ECLIPSE SERIES 1: EARLY BERGMAN (The Criterion Collection) [5 DVD9s] [2007]

5 Full Dual-Layer DVDs | ISO Images | 300dpi HQ Scans + Booklets | 28.53 GBs

1944~1949 | Art House | 1:33:1 OAR | Swedish | English Subtitles | 474 min. | Rapidshare

Before The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries established him as one of the great masters of cinema, Ingmar Bergman created a series of devastating but less well-known psychological character studies, marked by intricate, layered narratives, gritty environments, and haunting visuals. These early films, which show the stirrings of the genius to come, remain the hidden treasures of a European cinema on the cusp of a golden age.

COLLECTOR'S SET INCLUDES

TORMENT

ALF SJÖBERG, 1944 - 101 minutes

Ingmar Bergman’s first produced screenplay was for the great Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjöberg’s Torment, a dark coming-of-age drama about a boarding-school senior, Widgren, terrorized by his sadistic Latin teacher. When Widgren falls for a troubled local girl, Bertha, he finds himself caught up even further in a web of emotional mind games.

CRISIS

INGMAR BERGMAN, 1946 - 93 minutes

In Ingmar Bergman’s feature directing debut, urban beauty-shop proprietress Miss Jenny arrives in an idyllic rural town one morning to whisk away her eighteen-year-old daughter, Nelly, whom she abandoned as a child, from the loving woman who has raised her. Once in Stockholm, Nelly receives a crash course in adult corruption and wrenching heartbreak.

PORT OF CALL

INGMAR BERGMAN, 1948 - 97 minutes

In Ingmar Bergman’s Port of Call, Berit, a suicidal young woman living in a working-class port town, unexpectedly falls for Gösta, a sailor on leave. Haunted by a troubled past and held in a vice grip by her domineering mother, Berit begins to hope that her relationship with Gösta might save her from self-destruction.

THIRST

INGMAR BERGMAN, 1949 - 84 minutes

A couple traveling across a war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer’s scarred past. Her friend’s psychological agony. Elliptically told in flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, Ingmar Bergman’s Thirst shows people enslaved to memory and united in isolation.

TO JOY

INGMAR BERGMAN, 1949 - 99 minutes

An orchestra violinist’s dreams of becoming a celebrated soloist and fears of his own mediocrity get in the way of his marriage to the patient, caring Marta. Played out to the music of Beethoven, Ingmar Bergman’s To Joy is a heartbreaking tale of one man’s inability to overcome the demons standing in the way of his happiness.

MOVIES:

DIRECTOR: Alf Sjöberg, Ingmar Bergman

COUNTRY: Sweden

YEAR: 1944 / 1946 / 1948 / 1949

DVD RELEASE: March 27, 2007

STUDIO: Criterion

CATALOG: ECL001

SYSTEM: NTSC

SCREEN: 1.33:1 OAR

COLOR: Black & White

AUDIO: Swedish Dolby Digital 1.0

SUBTITLES: English

RUNTIME (MOVIEs): 474 minutes

EXTRACTION:

DVD: 3 Full Dual-Layer DVDs

FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)

FILE SIZE: 6.19 GBs / 5.33 GBs / 5.73 GBs / 5.19 GBs / 6.09 GBs

TOTAL SIZE: 28.53 GBs

SCANS: Full Art Scan

This is a full DVD image ripped from the original Dual-Layered Eclipse Series - Criterion DVD.

Includes full hi-res Cover/DVD scans.

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