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He too, like Jof and Mia, seems to have lived an admirable life.

To me, these three characters are the actual embodiment of that sentiment.That's my understanding of the characters, anyway. There's a lot more other subtle religious references! I saw her character as someone who has no fear of death (or maybe even seeks it), because of that troubled past. He too, like Jof and Mia, seems to have lived an admirable life. Well, 2 kind of takes place over the period of 1.

I did not even know that before you left your comment.Jons is the atheist. I love this movie tho, it may be my favorite Bergman, hope I helped !The reason why Jof, Mia, and their son escaped is because Block liked them so he distracted Death to allow them to escape. I am not a film expert, and it's late at night.

Jof, Marie, and the baby, according to Peter Cowie, represent the Holy Family which could explain why they are only ones spared. For Bergman faith isn't ever credible or justified, but a rejection of faith is always shown as either hubristic (And of course, Bergman goes on to make the same point in a dozen further films. First and foremost there is Antonius Block. The significant thing is completely up to interpretation, but letting Jof get away is the common answer. "Something that struck me as significant in the movie is that the only thing Block tries to do the entire movie is attempt to avoid death - a futile effort, not only in the context of the plague-ridden world of the movie, but in life itself. The squire saves the servant girl, while in the process completely rejecting the theologian who convinced Block to go off on the crusade - a significant moment that could be seen as rejecting the high-minded theological ideals that continue to hamstring Block. The film has two interwoven storylines.

My apologies if there is something wrong with what I'm saying. Is it that they find joy and simple pleasures in the world despite it being ravaged by plague, godlessness, and a general breakdown of society (and Bergman implying that is truly living? They just go to show that if you just live your life and only care about the small matters at hand, there is no need to be troubled about the state of God or the afterlife. And everyone In my view (and, I think, in the film's view) significance comes acting to better the world despite the fact that it will all come to an end - an idea underscored by the film's apocalyptic tone (and title - the seventh seal is a reference to an apocalyptic event in the book of Revelation)I think you're closest to the mark with your point about focusing on our existence itself and not spending so much time running from death.

Throughout the entire film, he has been confident in his actions; again, he is a character that is made admirable for not spending his time questioning the world and faith.I wouldn't be so quick to presume Bergman intends this.

that he claims to have done which he confesses to Death at their last meeting on the chess board?

With The Seventh Seal Block is very much a stand-in for Bergman. His experience with berries & milk and his "last good deed" make me think his character arc should be going from somebody who wants to know about God/death to somebody who has accepted and learned to enjoy life for what it is... yet this seems contradicted by the final scene.However at the end, he is reduced to a blabbering fool, desperately praying to God so he may live.

Also, gonna check out some Nietzche - one of the philosophers I never read for some reason.I just recently rewatched this movie with the criterion audio commentary by Peter Cowie so it's pretty fresh in my head. Jof is a knight of faith, which is someone who through complete faith in god, believes in the impossible and takes joy in every moment.

What is Bergman trying to tell us with his character?When he is confident and curious, he does not know what death is.All that I said here is in your own words. The Seventh Seal is very deliberately based on Kierkegaardian philosophy. Although he does use him in this way, when he is finally confronted with his actual death ('When next we meet, the hour will strike for you and your friends. Does Antonius' wife hold any significance?

He spends his time futilely trying to find God, confirm the existence of the spiritual world, avoid death... he even confidently plays a chess game with death, forming the backbone of the movie. He just reaches the end, neurotic but content with a minor victory. The humour of the film (Jöns prompting the blacksmith's lines or Death felling the tree) is very fundamental to bringing this point across.

If you're looking for more foreign directors, check out Bresson (I'd put his films very close to Bergman's in feeling, they're very serious and wonderful), Tarkovsky, Tarr, Teshigahara. Jof and Mia are the ideal religious couple who do not concern themselves with existential matters and are the only ones who survive. What is Bergman trying to tell us with his character?This is not to mention the other characters. And the only way to meet God seems to be through death, as then, in the afterlife, you learn whether there actually is a (Christian) God or not.

Bergman in Sweden circa 1950-1960 is far closer to Europe circa now and in some ways even ahead of USA 2010.Atheism is not some kind of intellectual or moral height for believers, it's an abyss of giving up, intellectual and moral suicide.In the most popular form presented today by mass-pop atheist figures like Dawkins, atheism is appalling and disgusting.I met once a prominent dissident, who had nerves to stood up to dictatorship.