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If we shoot, we break twelve years of peace.
Yes, it has been rather boring, hasn’t it?
The Apes saga staggers to a limp and unsatisfying conclusion that asks us to believe that, in less than one generation, the largely inarticulate apes of the last film has not only acquired the power of speech, but also a level of philosophy. There I go, applying logic to fantasy again, but there’s only so much absurdity a man can take.
I love you in my selfish way. And I think you love me in your fussy, pestering way.
If I may grossly over-simplify the Ingmar Bergman worldview: we’re born, we die and in between, we treat each other like shit. The legendary Swedish filmmaker is a sheer master at pointing a camera at people and wringing buckets of genuine, truthful misery from them.
Scenes from a Marriage is a three-hour distillation of a six-part mini-series he did for Swedish television. Depsite its significant length and the fact that most of the film is comprised of extended dialogues between two people, the film holds your attention in an iron grip.
