Ingmar Bergman
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Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
When I make a film I write it myself. It's a very direct expression of my own dreams
and I just tell people about how I feel or what I'm dreaming or what I think.
Filmography
Kris / Crisis (1946) R1 Eclipse
Det regnar på vår kärlek / It Rains On Our Love (1946) R4 Madman / R2/B Artificial Eye
Skepp till India land / A Ship Bound for India (1947) R4 Madman / R2/B Artificial Eye
Musik i mörker / Music In the Darkness (1948) R2 Tartan
Hamnstad / Port of Call (1948) R1 Eclipse
Fängelse / Prison AKA the Devil's Wanton (1949) R2 Tartan
Törst / Thirst (1949) R1 Eclipse
Till glädje / To Joy (1950) R1 Eclipse
Sånt händer inte här / This Can't Happen Here AKA High Tension (1950)
Sommarlek / Summer Interlude (1951) R1/A Criterion / R2 Tartan
Kvinnors Väntan / Waiting Women AKA Secrets of Women (1952) R2 Tartan
Sommaren med Monika / Summer with Monika (1953) R1/A Criterion / R2 Tartan
Gycklarnas afton / Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) R1 Criterion / R2/B Artificial Eye
En lektion i kärlek / A Lesson in Love (1954) R2 Tartan
Kvinnodröm / Dreams (1955) R2/B Artificial Eye / R4 Madman
Sommarnattens leende / Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) R1/A Criterion
Bakomfilm smultronstället / the Shooting of Wild Strawberries (1957) documentary short
Det Sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal (1957) R1/A Criterion
Herr Sleeman kommer / Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) (TV)
Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries (1957) R1/A Criterion
Venetianskan / The Venetian (1958) (TV)
Nära livet / Brink of Life (1958) R2/B Artificial Eye / R4 Madman
Rabies (1958)
Ansiktet / The Magician (1958) R1/A Criterion R2 Tartan
Oväder / Storm Weather (1960) (TV)
Jungfrukällan / The Virgin Spring (1960) R1 Criterion
Djävulens öga / The Devil's Eye (1960) R2 Tartan
Såsom i en spegel / Through a Glass Darkly (1961) R1 Criterion
Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (1962) R1 Criterion
Ett drömspel / A Dream Play (1963) (TV)
Tystnaden / The Silence (1963) R1 Criterion
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor / All These Women (1964) R2 Tartan
Don Juan (1965) (TV)
Persona (1966) R1/A Criterion
Daniel - segment Stimulantia (1967)
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968) R1 MGM
Skammen / Shame (1968) R1 MGM
Riten / The Ritual (1969) R2 Tartan
En Passion / The Passion of Anna (1969) R1 MGM
Fårö-dokument 1969 (1970)
Beröringen / The Touch (1971)
Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers (1972) R1/A Criterion
Scener ur ett äktenskap / Scenes from a Marriage (1973) R1 Criterion
Misantropen / The Misanthrope (1974)
Trollflöjten / The Magic Flute (1975) R1 Criterion
Ansikte mot ansikte / Face to Face (1976) R1 Olive (Short version)
De fördömda kvinnornas dans / The Condemned Women Dance (1976) (TV)
The Serpent's Egg (1977) R1 MGM
Höstsonaten / Autumn Sonata (1978) R1/A Criterion
Fårö-dokument 1979 (1979)
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten / From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) R2 Tartan
Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander) (1982 R1/A Criterion
Karins ansikte / Karin's Face (1984) (TV)
Efter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal (1984) R2 Tartan
Dokument Fanny och Alexander (1986)
De två saliga / the Blessed Ones (1986) (TV)
Markisinnan de Sade / Madame de Sade (1992) (TV)
Backanterna / The Bacchae (1993) (TV)
Sista skriket / The Last Gasp (1995) (TV)
Harald & Harald (1996) (TV)
Larmar och gör sig till / In the Presence of a Clown (1997)
Bildmakarna / The Image Makers (2000) R2 Tartan
Spöksonaten / The Ghost Sonata (2000) (TV)
Saraband (2003) R1
Forum Discussions
Autumn Sonata
Cries and Whispers
Eclipse Series 1: Early Bergman
Fanny and Alexander
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
The Magic Flute
The Magician
Sawdust and Tinsel
Scenes from a Marriage
The Seventh Seal & Bergman Island
Smiles of a Summer Night
The Virgin Spring
Wild Strawberries
Internet Resources
Ingmar Bergman: Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman Foundation, Sweden)
Publications
Images: My Life In Film - Ingmar Bergman (Arcade Publishing, 1995)
The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography - Ingmar Bergman (University Of Chicago Press, 2007)
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity - Irving Singer (MIT Press)
The Ingmar Bergman Archives - Paul Duncan (Taschen, 2008)
The Films of Ingmar Bergman - Jesse Kalin (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
UPDATED 03/05/2015
When I make a film I write it myself. It's a very direct expression of my own dreams
and I just tell people about how I feel or what I'm dreaming or what I think.
