Fanny and Alexader

or Fanny och Alexander by Ingmar Bergman. Happened to be on TCM last night. It was compelling enough to keep me up for whole 3 hours. It is no surprise it won so many awards for its cinematography by Sven Nykvist. The contrasting visual evocation of the two worlds of the children is so complete and powerful, that little dialogue has to be expended to explain their feelings. The visual aspect is so engaging it is one film I want to see again without the subtitles. I found it distracting from “taking in” the entirety of the movie, to have to let go of the visual composition to “read”.