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(aka 'Through a Glass Darkly')
While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family’s already fragile ties are tested when daughter Karin (Harriet Andersson) discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, the father (Gunnar Björnstrand), along with Karin’s husband (Max von Sydow) and her younger brother (Lars Passgård) are unable to prevent Karin’s harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness. Winner of the 1962 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and featuring an astonishing lead performance by Andersson, Through a Glass Darkly presents an unflinching vision of a family’s near-disintegration and a tortured psyche further taunted by God’s intangible presence. |
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Theatrical Release: October 16th, 1961 - Sweden
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Collection - Spine # 209 Region 0 - NTSC |
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Runtime | 1:25:42 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:29:45 | 1:30:14.617 |
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Disc Size: 33,727,697,791 bytes Feature: 27,098,265,600 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.67 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | Swedish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
Swedish (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono), DUB: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
LPCM Audio Swedish 1152 kbps
1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
Subtitles | English, and none | English and none | English and none |
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Release Information: Studio: Tartan Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
Chapters 20 |
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DVD
Release Date: August 19th, 2003 Chapters 18
Box Set includes the following films:
• Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie |
Release Information: Studio: Criterion 1.37:1 - 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 33,727,697,791 bytes Feature: 27,098,265,600 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.67 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Ingmar Bergman
Introduction (1:53)
Custom Blu-ray Case Chapters 17 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. The Criterion Blu-ray of Through a Glass Darkly is part of their Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema 100th Anniversary 30 Blu-ray Boxset (reviewed, as a work in-progress, HERE). See comparative captures, a listing of technical details, extras etc., on this page. As evidenced by the matched screen captures below - the 1080P is a significant upgrade (contrast, detail, shows more information in the frame etc.) - max'ed out bitrate, uncompressed audio and additional extras beyond the 2003 DVD. It starts with this source-text that states it was restored in 2015:
This looks and sounds pristine - the extras - a short Ingmar Bergman
Introduction from 2003 with Swedish journalist Marie Nuyreod, the
previous Peter Cowie Exploring the Film video from 2003 discussing
the film's key themes plus, as a special guest at the 2012 Midnight Sun Film
Festival in Finland, Harriet Andersson was interviewed by Ingmar Bergman
biographer Foster Hirsch - this is a 8.5-minute excerpt accompanied by
behind-the-scenes footage from Through a Glass Darkly. Lastly, is a
theatrical trailer for the film.
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