However imitation is indeed a form of flattery, and later moviemakers would not have been able to send up The Seventh Seal if the imagery was not so impressive that it stamps itself indelibly in the mind. Even the Bill and Ted movies spoofed The Seventh Seal for goodness sake! Hence elements from the movie have been parodied by Monty Python and Woody Allen. Intellectual film critics find its imagery unsubtle, and prefer Bergman’s less accessible works, such as The Silence or Persona.Īt the opposite end of the spectrum, The Seventh Seal is seen by some as the embodiment of all that is wrong with arthouse cinema – a depressing, po-faced movie with pretentions to importance that risks becoming a parody of itself. Nowadays its reputation is a little diminished. The Seventh Seal was an important movie in establishing Ingmar Bergman’s international reputation as a film director.
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