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Fanny and Alexander - Available in 2 Disc OR 5 Dics Boxed Sets















 

 

 

 

"Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (1982) was intended to be his last film, and in it, he tends to the business of being young, of being middle-aged, of being old, of being a man, woman, Christian, Jew, sane, crazy, rich, poor, religious, profane. He creates a world in which the utmost certainty exists side by side with ghosts and magic, and a gallery of characters who are unforgettable in their peculiarities. Small wonder one of his inspirations was Dickens."

"There are fairy-tale elements here, but "Fanny and Alexander" is above all the story of what Alexander understands is really happening. If magic is real, if ghosts can walk, so be it. Bergman has often allowed the supernatural into his films. In another sense, the events in "Fanny and Alexander" may be seen through the prism of the children's memories, so that half-understood and half-forgotten events have been reconstructed into a new fable that explains their lives." -------Roger Ebert

Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of a family living in turn-of-the-century Sweden. Considered one of the warmest and most autobiographical films of Ingmar Bergman, it's three-hour theatrical release received an Academy Awards® for Best Foreign Language Fillm, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design.

DVD -Theatrical Version (Two-Disc Set) -- The Criterion Collection

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • A new essay by novelist Rick Moody (The Ice Storm, Purple America, Demonology)
  • Bergman video introductions, made for Swedish television in 2003

DVD -Special Edition (Five-Disc Set) -- The Criterion Collection

  • Fanny and Alexander Theatrical Release - 188 min.
  • Fanny and Alexander Television Version - 312 min.
  • New high-definition digital transfers Optional English-dubbed soundtrack on the theatrical version
  • Ingmar Bergman's feature-length documentary The Making of Fanny and Alexander, presented here for the first time on DVD in a new high-definition digital transfer
  • Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film, a one-hour conversation between Bergman and Nils Petter Sundgren made for Swedish television in 1984
  • Audio commentary on the theatrical version by film scholar Peter Cowie
  • A Bergman Tapestry, a new documentary featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew
  • Rare introductions by Bergman to eleven of his films
  • A selection of Bergman theatrical trailers
  • Costume sketches and video footage of the models for the film's sets
  • Optional English-dubbed soundtrack on the theatrical version
  • Stills gallery
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Plus: a 36-page booklet featuring new essays by documentarian and film historian Stig Bjorkman, novelist Rick Moody, and film scholar Paul Arthur


Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Color
188 / 312 minutes
Released: 1982
Rated: R

Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish with Optional English Subtitles
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

 

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