The Seventh Seal Reviews
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The Seventh Seal
Antonius Block: Reveal me your secrets
Death: I have no secrets
Antonius Block: You know nothing?
Death: I don’t have any knowledge.
That’s marvelous that even death itself could give us nothing… nothing about specific knowledge… We can believe, hope, and assume about the afterlife, but we would never know…
In “Being and Nothingness” Sartre once wrote: “Thus we must conclude in opposition to Heidegger that death, far from being my peculiar possibility, is a contingent fact which as such on principle escapes me and originally belongs to my facticity. … Death is a pure fact as is birth; it comes to us from the outside and it transforms us into the outside. At bottom, it is in no way distinguished from birth, and it is the identity of birth and death that we call facticity.”
Death is pure fact because it is not ours. We assume by interiorization that death could be our. But as a pure fact, it is not ours, just like knowledge about death. Bergman’s idea to show that living death, who speaks with the main character, doesn’t know what goes after “death as a fact” stimulates us to understand that death as a conception could be analyzed in two ways:
1. Human death: death is the limit of being, which belongs to the complexity of life, ending it;
2. Not-human death: beyond the "wall" that limits the presented process to non-existence.
So, Bergman’s “The Sevens Seal” gives us an understanding, that there cannot be guaranteed total catharsis or getting all the answers to metaphysical questions by watching this movie. But still, the scary aftertaste of embarrassment, enlightenment, and confusion will be rooted in the greatest depths of your soul for quite a while.
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arymer627 liked
The Seventh Seal
ah yes, the ol’ “i decided not to r*pe you so in return you’ll be my housekeeper” deal. perfectly reasonable request (demand).
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Kareem liked
The Seventh Seal
Oh man what a watch. I don't even know where to begin.
They should add "mind-blowing" next to its genres.
As I've been struggling for quite some time with these crucial themes, aspects, and questions, this hit another spot.
So many messages, lessons, and emotions, yet I feel-
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Layla is "meh" on
The Seventh Seal
slow and characters get a bit confusing- but still good nonetheless. was suprised by how anti christian some parts were with a title like this but i like how it delved into everything and the cliffhanger. woulda been nice if their cute family could stay but whateva. rip witch
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Cinemutt liked
The Seventh Seal
Not quite what I was hoping for it to be but incredible nonetheless. However, there are many things in this movie that aren’t clear & I’m not sure what to think of.
I guess like Mr Block I’ve just gotta accept that there are things I’m never going to understand and enjoy the ride
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nevan loved
The Seventh Seal
one of the most philosophical and symbolic films i have ever seen and my personal first experience with legend ingmar bergman. the recurring moments of the knight playing chess with death with their perfect performances and dialogue are beyond awesome and inspiring. excellent
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CvptvinHowdy is "meh" on
The Seventh Seal
This is the first Bergman that didn't intrigue or connect with me. It's still thought-provoking, and there are some great lines of dialogue here. Maybe next time I'll have a better understanding because there are interesting aspects here, just not so much for me in the moment.
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Dyl loved
The Seventh Seal
While they’re are many things right with this movie like for example the vivid images it paints in colour or the main fact the pacing and story is on point it can lack in certain times of entertainment and enjoyment overall it’s massively ahead of its time and a good watch 9/10
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DelaPulp loved
The Seventh Seal
If you love this movie, it's themes, and implications PLEASE read Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. I am fully convinced the director read it because the similarities in philosophical questioning and its answers are just uncanny. Even the side characters mirror Camus' thinking
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