The Best Intentions (Blu-ray)
Out of Print:
Future availability is unknown
on most orders of $75+
|
Brand New
|
Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 3 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 7, 2016
- Originally Released: 1992
- Label: Film Movement
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Ghita Nørby & Max Von Sydow | |
Performer: | Börje Ahlstedt, Björn Granath, Mona Malm & Lena Endre | |
Directed by | Bille August | |
Edited by | Janus Billeskov-Jansen | |
Screenwriting by | Ingmar Bergman | |
Director of Photography: | Jörgen Persson |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1992 -
Best Actress: Pernilla August
Cannes 1992 -
Palme d'Or: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
August keeps a discreet distance from the harsher realities, making The Best Intentions must viewing only if you find diluted Bergman better than no Bergman at all.
Full Review
Rolling Stone
...The level of acting is uniformly quite high....The true star of THE BEST INTENTIONS is Bergman's script....Few other writers are as adept at delineating the troubling back and forth of a relationship...
Los Angeles Times
...Moving....The two lead performers are superb, especially Pernilla August, whose radiant sensuality and pride evoke an entire Berman universe of emotionally engulfing women...
Entertainment Weekly
...Not only does THE BEST INTENTIONS work, it works so well that its emotions are hard to shake off...
Chicago Sun-Times
The Best Intentions is full of high drama, but the low-key, matter-of-fact telling makes everything fall into order quite naturally. High drama, in this case, does not really mean big, explosive scenes.
Full Review
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Rating: 3/4 --
The performances, though, are superbly understated-particularly the two leads, as well as Norby as Anna's commanding mother.
Full Review
Chicago Tribune
Bergman's script succinctly weaves in refs to themes explored in his own earlier films, notably the destructive force of worship when used as a crutch for human weaknesses.
Full Review
Variety
Product Description:
Scripted by Academy Award winner Ingmar Bergman, this film depicts his parents and their complex love story over a decade of upheaval, from 1909 when they first meet to the summer of 1918 when Bergman was in his mother's womb, about to embark on his own journey through life.