Subject: Re: horse play
From: alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins)
Date: 1991-02-15, 09:36
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <083XSAG@cs.swarthmore.edu> pouncy@campus.swarthmore.edu writes:
> >Did anyone see Bergman's Seventh Seal?  Is this the one where
> >the protagonist plays chess with death?  Since death has never
> >lost (we all die), Bergman's set up is a bit like Coop vs. WE
> >(`I've never beaten WE').   If I remember this movie properly,
> >the protagonist (a knight (?)), escapes death, or there is some
> >sort of surprise, or double reverse at the end.
 
As I remember it from a long time ago (no doubt other peakers will
remember better) the Knight lost but staved off death long enough
to experience a fulfilling moment of joy and an insight into life's
purpose which took the bitterness out of his inevitable death. 
By finding love and peace the Knight achieved a spiritual victory.
 
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