"To those who are intrigued by the island itself, and want to know more about it before Bergman's name becomes its metonym. Two TV documentaries FÅRÖ DOCUMENT and FÅRÖ DOCUMENT 1979 shot by the auteur himself can suffice them. Both are down-to-earth anthropological reportages on the island, observing its natural landscape, elemental force, the denizen's day-to-day activities, listening to their life experiences and problems, scoping the various areas of husbandry, fishery, history, civics, tourism, future prospects, politics and so on. A close-up examination of butchering a sheep is contrasted later with a munificent amount of footage about the parturition of baby lambs, the adeptness of slaughtering and shearing is eloquently recorded."
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