflected in this dialogue: Antonius: "God, you who are somewhere, who must be somewhere... have mercy on us." Squire: "I could have purged your worries about eternity... but now it's too late. But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive!" This is what I thought anyway after seeing the film and your video. Please pardon the stream-of-consciousness style of writing. I would appreciate anything you want to comment on my thoughts. Thanks.

Watching this movie for the first time and in 2020 hits different

RIP Msr. Max von Sny..

I love your videos! Keep them coming :D

Death kills no one. Death takes them.

Cant believe this channel isn't bigger

wow this is a really great analysis!

Illuminating commentary. Very well done. 40 years ago I did a production of Wood Painting here in London. I think the earlier theatre piece certainly has the potential to be funnier than the movie but also darker and more disturbing. The speech of the witch for example AFTER her burning and the final confrontation of the whole company with Death whom one has to 'place' , as it were, in the audience at the end, has the possibility of being very disturbing indeed.

Just a pointer: Mia is jof's wife, Block's wife was called Karin. Good analysis by the way.

FANTASTIC FANTASTIC VIDEO MAN!!!! You seem like a very knowledgable person

Amazing work, thank you.

One of my favorite films and your insights about it are much appreciated. The weaving of faith, skepticism, blended with more mundane concerns such as adultery and the anger of the crowd are intriguing in how Bergman juggles it all. The introduction of corruption in organized religion and human cruelty leads to an emotional and intellectual crisis. And yet The Seventh Seal shows the way to meaning whether in the kindness of receiving a bowl of milk or in the believing in miracles from an imaginary world.

Amazing analysis.You spoke to the point (nothing more ,nothing less).This is what I call "Excellence"!

A masterpiece in cinema

The "Terror of the Plague" has unfortunately returned. March 2020.

Isnt the whole idea the knight brings the plague home with him? Killing his house hold and being already dead, though still alive.

awesome analyse, like everytime. it`s realy great to listen to your opinion on bergman or kurosawa

Just beautiful

I found this interpretation very plausible and convincing.

16:58 -- "It has noticeable Eucharistic overturns." Did you mean "overtones" and it just slipped out wrong? I'll bet you did. In any case, I really appreciate this analysis. I especially like that you don't state your interpretations as fact. Your manner of speaking is also perfect. Nicely paced, good clear diction without sounding overly enunciated. Kudos and thanks!

I found some uncanny similarities between the seventh seal and Silence(2016)

Some good looking ladies in this old flick.

Funny... I know of the concept of playing board games with the Grim Reaper from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

I love how they parody this on Bill and Ted. 💀: “best 2 out of 3”

Great channel.

Such an amazing film

The black plaque was great as a standin for the threat of nuclear war in the 50s as it is a great standin for the dangers of climate change today.

AMAZING

Awsome Movie Great Review Keep it up Bro👍👍👍👍

I disagree with a couple of things: - The actor/fool could truly see what others didn't (lady and kid/Mary and Jesus and also Death); The movie IS telling the supernatural exists, but no one sees it. It's not an issue, it's rather a confirmation of that reality for us viewers. - Antonius went on a quest for Christ/Crusades/wild goose chase (that the other guy/squire/henchman discovers from the priest he encounters trying to rape the girl); That empty quest was exactly what made him waste his time instead of living with his love fully. - Isn't Mia in the castle his wife? The way you say it makes it seem like it was a girl he liked, not a wife expecting his husband back. - If there's Death then there's God. Bergmann says the same as everybody usually does: "I don't see God, only Evil, so it's unfair, God isn't real (just Evil) because of that silence from him". Filmmakers insist on that same note every time! God is clearly not there but Evil/Devil is clearly always there. - Death is the personification AND the circunstance of it. One doesn't exclude the other. - Antonius life was meaningless and everything around him. The only thing that made it all worth it was saving that actor's family (true honest/innocent people) from a bad destiny. His original problem was solved there by the end. He was in peace with it. Other than that: good catch on that thought, that chess is a representation of his life on following events.

Thank you 😊

Thank you

BRAVO!

Damn, you are big brain. Nice analysis

good vids renegade

RIP Max .....I guess he did collect 63 years later!

Caring crucifixes and whipping themselves to atone for sins which was the custom of the time quote Grampa Simpson

Death finally defeated him ..RIP ~

This might not be obvious to someone that only reads the english translation, but in swedish bishop and knight are called, literally speaking "runner" and "jumper", i don't know if the connection is that clear unless it has been stated at another point

You played an excellent game Mr. Von Sydow, but death always cheats. You will be missed. Vila i frid.

I am unknowing.

Day 10 of lockdown brought me to this

Can you put a captions please , because English is not my mother language so i've to translate it❤️

Well, I know what I’m rewatching for the fifth time tonight. Just kidding, I’m actually probably going to watch Winter Light because I feel like Winter Light right now.

Checkmate finally, dear Max😢 but Ingmar is waiting there, as he proved to you.

hey that's pretty moonlight sonata

Death is the real light...anyone who has had a near death experience will tell you.

This movie reminds me of war games movie ,

What if I make a move but death dies first?

you know death personified, i am technically in the middle: this is trinity

I like films that feature chess games such as From Russia with Love (where one of the players looked like Prince Charles orVladimir Putin)

Even the three eyed raven can’t beat death........

Very accurate depiction of religion

why did death take them all at once?

The "Knight and Bishop attack" referencing Antonius and religion doesn't really make sense because the names of those pieces are different in Swedish. The knight (springare) is close, it would translate directly as something like 'steed', but their word for the chess bishop is löpare, which translates simply as 'runner'.

I think Martin Scorcese did a film about the silence of God called 'Silence' aptly with Liam Neeson and Adam Driver and others. I want to see it, it may mirror this movie.

what's the name of background music in this video?

Death is my muse.

As a Christian I found this film helpful in reaffirming my faith in God. Faith is forged as is metal. It must be broken down, and once malleable fashioned into a sword. This is the only weapon of which man can wield that would pierce death itself. Faith can only be born of fire.

No one can kill Rinaldo!

That camera movement into the Berries is Obvious, The Berries were Poisonous.

I can't disbelieve in God. But I loved the film

But Mia survived because the knight distracted death, and found his purpose in doing so.

Why does he say he sees four suns? Is this a biblical reference?

I see this channel has a cult following of its own.

Language is religion, all is language.

Maybe God was in the friends we made along the way

Since antique times there is a difference between “epos” and “mythos”. In our time we distinguish between “documents” and “art”. Art tells us truths in a different way than documents... It is a nonsense to pick parts of the movie and test it in a relation to the truth. Artistic truth is expressed in an artistic whole not as a sum of its parts... That is, parts of movies often do not tell us truths but a movie, as a whole, is a statement in relation to the truth. In simple words, we will not destroy the wall of a building in a hope that we will find an architectural blueprint hidden in a wall. The chess game in the movie is a formal device with a particular function in cinematic structure. Arguing about the lack of accuracy in a chess game which is the part of a movie is equally nonsensical to arguing that death in the movie does not look quite like real death at all...

In 1957, this might have been terrifying ..?

Thank God and Doctors and Scientists for ANTIBIOTICS & modern medicine

The one world religion should be the fellowship of man and not superstition or power structures.

Having watched this film and this review, my thoughts are unchanged--it's a decent period piece, but I don't consider it any great touchstone of film or the human condition.