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Fanny and AlexanderOther

by Ingmar Bergman

Who uses, recommends or left Fanny and Alexander, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

4 people

Max Richter
German-born British composer of Sleep and The Blue Notebooks, and of film scores including Arrival.
loved

Fanny and Alexander is a masterpiece that explores both themes.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Max Richter, the entry for Fanny and Alexander.

2026-02-02·criterion.com ↗

Aubrey Plaza
American actress and comedian, known as April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation (2009 to 2015) and for Legion (2017 to 2019) and the second season of The White Lotus (2022).
loved

I watch Fanny and Alexander every year. There’s obviously some dark stuff in it, but it’s a great comfort movie to me.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Aubrey Plaza, the entry for Scenes from a Marriage.

2022-11-04·criterion.com ↗

Olivier Assayas
French director, screenwriter and former Cahiers du cinéma critic; his films include Irma Vep (1996), Summer Hours (2008), Carlos (2010), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).
loved

The television cut of Fanny and Alexander, of course, which is the one and only version Bergman approved of. It is called the television version because that’s how it was financed, but this is meant to be seen on a big screen with one intermission. It is Bergman’s final masterpiece.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Olivier Assayas, the entry for Topsy-Turvy.

2015-05-29·criterion.com ↗

Rian Johnson
American film director and screenwriter of Brick, Looper and Knives Out.
loved

Existential angst, black-and-white landscapes that feel cut out of slate and bone, quivering ruminations on mortality, and symbolic self-reflexive experimentation in film form-that’s all very masterful and inspiring and well and good, but I didn’t fall in love with Bergman until I discovered (via this box set) Fanny and Alexander. A rich adult fairy tale about how we use storytelling in our lives, not for pleasure alone.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Rian Johnson, the entry for Fanny and Alexander.

2008-11-20·criterion.com ↗

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