What Bergman's The Seventh Seal Taught Me About Movies 

I love this film. Out of all the things I learnt with it, I noticed something the 3rd time I watched it: the only thing that survives death, in the end, is art

This film is a stunning work of art

I just watched The seventh seal about 15 minutes ago and this video was super helpful in processing all the information I just got out of it.

The first time that I saw this film, I was convinced that it was filmed during the actual crusades. I was so engrossed in it.

the fact that this movie wasnt even nominated for best foreign film at the Oscars is absolutely astounding

I born and raised as a Muslim in Bangladesh, but I received spiritual teaching from a Christian professor in USA. My dilemma was the values I taught as a child in Islam is what I have seen in a Christian. This movie was a great watch for me.

The seventh seal changed me this year.

I just watched it last night after being on my watchlist for years. I was speechless, not knowing what to think or say about the film. Thank you for your perspective.

For the record Lutherans are Protestant. The original Protestants, actually. Thanks for the interesting review, I should check this movie out.

It’s ironic that you mention Stalker in a video about The Seventh Seal, because both of those films loosely inspired my own short film for my Moving Image Arts class

Amazing review. Thank you for this much informative insights!

Good video. Often works that explore death and essays on them irk me, but you articulated a complicated feeling well. Here's to hoping you find your answer on your own journey with the unknown after.

Camus's The Plague (written in 1947) prolly inspired this movie. I think Jons is a good example of an absurdist, which is why he is very comical. Camus would approve of that character, I believe.

OK. I'm convinced. I have to watch it. Very deep dive into this film. I enjoyed it

Great analysis, thank you!

Great review!

I learned something about movies from this review of yours. Thank you. --

Great analysis.

Nicely done 👍

Incredible video

Truly inspiring

14 hundreds aren’t the same as 14th century

I have seen the art of Albertus Pictor or Albertus Målare as we call him in swedish, in another church outside Uppsala. It was breathtaking although the church celing was rather small. I want to see the chess painting and also more now than ever watch this movie. 😁

This was a beautiful, beautiful analysis of the film. Never thought of the mute girl as an archetype of the broken and when you mentioned it, it all made full sense. I thoroughly enjoyed this, even watched this a second time. P.S. what do you think about Death saying that there's no loophole in Skats particular case? Does that mean Death was aware of the other actors' fleeing death for the interim?

This videos title and thumbnail is the reason I watched the movie. Don’t disappointing

Every time this film is mentioned it sends through a spiritual spiral, I love it. I admit I was a bit taken aback because I (for some strange reason) thought that the whole film was the chess game between our protagonist and Death, just them on the beach playing chess for about an hour. I love the cinematography and how it poses so many questions each with a different interpretation, depending on the viewer's own faith or beliefs. I was raised Catholic and am now agnostic so this film is great viewing for my personal context.

One Of The Greatest Films In Cinema History.

This film is art

Such a great film. If you haven’t yet, check out Bergman’s Winter Light. It’s another brilliant meditation on faith and the existence of God... perhaps a little more cynical than Seventh Seal, but worth the watch

5:03 he is pretty damm good!

great movie

It's a sad fact of reality that a movie in a foreign language (to your own) can never be fully translated in a way that catches all nuances of language. You can never capture the nuances and double meanings etc, because those nuances or double meanings might not exist in that way in the language you are translating to. And so some meaning must therefore be lost. This I think is particularly important in a movie like The Seventh Seal. In the scene where Antonius created a distraction by knocking over the pieces, Death asks "hadde du glädje av ditt uppskov?"; Antonius: "Ja, det hadde jag"; Death: "Det glädjer mej". And while the translated subtitles are technically correct, it misses the nuances of the no doubt deliberately chosen language. Notice the word "glädje" in both Death's question and Death's response to Antonius's answer. "Glädje" means happiness, but it is also used in the context of someone benefiting something from a situation, or a "gain" like the translator chose in the subtitle here. So Death's question can be taken several ways: "did you enjoy your little distraction?" or "did your distraction give you happiness?" or "did you benefit from your little distraction?". Antonius straight-forward answer is simply "Yes, I did". To which Death's response can again be taken several ways, with the different meanings of "glädje" (and his little smirk as he delivers the line). It could be as simple and straight-forward as "Im glad you enjoyed it". Or it could be "Im glad too, that your selfless act had the outcome you hoped" (possibly for the sake ot Antonius's soul in the afterlife). Or yet a third possibility could be a more chilling "It benefits me too" (even though the "too" isnt spoken). I think this is very deliberate, and I think to some extent all those subtly different meanings are intended to be true. So again it is sad that it is lost in translation when translating to (for example) English.

hell yeah

what's the music at 4 minutes in? anyone know?

I think Jöns is more of an agnostic or an apatheist or a nihilist than an atheist. He's also my favorite in the movie.

Bergman and Tarkovskij were the first ones that offered me alternatives to free myself from the claws of easy digestible bubblegum Pop-culture. I´m glad i took the offer 😉 back then in my 20´s

I relate to Yoff out of all characters

Love from Kolkata, India

underestimated video

The mute girl’s only line of, “It is finished” is actually word for word Christ’s on the Cross. The significance, which you mention and which I’d like to deepen, is the joy set before them. Both Jesus, Christians and the mute girl understand death is a doorway - behind they leave suffering, and before they enter joy. References: “It is finished” - John 19:30 “Joy set before” - Hebrews 12:2 “Everlasting joy/peace” - Revelation 21:4

Life is-strawberries and cream.

The complexity of people, between what they feel what they say and how they act, he may say or even think he dislikes women, but his impulse is to protect the vulnerable none the less

Nice tribute. But it's not Revelations. It's Revelation.

Watch the Aussie flick The Proposition(2005) matey

Back when movies weren't just mindless crap to be consumed by the braindead masses.

Not about Seventh Seal, but most of the Studio Ghibli films are on HBOMax now lol for anyone who didn't know.

That movie had me thinking about my life and Christian faith and that death is inescapable but only through God death is defeated. The main character loses his faith and joins with death and the performer guy and his wife and son survives because he didn’t want to deal with death because of his strong faith. I stand with Jof all the way. It’s a symbolic work of religious masterpiece.

So, the 1957 is pretty far from the end of WWII. A better reference point for the feelings of the "end of the world" in 1957 would be the potential for Nuclear Annihilation during the cold war. The mid 50's was the time of the "Duck and Cover" Campaign. Just sayin.

I did not understand why everybody died except the family

I like your videos. Just want to say that Lutheranism is a form of Protestantism.

too much compression on your mic.

Wow my own Family was the Murderers of all time but the Michael Bergman had everyone's spirits in his hell I was Their last Hope but I realized it and tricked them back I'm not Bergman I am Bill Cipher King of Germany Natasha my Wife Queen of Scotland Henry King of Rome

I wrestled with a spiritual dilemma until i became a atheist and now i`m happy and free.Best to be honest.

Jons also rapes the mute girl showing his discontent with the world. i think his discontent can be admired but i believe it is fair from being praisable

Everyone questions the existance of God.

Jons threatens to rape her, the film is very explicit in demonstrating that Jons is not saving her. I don't understand your glorification of these character