I wanted to make a spiritual thriller, an existential thriller, and I thought the elements that Bresson and Bergman and Dreyer and Ozu, the elements that they brought to the spiritual film, could be transmuted into a thriller that would keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
I wanted to make a spiritual thriller, an existential thriller, and I thought the elements that Bresson and Bergman and Dreyer and Ozu brought to the spiritual film could be transmuted into a thriller that would keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
— Ingmar Bergman · IndieWire: Paul Schrader on ‘First Reformed’: The Director Who Invented the A24 Style Makes His Own A24 Movie
Films That Influenced First Reformed
