Greatest Movie Scenes #55 - THE SEVENTH SEAL
The Seventh Seal for my money is Bergman's best film. It's certainly his most famous. Possibly because of it's incredible opening scene depicting a knight's quest to save his life by challenging death to a game of chess.
A special edition of the Greatest Movie Scenes today (this might be next Sunday's, just posted now). Ironically, I actually had this scene planned to post with The Seventh Seal currently re-running in U.K. cinema's but then came that Spock casting so I decided to go with Star Trek for last week instead, so originally I pushed this back a week to next Sunday. If your wondering what the chess reference is above in regards to the great Ingmar Bergman who has sadly passed away, then you are truly in need of some film education. I guess this is what this feature is for, to educate those who haven't seen the movies as to how great a certain scene is or for those who have seen it, to give their two cents. The Seventh Seal for my money is Bergman's best film. It's certainly his most famous. Possibly because of it's incredible opening scene depicting a knight's quest to save his life by challenging death to a game of chess. The scene has often been parodied and homaged through the years, most famously by Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey in 1991 where they challenged death to games of Twister, Battleship and Clue! I love this following scene, it says so much about life which truly is just one big chess game. We are constantly fighting the Grim Reaper everyday of our lives but at some point we will hit checkmate. It's a chess game we are all destined to lose, it's just a matter of how smartly we can move our pieces and protect our King until it's too late.