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"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.
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