Wild Strawberries (1957)

Art typically evokes emotions, which then trigger intellectual response. By contrast, Bergman's picture, devoid of emotion, just reasons. Interpretations age faster than dreams.

Bergman's understated tone promotes Ingrid Thulin, whose looks require little acting upon and little backstory, and Gunnar Björnstrand, an actor.

The characters in need of transformation are dead, so one settles for their alteration instead.