Practicalmadness

Attention Chicago-area college students who dig Bergman movies:

Shot on video for Swedish Television, SARABAND is a sequel to Bergman’s acclaimed 1973 work SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE. Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson reprise their roles as Marianne and Johann, now seen thirty years after their divorce.

The 85-year-old Bergman has declared that this will be his final film. He has so far refused to transfer SARABAND to 35mm or to authorize its theatrical release. The film will be presented at the Film Center on digital video, in Swedish with English subtitles.

Pia Ehrnvall, producer of SARABAND, and Torbjörn Ehrnvall, its assistant director, will be present for audience discussion. For making this presentation possible, the Film Center thanks the Ehrnvalls, Peter Berggren, Kerstin Lane, Scandinavian Airlines, and The General Consulate of Chicago.

This private screening, the first outside of Europe, is open to college students and faculty only. Admission is free. Tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis at the Gene Siskel Film Center box office starting at 9:30 am on the day of the screening, March 4. A current college photo-ID card must be presented at both the box-office and at the theater door for admittance, and only one ticket will be issued per person.

The Gene Siskel Film Center is located at 164 N. State Street, between Lake and Randolph. For further information, please call 312-846-2600.