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Persona and Pierrot Le Fou are being cofeatured at the Brattle starting tomorrow; both are wonderful, though sometimes brutal, works, highly recommended for the artsy crowd. Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman and staring Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson, is a complex psychological drama that's somewhat of a modern classic. Pierrot Le Fou, directed by Godard and starring Belmondo, is another heady film about psychic anguish, and as always, Belmondo is a joy to watch...
Wedding in Blood, a fine Chabrol film about crimes of passion with brilliant performances from Michel Piccoli and Stephane Audran, is moving to Central Sq. along with Bergman's The Touch. Lucia is staying at the Welles, but not for too much longer, so catch it while...
...well see some of them before the weekend rush. The most exciting movie event in the area is tomorrow's N.E. premier of Chabrol's Wedding in Blood at the Harvard Sq. Theater. Geoff Garin's review, wildly complementary, appears on page two. Wedding is playing with The Touch, Bergman's first English-language film and his worst movie. Another great double feetch at the Brattle: A lovely movie version of Lawrence's Women in Love coupled with tte chilling Sunday, Bloody Sunday. The Welles is dragging back The Godfather, for those of you that missed it. Offa...
...Harvey went to Europe to personally import films for the Brattle. In Sweden he screened an enormous number of films made between 1935 and 1955, and brought back Smiles of a Summer Night, the first Bergman film shown in the United States and an international favorite that year...
Harvey formed Janus Films, without a doubt the most important force in establishing foreign film as an art form in this country. Janus and Harvey brought over all the remaining Bergmans, the first Truffaut, Renoir's two best films--in fact, for a decade or so almost all the important foreign films to come to this country. Harvey, Truffaut, Bergman and most of the others have no part in the Janus operations any more, but the company still has close ties to Harvey's Harvard-Central-Brattle chain, as the Brattle programming and the periodic Janus festivals at the Square...