Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, a Valentine’s treat. Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries.
Professor Isak Borg embarks upon a road trip to receive an honourary doctorate from his university, but soon discovers that the fourteen hour car journey represents a trip into his past, reflecting on life lived and love lost as he comes to terms with his decisions and his relationships.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 152nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Notes:
- Recorded 27th January 2018.
- Essentially a Valentine’s Day Special, but one that reflects the original suggestion of a more conversational podcast between Darren and Andrew; as a result, this may be even more discursive than usual.
- Wild Strawberries at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- David Bordwell on the roots of film criticism in psychoanalysis, May 2012.
- Jonah Lehrer at Wired on how watching a movie is like dreaming, July 2010.
- Woody Allen discusses the legacy of Bergman with Time, August 2007.
- Woody Allen discusses the influence of Bergman on his work with The Guardian, September 2001.
- Production notes on Wild Strawberries from The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, August 2014.
- Scott Tobias at The A.V. Club discusses Wild Strawberries as a meditation upon life and mortality, December 2012.
- Peter Cowie discusses the production history and legacy of Wild Strawberries at Criterion, February 2002.
- Mark Le Fanu on the bittersweet taste of Wild Strawberries for Criterion, June 2013.
- Victor Sjöström’s The Phantom Carriage at The Criterion Collection, September 2011.
- Wild Strawberries at the Irish Film Institute.
- Ken Jennings at Condé Nast Traveller on what happens when crossing a land border between countries that drive on opposite sides of the road, April 2013.
- Doug Bierend at Wired on “Dagen H”, when Swedes swapped the side of the road on whcih they would drive, June 2014.
- Ben Child at The Guardian on the controversy around Zach Braff’s Kickstarter funding for Wish I Was Here, May 2013.
- Rachel James at Atlas Obscura on the relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church, December 2013.
- Affirmation Nation with Seth Morris.
- Note to Self with Charlie Brooker, December 2017.
- Mission to Zyxx.
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Filed under: The 250 | Tagged: Emotion, film, ingmar bergman, isolation, loneliness, love, Movie, regret, road movie, Smultronstället, Sweden, valentine's day |
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