Ingmar Bergman Thread

[Shane]

One of the great directors of the 20th century, 6 of Bergman's films have been nominated for Oscars.

His works include:

Crisis (1946)
It Rains on Our Love (1946)
A Ship to India (1947)
Music in Darkness (1948)
Port of Call (1948)
Prison (1949)
Thirst / Three Strange Loves (1949)
This Can't Happen Here (1950)
Summer Interlude (1951)
Secrets of Women (1952)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Summer with Monika (1953)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Dreams (1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Magician / The Face (1958)
Brink of Life (1958)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
The Virgin Spring (1960) (won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)(won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
Winter Light (1963)
The Silence (1963)
All These Women (1964)
Persona (1966)
Hour of the Wolf (1967)
Shame (1968)
The Rite (1968) (Riten) (TV)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
The Touch (1971)
Cries and Whispers (1973) (won Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Magic Flute (1975)), first shown on Swedish television,
Face to Face (1976)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)(won 4 Academy Awards, including one for Best Foreign Language Film)
Karin's Face (1984) (TV)
After the Rehearsal (1984)
In The Presence of a Clown (1997) (TV)
Saraband (2003) (TV)

[Luc Besson]

Scenes from a marriage is a precise description of a marriage and Persona inspired me due to her inability to communicate with another being.

[Ringo]

I remember sneakin into a playing of The Seventh Seal, and the fella from the movie was sittin' right in back of me, just lookin' at the back of me head. An' infact he followed me out of the theatre, followin' me on me dreary way home, scrapin' 'is ol' stick along the thoroughfare, clangin' the gutters to vex me with fright and fear. An e finally confronted me with 'is ol' board of chess, wanting me to play him a round. I told him I played checkers and he leaved me be.
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[Gina Wilson]

Bergman was a brilliant director. Each film has some kind of resonance, usually to do with contemplating death (something that affects everyone). "Wild Strawberries" would top my Bergman's Best list. I also like a Bergmanesque film he only wrote the screenplay for. Think it's called "Eva".

[Shane]

Now that I look at the list, I guess The Seventh Seal is the only Bergman movie I've seen.

Gina, I'll take your advice and make a point to watch Wild Strawberries sometime in the near future.

[Gina Wilson]

Originally Posted by Gina Wilson

Bergman was a brilliant director. Each film has some kind of resonance, usually to do with contemplating death (something that affects everyone). "Wild Strawberries" would top my Bergman's Best list. I also like a Bergmanesque film he only wrote the screenplay for. Think it's called "Eva".

Think he made "Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries" back-to-back in the same year. He was on a roll.

[ifilmt]

First Bergman film I ever watched was Persona.... "hm, cool movie", I said. But something wasn't clear for me. Later, I watched a guy on TV who analyse Persona on psychological level and he explain what this film actually is about. "Stupid me, I didn't catch anything", I said.

Two years later....

"I have one book for you, think you should like it", said my friend to me. It was a book about Bergman's films by 2 psychologists. After reading that book I realized that if you want to understand Bergman's film you should know a lot about psychology.

I don't understand Bergman's films yet.

Sad story

[Darryl Mathe]

Amazing director with a huge body of work. The Seventh Seal is one of my all time favorite films.