Filmography
Kris / Crisis (1946) R1 Eclipse
Det regnar på vår kärlek / It Rains On Our Love (1946) R4 Madman / R2/B Artificial Eye
Skepp till India land / A Ship Bound for India (1947) R4 Madman / R2/B Artificial Eye
Musik i mörker / Music In the Darkness (1948) R2 Tartan
Hamnstad / Port of Call (1948) R1 Eclipse
Fängelse / Prison AKA the Devil's Wanton (1949) R2 Tartan
Törst / Thirst (1949) R1 Eclipse
Till glädje / To Joy (1950) R1 Eclipse
Sånt händer inte här / This Can't Happen Here AKA High Tension (1950)
Sommarlek / Summer Interlude (1951) R1/A Criterion / R2 Tartan
Kvinnors Väntan / Waiting Women AKA Secrets of Women (1952) R2 Tartan
Sommaren med Monika / Summer with Monika (1953) R1/A Criterion / R2 Tartan
Gycklarnas afton / Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) R1 Criterion / R2/B Artificial Eye
En lektion i kärlek / A Lesson in Love (1954) R2 Tartan
Kvinnodröm / Dreams (1955) R2/B Artificial Eye / R4 Madman
Sommarnattens leende / Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) R1/A Criterion
Bakomfilm smultronstället / the Shooting of Wild Strawberries (1957) documentary short
Det Sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal (1957) R1/A Criterion
Herr Sleeman kommer / Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) (TV)
Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries (1957) R1/A Criterion
Venetianskan / The Venetian (1958) (TV)
Nära livet / Brink of Life (1958) R2/B Artificial Eye / R4 Madman
Rabies (1958)
Ansiktet / The Magician (1958) R1/A Criterion R2 Tartan
Oväder / Storm Weather (1960) (TV)
Jungfrukällan / The Virgin Spring (1960) R1 Criterion
Djävulens öga / The Devil's Eye (1960) R2 Tartan
Såsom i en spegel / Through a Glass Darkly (1961) R1 Criterion
Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (1962) R1 Criterion
Ett drömspel / A Dream Play (1963) (TV)
Tystnaden / The Silence (1963) R1 Criterion
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor / All These Women (1964) R2 Tartan
Don Juan (1965) (TV)
Persona (1966) R1/A Criterion
Daniel - segment Stimulantia (1967)
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968) R1 MGM
Skammen / Shame (1968) R1 MGM
Riten / The Ritual (1969) R2 Tartan
En Passion / The Passion of Anna (1969) R1 MGM
Fårö-dokument 1969 (1970)
Beröringen / The Touch (1971)
Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers (1972) R1/A Criterion
Scener ur ett äktenskap / Scenes from a Marriage (1973) R1 Criterion
Misantropen / The Misanthrope (1974)
Trollflöjten / The Magic Flute (1975) R1 Criterion
Ansikte mot ansikte / Face to Face (1976) R1 Olive (Short version)
De fördömda kvinnornas dans / The Condemned Women Dance (1976) (TV)
The Serpent's Egg (1977) R1 MGM
Höstsonaten / Autumn Sonata (1978) R1/A Criterion
Fårö-dokument 1979 (1979)
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten / From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) R2 Tartan
Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander) (1982 R1/A Criterion
Karins ansikte / Karin's Face (1984) (TV)
Efter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal (1984) R2 Tartan
Dokument Fanny och Alexander (1986)
De två saliga / the Blessed Ones (1986) (TV)
Markisinnan de Sade / Madame de Sade (1992) (TV)
Backanterna / The Bacchae (1993) (TV)
Sista skriket / The Last Gasp (1995) (TV)
Harald & Harald (1996) (TV)
Larmar och gör sig till / In the Presence of a Clown (1997)
Bildmakarna / The Image Makers (2000) R2 Tartan
Spöksonaten / The Ghost Sonata (2000) (TV)
Saraband (2003) R1
