DVD : 4/5 Rating : The Seventh Seal

LINKS :
Rotten Tomatoes
IMDB
Wikipedia
Official Website (The Criterion Collection)
Blue Dot

IHMO REVIEW :
saw this last night - or i should say completed seeing it last nite. the first time i got it through netflix the disc was damaged so i only got to see half of it - i got the replacement yesterday and saw the rest.

yes - it's old. yes - it's in black and white. but damn it, it's from the Criterion Collection. and like all the other movies from this collection this movie is fantastic.

the movie was made in 1957 - the cinemotagraphy is amazing. the way he handles the light / dark & greys are sweet. the way he uses sound to control the mood is also very nice. (listen for it in the very beginning when he introduces death - there is the sound of the waves as it hits the shore - but as he introduces death all becomes silent.)

as for the plot - i'll let amazon tell you bout it.
"A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused."

FYI - the very last scene has an image i've seen elsewhere but never knew where it came from. it's a scene of death as he's leading a procession of 7 dead dancers... you'll see what i mean if you watch the movie.