and i thought that was going to make it a really tricky, tedious watch because you'd be counting them down. but actually, there's nothing tedious about it — it flies by. and the chapter thing makes it feel like a literary conceit — because it's12 chapters, with a prologue and epilogue. and you think at the beginning, "i'm going to have to count 12 chapters," but no, they fly by. and i think i think she's great. i think the way the music is used in it — again, because music is such a big part of cinema — i think is really well done. and the director described it as "a coming of age tale for adults who don't feel like they've grown up yet". and i think that's exactly what it is. and a very quick thought about an extraordinary reissue, i can't believe how old this film is. yeah, cries and whispers is 50 years old. the bfi are doing a liv ullmann season. so this is back in cinemas — you will be able to see it on the big screen, you may have to search it out, but it's really well worth seeing on a big screen. i'd only ever seen it before on a small screen, and it's really worth seeing projected as part of the bfi seasons in a number of cinemas. and it's a bergman film — so it's love, death, relationship, sisterhood,