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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka 'Cries and Whispers')
Legendary director Ingmar Bergman creates a testament to the
strength of the soul—and a film of absolute power. Karin and Maria
come to the aid of their dying sister, Agnes, but jealousy,
manipulation, and selfishness come before empathy. Agnes, tortured
by cancer, transcends the pettiness of her sisters’ concerns to
remember moments of being—moments that Bergman, with the help of
Academy Award-winning cinematographer Sven Nykvist, translates into pictures of
staggering beauty and unfathomable horror. *** This existential wail of a drama from Ingmar Bergman concerns two sisters, Karin (Ingrid Thulin) and Maria (Liv Ullmann), keeping vigil for a third, Agnes (Harriet Andersson), who is dying of cancer and can find solace only in the arms of a beatific servant (Kari Sylwan). An intensely felt film that is one of Bergman’s most striking formal experiments, Cries and Whispers (which won an Oscar for the extraordinary color photography of Sven Nykvist) is a powerful depiction of human behavior in the face of death, positioned on the borders between reality and nightmare, tranquility and terror. |
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Theatrical Release: December 21st, 1972 - NY, NY, USA
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Distribution | Criterion Collection - Spine # 101 - Region 1- NTSC | Criterion Collection, spine #101 - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | Criterion (Ingmar Bergman's Cinema) - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:31:15 | 1:31:43.873 | 1:31:56.511 |
Video | 1.68:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.83 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 47,967,277,483 bytesFeature: 27,102,799,872 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.02 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,385,618,414 bytesFeature: 27,867,131,904 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.05 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | Swedish (Dolby Digital 1.0) , DUB: English (Dolby Digital 1.0) |
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 |
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, None | English, None | English, None |
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Edition Details: • Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson (2000)—A candid and revealing 52-minute interview with Bergman and long-time collaborator Erland Josephson, originally broadcast on Swedish television
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Optional English-dubbed soundtrack |
Release Information: Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 47,967,277,483 bytesFeature: 27,102,799,872 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.02 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details:
• Introduction by Ingmar Bergman from 2001
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Release Date:
March 17th,
2015
Chapters 18 |
Release Information: Studio: Criterion
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,385,618,414 bytesFeature: 27,867,131,904 bytesVideo Bitrate: 35.05 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details:
• Introduction by Ingmar Bergman from 2001
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The Criterion Blu-ray of Cries and Whispers is part of their Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema 100th Anniversary 30 Blu-ray Boxset (reviewed, as a work in-progress, HERE). This is a new transfer indicated by the source-text before the film:
Colors take a dramatic shift - skin tones cool and normalize, contrast in superior with more pure whites and richer black levels, grass and other colors are far more realistic etc. looking more like the scheme exported by the 2011 DVD. The technical transfer is marginally more robust but this improvement seems directly related to the 35mm original negative source. Same audio - linear PCM mono with the optional lossy English DUB and optional English subtitles. The extras are the exact same as well. The new Blu-ray disc is also Region FREE-locked. This is a huge upgrade for Bergman fans. This new 1080P makes the 2015 Blu-ray presentation appear flawed. Another strong support for the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema 100th Anniversary 30 Blu-ray Boxset.
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Yes, as has been leaked, we can now confirm that
this
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ADDITION:
Criterion - Region FREE -
Blu-ray -
February 2015':
Firstly, Cries and Whispers is one of the most
draining film experiences and I am struggling to give
full review descriptions below, having just watched it.
The image is significantly different from Criterion's
2001 DVD. Much of the film in 1080P has the intentional
red-bias. Skin tones warm significantly. The grain
texture is wonderfully tight and even on the
dual-layered transfer with a max'ed out bitrate. For the
most part, the
Blu-ray
visuals show much more information in the frame on all 4
edges.
Uncompressed monaural audio via a linear PCM track, in
original Swedish at 1152 kbps. It sounds authentically
flat, with crisp dialogue. Of course, there is no
officially composed score for Cries and Whispers,
but we do get Bach's Suite No. 5 for solo Cello in C
Minor, 4th mvt 'Sarabande' played by Pierre Fournier and
Chopin's Mazurka in A minor, Op.17/4 played by Kabi
Laretei. Criterion also include the standard Dolby
Digital English DUB option, in mono. There are optional
English subtitles on the region A-locked
Blu-ray disc.
On their Blu-ray Criterion include the 7-minute introduction by Ingmar Bergman from reporter Marie Nyrerod's interview with the director for SVT Svensk Television in the summer of 2003, on the island of Faro, where he had lived since 1967. In this excerpt, Bergman, at 85, talks about Cries and Whispers. There is a new, January 2012, 20-minute interview with actor Harriet Andersson, conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie, where she talks about her work in Cries and Whispers. There is also 34-minutes of silent, color behind-the-scenes footage, shot during the production with commentary by Cowie. In a new 2014 video essay filmmaker : : kogonada explores director Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers, a film in three movements. It runs 12.5 minutes long and is entitled 'Solace' on the supplements menu. We also get the same 52-minute interview also found on their 2001 DVD entitled Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson from 2000 where Bergman talks with his longtime collaborator. There is a trailer, plus the package contains a liner notes booklet with an en essay by film scholar Emma Wilson. *** ON THE DVD: On initial viewing this image looks excellent, but putting it under the microscope we notice some minimally noticeable manipulations. Contrast, usually Criterion's hallmark, is a shade out of sync here with the variance from white to black being quite dramatic - I usually wouldn't be bothered but I felt the darkness excluded some important details and the whites were literally glowing. Color seems strong and Bergman's extreme close-ups detail a bit of inconsistent grain and noise. There is an English DUB included with the original Swedish audio and optional English subtitles. I felt that the 52 minute interview with Bergman and Josephson was worth the price of the disc alone. This DVD looks very good, but not as filmic as one might expect. Still it is HD-sourced and anamorphic at a ratio at 1.68. No one will do this better than Criterion have done. A must-own for Bergman fans and all cinema lovers. out of |
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