Forum Discussions
Autumn Sonata
Cries and Whispers
Eclipse Series 1: Early Bergman
Fanny and Alexander
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
The Magic Flute
The Magician
Sawdust and Tinsel
Scenes from a Marriage
The Seventh Seal & Bergman Island
Smiles of a Summer Night
The Virgin Spring
Wild Strawberries
Internet Resources
Ingmar Bergman: Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman Foundation, Sweden)
Publications
Images: My Life In Film - Ingmar Bergman (Arcade Publishing, 1995)
The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography - Ingmar Bergman (University Of Chicago Press, 2007)
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity - Irving Singer (MIT Press)
The Ingmar Bergman Archives - Paul Duncan (Taschen, 2008)
The Films of Ingmar Bergman - Jesse Kalin (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
UPDATED 03/05/2015
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- stockton
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Where is the retrospective? What are the films you have to choose from?bunuelian wrote:I would imagine Cries and Whispers would be an amazing experience in a theater. All that red . . .So my local cinematheque is running a Bergman retrospective, and i'm having a difficult time deciding what movie(s) would be worth the somewhat lengthy trek. I have never seen anything by him in the theatre, so any suggestions by those with experience would be great...
My first suggestion would be to see whatever you can that hasn't been released on DVD yet. In that spirit, if they're playing 'Sawdust and Tinsel', that would be a great one to catch. It's an amazing film and there's no DVD release for that yet (well, not with english subtitles anyway) .
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- zedz
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Looks like Cries and Whispers and Persona are the consensus choices, and I'd agree. The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in good prints also have a great visual impact on the big screen, as does The Silence (when I saw all three films of the trilogy together this really stood out as the most 'cinematic').
I've only seen Hour of the Wolf and Shame on video, but I can imagine they'd be great cinema experiences as well.
I've only seen Hour of the Wolf and Shame on video, but I can imagine they'd be great cinema experiences as well.
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pacific cinematheque
i've yet to make the plunge myself since they've yet to play anything i don't have on dvd, but it looks like i may soon have a second home.
i've yet to make the plunge myself since they've yet to play anything i don't have on dvd, but it looks like i may soon have a second home.
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I think that The Serpent's Egg might have a different impact when seen in the big screen, because it just doesn't quite work on a TV. This film has a large canvas and a lot of detail to it so it could be that it works better on a larger format.
Still, just a guess as I haven't seen it in a theatre before.
BTW, does anyone know why The Touch seems to be missing from all these retrospectives? And Face to Face for that matter? Is it because they have probably not been restored yet?
Still, just a guess as I haven't seen it in a theatre before.
BTW, does anyone know why The Touch seems to be missing from all these retrospectives? And Face to Face for that matter? Is it because they have probably not been restored yet?
