Ingmar Bergman

‘The Seventh Seal’: An Enthralling Philosophical Work of Art Made By One of the Truly Greatest

  By Sven Mikulec Ingmar Bergman decided to make something completely different upon witnessing the success of his comedy Smiles…

3 years ago

‘Persona’: Ingmar Bergman’s Psychological Masterpiece as the White Whale of Critical Analysis

Photographed by Bo Arne Vibenius © AB Svensk Filmindustri   By Sven Mikulec In 1963 Ingmar Bergman was appointed head…

7 years ago

Cinema — Cartography of the Human Condition

The opening shot of Ingmar Bergman's 1982 film Fanny and Alexander begins on a sign from which the great director…

9 years ago

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman,…

9 years ago

Ang Lee on Ingmar Bergman

Two years ago, you recorded an introduction for the Criterion Collection DVD of Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring, a film…

9 years ago

Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson

Legendary director Ingmar Bergman rarely gives interviews, but in 1999 he made an exception for journalist Malou von Sivers of…

9 years ago