Saturday, April 4, 2009

Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring


This is a 1960's Swedish film by critically aclaimed director, Ingmar Bergman. I saw this mid-last year. I rented it from Netflix (and...um, I still have it.) The Virgin Spring is a tale of faith and revenge. Envy and Lust. I absolutely love the character of Karin. She represents faith and chastity. And everything that is good in the world. But, alas she is torn away to soon from this world by its very savagery. The film is beautiful in its portrayal of innocence lost. Haunting. Many have said that this film is what inspired The Last House on the Left. And Netflix can go ahead and charge me for it.