Prison (Swedish: Fängelse) – 1949, by Ingmar Bergman was the 6th Film where he exposes us to an idea that a film can be made on hell; the sentimental and fearful can always look for consolidation in the church; the bored, tired and indifference can commit suicide; the devil will support the people’s interest in religion and the church which anyways has for a long time worked in his interest; life from birth to death is a great work of art – beautiful and terrible at the same time, without mercy and meaning; the devil is nothing but a symbol, reigning in the hell that is earth.
With melancholic scenes, failed romance, forced prostitution, attempted suicides and finally suicide, along with the Studio Lights going off -
Prison scrapes through time and mind treating us like rabbits in a magician’s hat.
A message blasts out - "Life Itself is a terminal illness"
A great film with an awesome dream sequence, except a feeling creeps in that the script was heavy and some of the actors were not able to bear the burden of the film.
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