BO WIDERBERGS NEW SWEDISH CINEMA (Blu-ray)

Driven by a desire to forge a socially conscious Swedish cinemaone that broke with the inward-looking psychodrama of Ingmar Bergman to give dynamic expression to the everyday experiences of working-class Swedeswriter Bo Widerberg turned to filmmaking in the early 1960s, realizing his ambition in politically committed yet poetic works that merge social-realist themes with a refined, often breathtakingly beautiful visual sensibility. Dramatizing the struggles of ordinary people fighting to chart their own destiny, these four acclaimed, popular, and pivotal films from Widerbergs most prolific period live and breathe with a rare vitalityand helped launch a new Swedish cinema.FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks New introduction to director Bo Widerberg by filmmaker Ruben stlund New interviews with actor Tommy Berggren and cinematographer Jrgen Persson The Boy and the Kite (1962), a short film by Widerberg and Jan Troell, with an in