- dekadetia
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Pittsburgh Filmmakers Regent Square (in western Pennsylvania) has been showing 1950s Bergman films every Sunday in January. Unfortunately, I've only made it to Smiles of a Summer Night, but that was a good time; the audience were really attuned to the humor of the piece, which made it fun (whereas most Bergman demands silent attention, this one drew a kind of "Smiles of a Summer Night was filmed before a live studio audience" effect). Then I missed The Seventh Seal and The Virgin Spring, unfortunately, but they'll be rounding out the month with Wild Strawberries and The Magician, both of which, they say, are "New Prints". I'm not sure what this means (revised subs?) -- they said Smiles was a new print, but it seemed pretty scratched up to me. I mention this also because everyone seems to agree that Criterion will be releasing The Virgin Spring and The Magician soon, and these two are playing in this run alongside three Criterion-released Bergman films.
Face to Face was distibuted upon its initial US release by Paramount, which I think makes it unique among Bergman films. They probably still own the rights, which might explain its disappearance as of late. This would probably be my number one Bergman to see in the theater, if only because it's so unlikely that I will.
Face to Face was distibuted upon its initial US release by Paramount, which I think makes it unique among Bergman films. They probably still own the rights, which might explain its disappearance as of late. This would probably be my number one Bergman to see in the theater, if only because it's so unlikely that I will.
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Checking in on the master -- actually find that his website is starting to make some progress: http://www.ingmarbergman.se/
The "trailer" already has me salivating for more. Sounds like they're planning to do something along the lines of Taschen's amazing The Stanley Kubrick Archives book -- except all online?!
And check out the cool screensaver. What? An Ingmar Bergman screensaver? Hell yeah!
The "trailer" already has me salivating for more. Sounds like they're planning to do something along the lines of Taschen's amazing The Stanley Kubrick Archives book -- except all online?!
And check out the cool screensaver. What? An Ingmar Bergman screensaver? Hell yeah!
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The Bergman website seems to be open now. Only in Swedish, English version apparently launches after the new year.
Swedish is compulsory in elementary school in Finland, so that's a handy skill to have now.
Swedish is compulsory in elementary school in Finland, so that's a handy skill to have now.
- kieslowski_67
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"Face to Face", mainly because it's one of the few Bergman movies that are not out on DVD as of yet and it's a must see. Sure it does not hurt to experience "Persona", "Cries and whispers", and "Fanny and Alexander" on the big screen. Those experience turned me into a die hard Bergman fan about 20 years ago.
- Billy Liar
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The person below is right.
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- jorencain
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I'm sure you'll get all kinds of responses, but I would like to suggest: Robert Emmet Long's "Ingmar Bergman: Film And Stage". It's probably more of a coffee-table book, but if you don't want to get extremely involved for each film, this provides a very good overview of Bergman's career. There's a page or two on each film, and plenty of pictures (the book is, if nothing else, aesthetically pleasing). I had this book when I first started watching Berman, and I used it as a reference to keep track of which film was which, the various periods in his career, plots, actors, etc. Anyway, if you are looking for something that's not overly scholarly, then this may be a good place to start.
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For a more or less complete volume, you might look at Bergman's own book, Images, which gives Bergman's film-by-film appraisal of his work, with anecdotes, reflections, etc. However, I personally think that reading a filmmaker's thoughts on his/her own work can be stifling and even dull -- they are obviously going to be rather biased about their own work. (Hitchcock, for example, is very dismissive of much of his work in the Truffaut book, so it's not the best thing to read in tandem with the films, especially on first viewing.)
My favorite book on Bergman, and one that I've championed ad nauseum on this forum before, is The Films of Ingmar Bergman, written by an undergrad professor of mine, Jesse Kalin. He's a philosopher and comes at Bergman with a strongly Cavellian bent, meaning he's smart, but quite readable, not rigorously academic or jargony. (I also think that while Cavell applied his model of skepticism to screwball comedy and Hitchcock, Bergman is actually much more appropriate -- emotional skepticism being at the very heart of Bergman's films. But that's another discussion entirely.) Kalin's book does not linger over every film: he has chapters on Sawdust and Tinsel, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, Smiles of a Summer Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers and Scenes from a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander, with digressions about other films. But the book provides a very good framework (and the last three chapters are masterful readings of those films) and illuminates the fundamental cohesiveness of Bergman's career as a whole. This may be a good book to pick up if you're looking more for overarching themes (with some context) than individual film interpretations. It provides a useful model with which you can approach the rest of Bergman's films on your own.
