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Nov 16, 2020 · Fårö is sheep country, and it feels right that the film spends time delving into that, but it's also creating an entirely separate aesthetic experience and thematic argument from the rest of the movie. This becomes an even bigger problem later in the film, perhaps for the last third of its brief running time (it is just under an hour long).
Faro Document captures a particular time (end of the 1960s) in an extremely particular place (Faro island in Sweden, population under 1,000). As a non-Swede with a nearly nonexistent understanding of Swedish history, large parts of the discussion are completely lost, such as whether a bridge should be built and some of the political discussion.
Fårö Document. Ingmar Bergman had discovered the bleak, windswept Fårö while scouting locations for Through a Glass Darkly in 1960. Nearly a decade later—and after shooting a number of arresting dramas there and making the island his primary residence—the director set out to pay tribute to its inhabitants. In Fårö Document, shot on ...
Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary. An expression of personal and political solidarity with the fellow inhabitants of his adopted home, the island of Fårö in the Baltic Sea, this documentary investigates the sometimes deleterious effects of the modern world on traditional farming and fishing communities. The young, especially, voice doubts about remaining ...
Fårö Document 1979. Midway through his time in Germany, Bergman returned to Fårö for his second documentary exploration of the remote Swedish island he loved and the socioeconomic realities experienced by those who lived there. Longer, more optimistic, and less ascetic than its predecessor, this film charts a calendar year in the life of ...
Mar 20, 2018 · “A fascinating, affectionate, and rather melancholy home movie by one of the world’s greatest directors.” Ronald Bergan and Robyn Karney, Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide ...
Jan 1, 1970 · Faro Document: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Arvid Andersson, Sven Bernander, Carl Ekman, Ingrid Ekman. Bergman interviews the locals of Fårö in this fascinating documentary.
