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Mr. Bergman and the Maternal
I was very sad to read of Ingmar Bergman's death this morning. Deeply and often hilariously parodied, his movies did manage to illustrate a lot of the ins and outs of family life -- quotidian and abnormal.
Among my favorite of his pictures-- and this is something I saw before having children was even marginally in my mind-- is a 1959 film called Brink of Life about the experiences of several women in a maternity ward.
It's a movie that can be sort of devastating so for the knocked-up and sensitive (or superstitious), I'd stick with something lighter like Smiles of a Summer Night.
But if you're at all conflicted about your family life, a visit with Fanny and Alexander or Scenes From a Marriage can provide you with the not-un-comforting perspective that things can always be worse, while still being fascinating.
posted by Elise at 6:30 AM
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