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Hour of the Wolf
starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson
directed by: Ingmar Bergman

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302641912
Format: Black & White, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 6302641918
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 1968
Sales Rank: 4402

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- Good film
Vargtimmen (Hour Of The Wolf), a 1968 film by Ingmar Bergman, proves the nostrum that even lesser work by a great artist, surpasses the better work of lesser artists, for Bergman can get more from the prosaic, or even nothing, than almost any other director. Almost all the creepiness that a viewer feels watching this film comes from scenes, that in other circumstances, would be banal, even dull. The whole film is a series of small moments, incomplete scenes that fade out, and some blackout sketches, often framed by weird angles and compositions. Ostensibly a meditation on the trite `madness of an artist' theme, with overtones of sexual baseness and vampirism, real and psychic, the film overcomes its horror roots with superb technical screen composition, and a bevy of other cinematic trickery ... Read More

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- A deconstruction of the classic horror film--and still creepy!
In many an interview, Bergman remarked that he wanted to keep pushing the envelope in his film-making, trying new techniques, new ideas, new modes of expression. "Personae" is perhaps his best-known experiment. But "Hour of the Wolf" ought to rank up there as well, although it's not typically given the credit for experimental film it deserves.

The beauty of "Hour" is that on the surface it's a gothic thriller that genuinely puts the viewer on seat's edge with its sheer creepiness. Are the demons haunting Johan real or projections of his crumbling psyche--or both, in some fuzzy Jungian sense? It's not at all clear, which only adds to the film's uncanniness. Sven Nyqvist's use of heavy shadowing in his camera work accentuates the unworldliness of the strange characters at Castle ... Read More

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- INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 28
***1/2 1968. Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. A painter and his wife who live on an island near the Swedish coast start to see strange people around them. Little by little, the artist loses his grip on reality. Fascinating horror film by the Swedish master who tells us one more time the Dracula myth. But Bergman is nevertheless Bergman and the story can be understood on several levels. Think for instance about the baron's castle, and its circumvolutions, which strangely appears like the double of Johan Borg's brain. Recommended.

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- The Not So Innocents. DVD Features Below.
What is the hour of the wolf? "It is the hour when most people die, when sleep is deepest, when nightmares are more real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts and demons are most powerful. The Hour of the Wolf is also the hour when most children are born." This is one of the conversations artist Johan Borg has with his wife Alma by candlelight in their home on the windy deserted island whose only neighbors are a family of perverted ghosts living in a castle.
In other stories Johan tells of when he was a boy and how his parents punishment was to lock him in a closet only before letting him know of the little man that lived in their that eats toes and describes as he climbed in terror from the sounds of the man. He tells of the old woman from the ... Read More

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- Someone has to say it
Well, I guess Hour of the Wolf must be a work of genius, since it's directed by Bergman and stars Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. But honestly, this is probably the most depressing movie ever made. It's supposedly a gothic horror film, but there's no suspense, only horrific images. An artist and his wife spend a summer on an island where he is haunted by his memories. Told in flashback through the wife's recollections and the man's diary. The plot depends upon the wife's undying love and affection for the husband/artist, but Bergman never bothers to motivate the characters in any way, shape, or form. The man never shows his wife any love or affection, thus rendering her devotion incomprehensible. He is supposedly a great artist, but again no evidence is ever given. Bergman's artistic success are not ... Read More

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