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[[File:Ingmar Bergman (1966).jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt=Bergman in 1966|Several critics called ''Persona'' Ingmar Bergman's magnum opus, and he won the [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director]] for the film.]]
Reviewing ''Persona''{{'s}} home video, Richard Brody credited Bergman for a work that shed realism with special effects and conveyed "a tactile visual intimacy", and praised the film's island setting.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/dvd-of-the-week-persona |title=DVD of the Week: Persona |last=Brody |first=Richard |date=4 August 2010 |access-date=11 October 2017 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095228/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/dvd-of-the-week-persona |archive-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> Leonard Maltin gave the film {{frac|3|1|2}} stars in his ''2013 Movie Guide'', calling it "haunting, poetic, for discerning viewers".{{sfn|Maltin|2012}} According to ''Time Out''{{'}}s review, Elisabet can (despite her fraud) be understood: "not an easy film, but an infinitely rewarding one".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/persona |title=Persona |last=TM |access-date=11 October 2017 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095250/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/persona |archive-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' critic Dave Kehr wrote that it might be Bergman's best, but objected to its unoriginal ideas (for an experimental film) and tediousness.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/persona/Film?oid=1054155 |title=Persona |last=Kehr |first=Dave |access-date=11 October 2017 |work=[[Chicago Reader]] |date=21 February 1985 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012100134/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/persona/Film?oid=1054155 |archive-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> Emanuel Levy reviewed ''Persona'' in 2016, calling it a complicated, mysterious and artistic psychological drama with experimentation presenting a novel result.<ref name="Levy">{{cite web |url=http://emanuellevy.com/review/featured-review/persona-1966-ingmar-bergmans-masterpiece-starring-liv-ullmann-and-bibi-andersson/ |title=Persona: Ingmar Bergman's 1966 Masterpiece is among the Films that Made Me Want to Become Critic |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |date=28 May 2016 |access-date=11 October 2017 |work=[[Emanuel Levy|Emanuellevy.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012150006/http://emanuellevy.com/review/featured-review/persona-1966-ingmar-bergmans-masterpiece-starring-liv-ullmann-and-bibi-andersson/ |archive-date=12 October 2017}}</ref>
 
In 1996, ''Persona'' was included in [[Movieline]] Magazine's "100 Greatest Foreign Films".<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Foreign Films by Movieline Magazine|publisher=[[Filmsite.org]]|url=http://www.filmsite.org/foreign100_2.html|access-date=19 April 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' ranked the film at number 102 in its Top 250 "Best Films of the Century" list in 1999, based on a poll of critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |title=Take One: The First Annual Village Voice Film Critics' Poll |access-date=27 July 2006 |year=1999 |work=The Village Voice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826201343/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |archive-date=26 August 2007}}</ref> ''Persona'' was included on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s [[Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies|All-Time 100 best movies]] list<ref>{{cite webmagazine|title=''Persona''|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/persona-1966/|websitemagazine=Entertainment.timesTime|date=15 January 2010 |last1=Schickel |first1=Richard }}</ref> and in ''The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made''.{{sfn|Nichols|Scott|2004|p=751}} In 2010, it was ranked 71st in ''Empire'' magazine's "100 Best Films of World Cinema".<ref>{{cite web| title = The 100 Best Films of World Cinema – 71. Persona| url = https://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=71| date = 11 June 2010| access-date = 20 November 2016| work = [[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050853/http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=71| archive-date = 24 September 2015}}</ref> In the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' polls, it was ranked the 17th-greatest film ever made in the critics' poll (tied with [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Seven Samurai]]'')<ref name="bfi">{{cite journal |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |title=The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time |issue=September 2012 |date=1 August 2012 |journal=[[Sight & Sound]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=6 June 2013 |editor-link=Ian Christie (film scholar) |editor-first=Ian |editor-last=Christie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301135739/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |archive-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> and 13th in the directors' poll.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|title=Directors' Top 100|year=2012|journal=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209010504/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|archive-date=9 February 2016}}</ref> In 2012 the film ranked sixth on the 25 best Swedish films of all time in a poll of 50 film critics and academics by film magazine ''FLM''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flm.nu/2012/08/de-25-basta-svenska-filmerna-genom-tiderna/ |title=De 25 bästa svenska filmerna genom tiderna |date=30 August 2012 |work=Flm |language=Swedish |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref> In 2017, ''The Daily Telegraph'' called ''Persona'' one of "the most pretentious movies of all time" and a "wholly subjective" exercise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/pretentious-arthouse-movies-time/persona-1966what-think-young-nurse-bibi-andersson-actress-liv/ |title=A wholly subjective list of the most pretentious movies of all time: Persona (1966) |last=Cumming |first=Ed |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=11 October 2017 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012101420/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/pretentious-arthouse-movies-time/persona-1966what-think-young-nurse-bibi-andersson-actress-liv/ |archive-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> The film has a 91% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 53 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persona/|title=Persona (1966)|access-date=13 June 2021|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120152833/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persona/|archive-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a rating of 86/100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|title=Persona|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/persona|website=Metacritic}}</ref> In 2018 the film ranked sixth on the [[BBC]]'s list of the 100 greatest foreign-language films, as voted on by 209 film critics from 43 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films|url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> In 2021 the film ranked 23rd on [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] magazine's list of ''The 100 best movies of all time''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 best movies of all time|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/movies/best-movies-of-all-time|date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
 
