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DVDBeaver comments:
NOTE:
This
Blu-ray
set is Region FREE!
Criterion's package of
Ingmar Bergman 39-films includes some that have been released by
them previously on
Blu-ray
(Persona,
Wild Strawberries,
The Virgin Spring
etc. ), most, of which have new transfers (Autumn Sonata,
The Seventh Seal
in 4K Restored etc. etc.) other that we are comparing to other company's
Blu-ray
releases (The Magic Flute,
A Ship Bound For India,
Sawdust
And Tinsel,
Dreams etc.) and some that have never been released on
Blu-ray
before (Winter
Light,
Thirst,
Port of Call,
Waiting Women
etc.) Where we can we will compare to past DVD releases and
make general comments on this page. Since Criterion are one of
the most consistently strong film-to-digital companies, we have
decided to use this space to identify how similar they are to
previous Criterion
Blu-ray
releases, the individual transfer uniformity and any anomalies in
the set. Example; All have linear PCM mono audio (24-bit) in the
Swedish language, except
From the Life of the Marionettes
which has linear PCM mono (24-bit) in the original German language
and the English language films (The
Serpent's Egg,
The Touch).
We will identify which
Blu-ray
discs in the set share 2 films (ex.
Hour of the Wolf on the
same disc as
From the Life of the Marionettes), some offer optional English
DUBs (ex.
Winter Light,
The Silence etc.).
Individual review links are below.
These are the advertised stats of the set:
• Thirty-nine
films, including eighteen never before released by Criterion
• Digital
restorations of the films, including a new 4K restoration of The
Seventh Seal and new 2K restorations of
Crisis,
Persona,
Fanny and
Alexander, and many others, with uncompressed monaural and stereo
soundtracks
• Eleven
introductions by director Ingmar Bergman
• Six
audio commentaries
• Over
five hours of interviews with Bergman
• Interviews
with Bergman’s collaborators, including actors Bibi Andersson,
Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Bergman, Erland Josephson, Gunnel Lindblom,
Liv Ullmann, and Max von Sydow and cinematographer Sven Nykvist
• Daniel
and Karin’s Face, two rarely seen documentary shorts by Bergman
• Documentaries
about the making of
Autumn Sonata,
Fanny and
Alexander,
The Magic Flute,
The Serpent's Egg,
The Touch, and
Winter Light
• Extensive
programs about Bergman’s life and work, including Bergman Island,
.
. . But Film Is My Mistress, Laterna Magica, Liv & Ingmar, and
others
• Behind-the-scenes
footage, video essays, trailers, stills galleries, and more
• PLUS:
A lavishly illustrated 248-page book, featuring essays on the films
by critics, scholars, and authors including Cowie, Alexander Chee,
Molly Haskell, Karan Mahajan, Fernanda Solórzano, and many others,
along with selections from remarks and texts by Bergman himself
The English language films (The
Serpent's Egg,
The Touch) offer optional English (SDH)
subtitles with standard English subtitles in the set for
everything else that is non-English dialogue.
NOTE:
As has been pointed out by some consumers; this is not a complete
collection of Ingmar Bergman's films (ex. Face to Face, is
absent). Janus Films does not have the copyright to the director's
complete oeuvre... and no company does. Criterion have parsed the
39-films into 5 groups, listed below and this correlates to the disc
numbering:
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