Cinema of the World

During civil war, two musicians retreat to a rural island to farm. They are apolitical; a neighbor sometimes gives them a fish; wine is a luxury. They love each other, but there are problems: the war upsets Jan, he is weepy, too sensitive; Eva wants children, he does not. The war suddenly arrives: rebels attack, neighbors die. When the other side restores order, Jan and Eva are arrested as collaborators. After frightening and roughing them up, the local colonel releases them; then he begins appearing at their farmhouse: to talk or to pursue Eva? He gives her money. The rebels return; chaos ensues. Jan becomes violent and murderous; they flee. Can they escape? If so, to what?

Audio 1: Svenska
Audio 2: English - Director's Comments
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish


Extras: In Search of Humanity, interview with Liv Ullmann, US release trailer


The 18m:34s In Search of Humanity documentary consists of intercut scenes from the film, snippets of an interview with Liv Ullmann, comments by Marc Gervais, and, in common with the rest of the discs in MGM's box set, segments of a 1970 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interview with Bergman, which are only marginally related at best. There's not a great deal of interest here, although Gervais places Shame in the context of Bergman's other "personality disintegration" films of the 1960s, and Ullmann contributes some interesting comments on the conditions of making the film, and the questionable claim that it contains Bergman's only improvised scene.

In the brief (3m:49s) interview with Liv Ullmann, recorded in 2002, she discusses her working and personal relationships with Bergman. The US release trailer (which somehow misspells Liv Ullmann's name) is presented in a good transfer, although the source contains scratches and speckles.



http://filepost.com/files/a2d769f6/SHAME.cd1.avi/
http://filepost.com/files/11c1c91c/SHAME.cd2.avi/
http://filepost.com/files/1c27cm8a/SHAME [en] cd1.srt/
http://filepost.com/files/2c451d23/SHAME [en] cd2.srt/
http://filepost.com/files/7ab1162e/SHAME [fr] 1.srt/
http://filepost.com/files/e7347df9/SHAME [fr] 2.srt/
http://filepost.com/files/47a856b1/SHAME [sp] 1.srt/
http://filepost.com/files/7276mcf1/SHAME [sp] 2.srt/

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067480091/SHAME.cd1.avi
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067480071/SHAME.cd2.avi
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067417181/SHAME [en] cd1.srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067417231/SHAME [en] cd2.srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352751/SHAME [fr] 1.srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352761/SHAME [fr] 2.srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352811/SHAME [sp] 1.srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352831/SHAME [sp] 2.srt

Extras:

http://filepost.com/files/522adccb/interview with Liv Ullmann.avi/
http://filepost.com/files/73ca8775/In Search of Humanity.avi/
http://filepost.com/files/5715951f/US release trailer.avi/
http://filepost.com/files/d7abc6dm/SHAME [en].srt/
http://filepost.com/files/93ecc9a5/SHAME [fr].srt/
http://filepost.com/files/9b7d1c8c/SHAME [sp].srt/

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067417171/interview with Liv Ullmann.avi
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067417001/In Search of Humanity.avi
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067375521/US release trailer.avi
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352851/SHAME [sp].srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352741/SHAME [en].srt
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2067352781/SHAME [fr].srt

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