===Accolades===
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| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
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| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
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[[David Lynch]]'s 2001 film ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'' deals with similar themes of identity and has two female characters whose identities appear to merge.<ref name="Collin">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/27/when-two-women-become-one-is-the-persona-swap-cinemas-tiniest-ki/ |title=When two women become one: is the 'persona swap' cinema's tiniest, kinkiest movie genre? |last=Collin |first=Robbie |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=19 November 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150942/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/27/when-two-women-become-one-is-the-persona-swap-cinemas-tiniest-ki/ |archive-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> With its thematic similarities, the film's "mysterious dreamlike quality" is evidence of Bergman's (and particularly ''Persona's'') influence.{{sfn|Young|2015|p=127}} [[David Fincher]]'s ''[[Fight Club]]'' refers to ''Persona''{{'s}} subliminal erect penis.<ref name="Parkinson"/>{{sfn|Remes|2015}} Parallels to "two (usually isolated) women in an intense relationship slowly blending and morphing into one another" may be seen in the competing ballerinas in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' (2010) and the sisters in [[Lars von Trier]]'s ''[[Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia]]'' (2011).<ref name="Collin"/> In 2016, ''[[The Independent]]'' reported on a video essay about ''Persona''{{'}}s influence that compared shots in ''[[Don't Look Now]]'' (1973), ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991); some shots predated ''Persona'', and appear in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958) and ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (1960).<ref name="Hooton"/>
 
After Bergman's death in 2007, his residence and the ''Persona'' filming location at Hammars on Fårö was assessed at 35 million kr and sold.<ref name="Ahlund">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article11725500.ab |title=Bergmans hem säljs – för 35 miljoner kr |last=Åhlund |first=Jannike |date=24 March 2009 |access-date=7 October 2017 |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=sv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007195016/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article11725500.ab |archive-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> A stage adaptation, [[Hugo Hansén]]'s ''Persona'', played in Stockholm in 2011 and starred Sofia Ledarp and Frida Westerdah.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/teater/article14056621.ab |title=Teater: Bergmansk magi |last=Aschenbrenner |first=Jenny |date=10 December 2011 |access-date=7 October 2017 |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=sv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030436/http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/teater/article14056621.ab |archive-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> Another adaptation, ''Deformerad Persona'' by Mattias Andersson and his sister, Ylva Andersson, addressed [[multiple sclerosis]] and premiered at the [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite webnews |url=https://www.svd.se/skoningslos-parafras-pa-persona |title=Deformerad Persona: Skoningslös parafras på Bergmans maktkamp |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=7 October 2017 |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |language=sv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008031549/https://www.svd.se/skoningslos-parafras-pa-persona |archive-date=8 October 2017|last1=Spindler |first1=Ylva Lagercrantz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dramaten.se/Repertoar-arkiv/Deformerad-persona/ |title=Deformerad Persona |access-date=7 October 2017 |publisher=[[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] |language=sv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008031119/http://www.dramaten.se/Repertoar-arkiv/Deformerad-persona/ |archive-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> Ullmann and director [[Stig Björkman]] collaborated on a 2009 documentary, ''Scener från ett konstnärskap'', with recordings of Bergman during the production of ''Persona''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/ullmann-i-ny-film-om-bergman/65344109 |title=Ullmann i ny film om Bergman |last=Jonassen |first=Trine Høklie |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=7 October 2017 |work=[[Dagbladet]] |language=no |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007195358/https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/ullmann-i-ny-film-om-bergman/65344109 |archive-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>
 
==See also==