Minus, played by Lars Passgård, in Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly

The Profound Consolation: The Use of Bach's Music in the Films of Ingmar Bergman (Part 2)

[15 November 2006]

by Chadwick Jenkins

In the second installment of an ongoing discussion of Bach and Bergman, Jenkins examines the communicative power of Bach's sarabande in Through a Glass Darkly.
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