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"Saraband" is a difficult film. The two leads are lifted from Bergman's swedish television masterpiece, "Scenes from a Marriage," but beyond this simple detail film carries no real similarities to the former. The film begins and ends with Liv Ullmann speaking directly to the viewer. Each of the following sequences is shot as a series of duets--two characters engaging in a metaphorical dance. "Saraband" is intended as a stand alone film. It is emotionally disturbing and bleak. It seems to

75 _4%

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

Everyone is alone.

100 _75%

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

Beautiful and haunting. A slow piece of music.

86 _12%

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

Please don't watch this film if you haven't seen every episode of Twin Peaks. This film is not made for outsiders.

93 _37%

Mulholland Drive (2001) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

Under the guise of a mystery, a web of uncertainty. Reality and fantasy are intentionally blurred. This is simply an illusion.

92 _29%

Lost Highway (1997) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

An endless cycle. A dark highway.

100 _75%

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

Ultra violence

100 _75%

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

A film of impossible layers. Stanley Kubrick's death left us with little clue to the final unraveling. It is not a film that was made to be understood upon a single viewing.

100 _75%

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Rated 13 Aug 2007

A black comedy masterpiece. Peter Sellers gives some of his greatest performances in three separate rolls.