Fanny and Alexander Box Set

“Oh and here, last one, Fanny and Alexander. Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece. I'll take this.”

“Just look at the, what a great still. The children, you know, the seeing, I mean the eye, that is a marvelous still. Isn't that the way that Fanny and Alexander are looking around? Just also has the best fart scene I've ever seen in a film.”

“I can talk about Ingmar Bergman actually. I think that what he did when it comes to the Swedish film community was that everybody talks about him like the demon director, someone that is so in control and knows everything about the films that he is making. And maybe when you went to film school as a film student you were a little bit afraid of exposing that you sometimes are not 100% sure what you are doing.”

“Fanny and Alexander. This was an extraordinary experience, just the evolution of a family and the way change and loss of a parent affects everybody.”

“This is probably the most important, for me personally, of these films. Fanny and Alexander, the movie or TV series. This set includes both. Bergman’s favorite version was the five-ish hour TV cut, which is really rewarding and I recommend. At the outset of the story, you have this depiction of a family that’s full of foible and flaw. And then you have this stark contrast of this very ascetic imprisonment that happens for the mom and the kids. It’s horrifying. I love Fanny and Alexander.”

“The first movie I saw in the theater with my grandmother, of Bergman, she took me to see Fanny and Alexander, and I will never forget being such a little girl and saying to my grandma, “I’ve seen the color red for the first time.” Everything was so vibrant and so powerful and taught me about life and grief and love.”

“Fanny and Alexander. As a girl that lost a father, and then finding this movie, it connected to me in such a profound way. These kids, their feelings, their sensations, sort of reconnecting with life. The loss of joy and the portrayal of the joy. You know, if no one's ever acted with children, you'd realize how complicated that is and it's really hard to get a child to perform and keep the authenticity. Bergman has some of the best movies of all time, but you should watch Fanny and Alexander.”