Persona is considered one of the major works of the 20th century by essayists and critics such as Susan Sontag who referred to it as Bergman's masterpiece.[3] Other critics have described it as one of this century???s great works of art.[4][5] In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound???s poll, Persona was ranked the 17th greatest film ever made in the critics' poll (tied with Akira Kur