Scenes From A Marriage
October 5, 2011Scenes From A Marriage or Scener ur ett äktenskap (original title)
Call Number: DVD01135
by: Lars-Owe Carlberg; Ingmar Bergman; Liv Ullmann; Erland Josephson; Bibi Andersson; Jan Malmsjö; Gunnel Lindblom; Sven Nykuist; Siv Lundgren; Inger Pehrsson; Björn Thulin; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Swedish – English subtitles available
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, 2004.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. Features: video interview with the director, interview with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie, essay. Disc 1: Television verion, scenes 1-3 ; Disc 2: Television verion, scenes 4-6 (1973 ; 297 min.); Disc 3: U.S. theatrical version. Nomiated for 2 1975 Golden Globes. Feature Running Time: 167 mins. Total Running Time for all 3 discs: 466 mins.
Summary: Ten years of Marianne and Johan’s relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married – unlike their friends Katarina and Peter who openly fight, especially when under the influence of alcohol – but there is a certain detached aloofness in the way they treat each other. In the next ten years, as they contemplate or embark upon divorce and/or known extramarital affairs, they come to differing understandings at each phase of their relationship of what they truly mean to each other. Regardless of if it’s love or hate – between which there is a fine line – they also come to certain understandings of how they can best relate to each other, whether that be as husband and wife, friends, lovers or none of the above.
OCLC #: 56987169
Added: October 5, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
