/lit/ - Literature

>>12421663
It's not anti-christian at all, anon. The Bishop is, if anything, a stand-in for Bergman's notoriously strict father, who was a lutheran pastor in Stockholm, rather than a representative of Christianity as a whole. Fanny and Alexander was made at a time when he'd come to terms with his doubts; if you want films that are more critical of God, check out his output in the 60s.

Two versions of christianity are depicted in the film; the stark, cold, and strict christianity of Bishop Vergerus, and the familial, warm, inclusive, and slightly heretical christianity of Alexander's family (the whole first act is centered on the most brilliant Christmas party depicted in film). I don't see how it's offensive in the least, unless you're an avidly anti-semitic (of the sort that'd target regular jews) lutheran with an authoritarian streak. Furthermore, the Bishop is not depicted as evil. He's a man wholly convinced of his own goodness - I found the scene in which he explains that he never thought anyone could hate him very humanising.