Editing Wild Strawberries (film) (section)

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
''Wild Strawberries'' received strongly positive reviews in Sweden; its acting, script, and photography were common areas of praise.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJCGNAlqB0gC&pg=PA231|title=Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide|page=231|last=Steene|first=Birgitta|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|date=2005|isbn=9053564063}}</ref> It was among the films that cemented Bergman's international reputation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/141987|title=Wild Strawberries|last=Nixon|first=Rob|publisher=Turner Classic Movies, Inc.|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> but American critics were not unanimous in their praise. A number of reviewers found its story puzzling. In ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Bosley Crowther]] lauded the performances of Sjöström and Andersson but wrote, "This one is so thoroughly mystifying that we wonder whether Mr. Bergman himself knew what he was trying to say."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D06E0DE173BEF3BBC4B51DFB0668382649EDE|title=Screen: Elusive Message; Wild Strawberries' Is a Swedish Import|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 June 1959|access-date=12 February 2017}} Crowther also notes "the English subtitles are not much help", so some confusion was created by poor subtitles in the 1959 screening. To take just one example, in the review he states that it's unclear if the main character was a physician or a doctor, whereas in the script this is eminently clear, in fact an important scene is when the traveling party stops to refuel and the gas attendant refuses to take payment for the gasoline and extols all the good that the "good doctor" has done for the community, to which the old man replies mostly to himself "maybe I should have stayed".</ref> The film ranked 7th on [[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'s [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|Top 10 Films of the Year List]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html|title=Cahiers du Cinema: Top Ten Lists 1951-2009|last=Johnson|first=Eric C.|website=alumnus.caltech.edu|language=en-US|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102838/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html|archive-date=27 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a 1963 interview with ''Cinema'' magazine, director [[Stanley Kubrick]] listed the film as his second favourite of all time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ciment |first=Michel |title=Kubrick: Biographical Notes |year=1982 |publisher=The Kubrick Site |url=http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/milestones.html |access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> It was also listed by Russian filmmaker [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] as one of his top ten favorite films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lasica |first=Tom |title=Tarkovsky's Choice |url=http://www.nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Tarkovsky-TopTen.html |access-date=19 January 2020 |website=Nostalghia.com}}</ref> It is now considered one of Bergman's major works. Film critic [[Derek Malcolm]] ranked the film at No. 56 on his list of the "Top 100 Movies" in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Malcolm|first1=Derek|title=Derek Malcolm's top 100 movies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jan/18/derekmalcolmscenturyoffilm.features111|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 January 2001}}</ref> In 2007, the film was ranked at No. 34 by ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s readers poll on the list of "40 greatest foreign films of all time".<ref>{{cite web|title=As chosen by you...the greatest foreign films of all time|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/may/11/1|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 May 2007}}</ref> In 2009, the film was ranked at No. 59 on Japanese film magazine [[kinema Junpo]]'s ''Top 100 Non-Japanese Films of All Time'' list.<ref name="kinejun1">{{cite web |title=「オールタイム・ベスト 映画遺産200」全ランキング公開 |url=http://www.kinejun.jp/special/90alltimebest/index.html |website=Kinema Junpo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501064506/http://www.kinejun.jp/special/90alltimebest/index.html |archive-date=1 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1972, the work was ranked 10th, in 2002 it was ranked 27th,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002 The Rest of Critic's List|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/poll/critics-long.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613230303/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/poll/critics-long.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2012|website=old.bfi.org.uk}}</ref> and in 2012, it ranked 63rd on the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' critics' poll of the greatest films ever made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6b6466ce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820044620/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6b6466ce |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2012 |title='Wild Strawberries' (1957) |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> That same year the film was voted at number 11 on the 25 best Swedish films of all time list by a poll of 50 film critics and academics conducted 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 |accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref> Its screenplay was listed in ''[[Total Film]]'' as one of the 50 best ever written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/50-best-movie-screenplays/2/|title=50 Best Movie Screenplays|last=Kinnear|first=Simon|magazine=[[Total Film]]|date=30 September 2013|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> The film was included in BBC's 2018 list of The 100 greatest foreign language films.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films|url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films|website=bbc|date=29 October 2018|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> In 2022 edition of ''[[Sight & Sound]]''{{'}}s ''Greatest films of all time'' list the film ranked 72nd in the director's poll.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directors' 100 Greatest Films of All Time|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time|website=bfi.org}}</ref>

On the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Wild Strawberries'' has an approval rating of 96% based on 45 reviews, with an average score of 8.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Wild Strawberries were never so bittersweet as Ingmar Bergman's beautifully written and filmed look at one man's nostalgic journey into the past."<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Strawberries|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_strawberries|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 based on 17 critic's reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Strawberries|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wild-strawberries|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

The philosopher [[Roger Scruton]] wrote of the film: "Even now, after ten viewings, I want to see Wild Strawberries again, not for the story only, but for specific snatches of dialogue, specific images and the specific atmosphere which makes this film enter the soul with the evocative force of a play by Ibsen or Strindberg."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ingmar Bergman: the sense of the world
|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ingmar_bergman_the_sense_of_the_world/|website=opendemocracy.net}}</ref>

===Awards and honors===
The film won the [[Golden Bear]] for Best Film and the [[FIPRESCI Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ingmar Bergman|url=https://fipresci.org/people/ingmar-bergman/|website=fipresci}}</ref> at the [[8th Berlin International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |title=PRIZES & HONOURS 1958 |access-date=7 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121020/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |archive-date=15 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Best Film" and "Best Actor" at the [[Mar del Plata Film Festival]] and won the [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] in 1960. The Film was nominated for a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]] in [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film From Any Source]] category in [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1959]]. It was also nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Original Screenplay]], but the nomination was refused by Bergman.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Soares|first1=Andre|title=Ingmar Bergman vs. the Oscar|url=http://www.altfg.com/film/ingmar-bergman-oscar-wild-strawberries/|website=Alt Film Guide|access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> In his letter to the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], Bergman wrote, "I have found that the "Oscar" nomination is one for the motion picture art humiliating institution and ask you to be released from the attention of the jury for the future."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bose |first=Swapnil Dhruv |date=10 September 2023 |title=Why did Ingmar Bergman reject his Oscar nomination? |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ingmar-bergman-reject-oscar-nomination/ |access-date=6 December 2024 |website=[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]}}</ref> The film won the Pasinetti Award at [[19th Venice International Film Festival|1958 Venice Film Festival]]. It won the [[Bodil Awards|Bodil Award]] for [[Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film|Best European Film]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=Denmark's National Union of Film Critics|url=http://www.bodilprisen.dk/ikke-amerikanske-film/|website=bodilprisen}}</ref>

The film is included on the [[Vatican's list of films|Vatican's list of important films]], recommended for its portrayal of a man's "interior journey from pangs of regret and anxiety to a refreshing sense of peace and reconciliation".<ref>{{cite web|title=Vatican Best Films List|url=http://www.usccb.org/fb/vaticanfilms.htm|website=U.S. Catholic Bishops — Office of Film and Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011123195057/http://www.usccb.org/fb/vaticanfilms.htm|archive-date=23 November 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>