Sven Nykvist

‘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

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

‘Sätta Ljus’: A documentary about Sven Nykvist’s lighting process on ‘The Sacrifice’

  By Sven Mikulec   Sven Nykvist expressed this view of Tarkovsky’s method: “The Russian director has scenes that run…

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