This is the third post on Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman’s remarkable film from 1963. We’ve so far considered two of the characters, as vehicles for considering significant points of the movie. The first was Jonas Persson, who killed himself after the pastor’s (Tomas’) clumsy ministering. Persson wanted to know that there was a purpose to […]
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Winter Light — Marta
In Winter Light – Jonas Persson, we considered Ingmar Bergman’s remarkable 1963 film Winter Light, and in particular a point about the despondency of Jonas Persson, and how the main character, clergyman Tomas, dealt with it. Now we look at Tomas’ interaction with another of the characters, Marta. Marta is Tomas’ atheist girlfriend. Throughout, we […]
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