#253 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE. John Cassavetes 1974

Possession(s) The Exorcist (1973) may be a horrific allegory of internal demons, subsumed existential doubts, and the resultant contemporary religious angsts of faith, but this story of a woman possessed by her own psychological and pharmacological demons, who is in turn a possession herself (of her husband, her children, and of the predominant medical and social …

#229 SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE. Socratic Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman 1973

Marianne thinks she can drop the "horrible masks."Ingmar Bergman undoubtedly would like to be placed next to August Strindberg on history's shelf--but Henrik Ibsen shouldn't be too far away.Not to say that we can not distinguish between Scandinavian geniuses, but there definitely is such a thing as the Scandinavian genius when referring to theatre. Scenes from …