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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780029439
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780029437
Label: Criterion
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSwedishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledEnglishDubbed
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: PMIDFAN060D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Running Time: 188 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1983

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The title characters are children in the exuberant & colorful ekdahl household in a swedish town early in the 20th century. Their parents oscar & emilie are the director & leading lady of the local theatre company. After oscars early death emilie marries the bishop & the children are immediately miserable. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 11/16/2004 Run time: 188 minutes

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One of the more upbeat and accessible films by acclaimed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Written by Bergman, this autobiographical story follows the lives of two children during one tumultuous year. After the death of the children's beloved father, a local theater owner, their mother marries a strict clergyman. Their new life is cold and ascetic, especially when compared to the unfettered and impassioned life they knew with their father. Most of the story is seen through the eyes of the little boy and is often told in dreamlike sequences. Colorful, insightful, and optimistic, this is far less grim than most of Bergman's work. It was awarded four of the six Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Foreign Language Film. Though this was announced as his last film, Bergman continued to work into the late 1990s, though mostly for Swedish television. --Rochelle O'Gorman




Rating: - On So Many Levels
As Christmas draws near, I just have to watch this film again! It is extremely long and I watched it in a few aittings last time, but if you have the time to watch the whole film you will be transported into such a beautiful, often deeply moving, world.
Seen through the eyes of a child, the world of the late 19th century comes to life, just as the puppets do in the children's theatre. There are so many levels to this film - Alexander's ability to 'see' beyond the material is portrayed so beautifully; ... Read More

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Rating: - Very good
Why Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's 1982 final `filmic film', Fanny & Alexander (Fanny Och Alexander), bears the appellation it does is a mystery- one of many in the film, since the first titular character, Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) is a third or fourth level supporting character at best, and in the three hour theatrical version of the film she is not even mentioned by name for nearly an hour into the film. The film really should be called Alexander & Fanny, or simply Alexander, since it most closely follows ... Read More

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Rating: - Such a rich and fulfilling look at family and tragedy...
`Fanny och Alexander' is not going to appeal to everyone, but if this brand of drama is your cup of tea then it will quickly rise as one of your favorite films ever made. The late (great) Ingmar Bergman has a very strong and loyal following among cinematic lovers like myself, for his brand of filmmaking was unique and all his own. His films are deep and meaningful and have cemented him as one of the greatest directors of all time, placing him alongside the likes of Orson Welles (whom he bitterly despised) as ... Read More

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Rating: - Childhood impressions that shape us
I saw this film decades ago and it was refreshing to see it again. It is Ingmar Bergman's film that closely reflects parts of his own upbringing. We observe an extended family thru the eyes of two children - Fanny and Alexander who are brother and sister. Their family is large, liberal and well to do. Children are encouraged to read, watch theatre performances and expand their imagination in any way possible. They live leisurely and happy life until their father unexpectedly dies. That event dramatically changes ... Read More

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Rating: - Paganism Vs. Puritanism
A qualified masterpiece, Ingmar Bergman's late work `Fanny and Alexander,' makes another strong emotional appeal with nearly every scene he shot. Perhaps spoiled by his greatest works `Through a Glass Darkly,' `The Seventh Seal,' and `Wild Strawberries - Criterion Collection,' it's easy to dock anything less in the Bergman legacy. Nevertheless, clocking in at 3:08, this 1984 Foreign Best Film Oscar winner could have been tightened up and not so tedious in places.

The film is not merely autobiographical, ... Read More

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