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Old 07-21-2009, 09:14 PM
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Thanks for posting that article, it was an interesting read. It's so true that the symmetry Pasolini uses is so alarmingly constant that it is almost the scariest part of the entire film. If nothing else, it was his strongest tool on the path to total coldness.
Definitely. It's more than a motif, really. He kind of created a strong backbone for the film. At any rate, it's powerful.

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Picked up The Seventh Seal (reissue) today on my way home from work- beautiful little package with some special features I cannot wait to discover...though it's a shame they couldn't get all of Bergman Island on there.
Ah, I didn't know that some of Bergman Island wasn't included in the Seventh Seal re-issue. That's really disappointing.
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