My favorite book on Bergman, and one that I've championed ad nauseum on this forum before, is The Films of Ingmar Bergman, written by an undergrad professor of mine, Jesse Kalin. He's a philosopher and comes at Bergman with a strongly Cavellian bent, meaning he's smart, but quite readable, not rigorously academic or jargony. (I also think that while Cavell applied his model of skepticism to screwball comedy and Hitchcock, Bergman is actually much more appropriate -- emotional skepticism being at the very heart of Bergman's films. But that's another discussion entirely.) Kalin's book does not linger over every film: he has chapters on Sawdust and Tinsel, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, Smiles of a Summer Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers and Scenes from a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander, with digressions about other films. But the book provides a very good framework (and the last three chapters are masterful readings of those films) and illuminates the fundamental cohesiveness of Bergman's career as a whole. This may be a good book to pick up if you're looking more for overarching themes (with some context) than individual film interpretations. It provides a useful model with which you can approach the rest of Bergman's films on your own.
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so is images out of print? Would anyone suggest his three books he wrote that are supposed to be autobiographical?
I just picked up a book, bergman on bergman, that's translated from the swedish. It's from his earlier days, through hour of the wolf or around there I think. I haven't begun it yet, though, as I haven't watched the silence and a few of the other films yet.
I just picked up a book, bergman on bergman, that's translated from the swedish. It's from his earlier days, through hour of the wolf or around there I think. I haven't begun it yet, though, as I haven't watched the silence and a few of the other films yet.
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Re: Images
I noticed that, too. It's very possible that there may be a new edition on the way. Is it possible that he's updated it to include his work, post-Fanny? (No fanny jokes, please.)
Re: Bergman on Bergman
This is a good book as well, though I think part of the reason he wrote Images was because he was disappointed about the way this book came out. By the time he wrote the later book, Bergman recognized that he had been rather uncharitable to some of his films, and even disagreeable to his interviewers, in the earlier book. Still, it's a fascinating interview.
Re: the autobiographical novels
I've checked these out of the library a number of times, but never had the chance to delve into them. They have a great reputation, and if they're nearly as beautifully written as his screenplays (which are lovely), then they're well worth checking out.
I noticed that, too. It's very possible that there may be a new edition on the way. Is it possible that he's updated it to include his work, post-Fanny? (No fanny jokes, please.)
Re: Bergman on Bergman
This is a good book as well, though I think part of the reason he wrote Images was because he was disappointed about the way this book came out. By the time he wrote the later book, Bergman recognized that he had been rather uncharitable to some of his films, and even disagreeable to his interviewers, in the earlier book. Still, it's a fascinating interview.
Re: the autobiographical novels
I've checked these out of the library a number of times, but never had the chance to delve into them. They have a great reputation, and if they're nearly as beautifully written as his screenplays (which are lovely), then they're well worth checking out.
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If anyone's getting fidgety about the dvd release of Devil's Eye there are copies available from China for under a dollar on E-bay. Faux Tartan design work / removable subs and picture quality as good as anything comparable from the same source. Seems legit as well. They also have other titles from the Tartan catalogue as well as well.
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I've read the novel Sunday's Child, by Bergman. I found it actually very fascinating to read. Bergman's autobiography The Magic Lantern is also a great read.
Haven't seen any of those films, but Private Confessions sounds very interesting. Written by Bergman, directed by Liv Ullmann, starring Max von Sydow and running for nearly four hours.
Haven't seen any of those films, but Private Confessions sounds very interesting. Written by Bergman, directed by Liv Ullmann, starring Max von Sydow and running for nearly four hours.