|
Hi. A few questions regarding Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Highmay |
Hello. I'm an American and love movies. Bergman is one of my favorite directors. I'm a little curious about Bergman and how loved he is in Sweden. I like to compare it to Woody Allen in America. Allen isn't as loved in America as he is everywhere else in the world, so it's interesting for me to see how Bergman's country thinks of him.
-Would regular everyday Swedish movie fans today know and speak to Bergman's better films? (Hardly any Americans know Allen's work)
-If I asked you to list your 3 FAVORITE Bergman films, what would they be? (Mine, alphbetically: Face to Face, Scenes from a Marriage, and Wild Strawberries)
-If I asked you to list the 3 BEST Bergman films, what would they be? (Mine, alphabetically: Cries & Whispers, Persona, and The Seventh Seal)
-If you have seen Woody Allen's "Interiors," do you think Allen payed proper homage to Bergman?
and finally,
-How was his last film, Saraband, received by Sweden?
I really really would appreciate your opinions. Thank you very much in advance. :D |
|
|
| Highmay |
| Oh! and btw: I really don't know Swedish, so it would be much appreciated if you answer in English. Thanks!! :) |
|
|
| RebeL9 |
i believe Ingmar Bergman is loved by the swedish movie critics. But if you ask any swedish kid on the street who he is not many would recognice him and definetly not recall any of his movies.
The younger generation see him as a man from the past.
But the older generation really look up to him and appriciate his movies. |
|
|
| Dragonfly |
Hi! yes I agree with Rebel9. I moved to Sweden (from America) when I was a kid and now I am about 10 years older than most the guys on TA. Even the people my age think of Bergman as the guy who made that movie in black and white where someone was playing chess on the beach with the Reaper. I come from Swedish imigrant family in USA so i had actually seen som Bergman and other movies in USA, but was too young to understand what made them special. If you want my honest opinion, Bergman has lifted a part of the Swedish culture to exaggeration by focusing on things that do not belong to all of us though they may prepresent some of the unique fascents of the Swedish culture. But we are all proud of our on-going list of Swedish artists not the least within pop music industry, medicine and technology as our nation is very small, smaller than most large world cities.
In summary, I think there are 3 reasons we do not know and love his work, 1) the profit in his own country syndrome, 2) we are too close to his 'truths' to appreciate them. 3) Maybe people who like Trance are not the same people who are into movie culture... just a thought. Maybe you as an American can tell us what you guys think is cool about his work? |
|
|
| TrancE_GyLLe |
| Think I have never seen a bergman Movie!! |
|
|
| Virus |
I think Fanny & Alexander is the most famous Bergman movie along with The Seventh Seal.
Another reason why he is not very well known among younger people might be that he avoids the spotlight at all costs. He never speaks to the press, never gives an interview and so on. He hates it so much that he doesn't even attend the openings of his theatre plays.
Personally I haven't seen a lot of Bergman. I like Fanny & Alexander though. |
|
|
| Goldiluxe |
5 wives and 8 kids.
yuk!
He's sleazy and a cheating disgusting man.
Can't say I've seen many of his films though.
I'm afraid I might like it, which I dont want to as I dont want to like something that a person like him has created.
:) |
|
|
| Dragonfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Goldiluxe
5 wives and 8 kids.
yuk!
He's sleazy and a cheating disgusting man.
Can't say I've seen many of his films though.
I'm afraid I might like it, which I dont want to as I dont want to like something that a person like him has created.
:) |
Goliluxe, actually i think your views here are valid. Do we really want to buy the art and views of people who choose to ignore the values of the masses? |
|
|
| Kongo_kim |
| Didnīt he chase one of the actors because she didnīt want to be naked:D Sick old man |
|
|
| Virus |
| You can appreciate his work eventhough you don't like the man. Do you hate all the music by Michael Jackson and films by Roman Polanski for example? |
|
|
| Dragonfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Virus
You can appreciate his work eventhough you don't like the man. Do you hate all the music by Michael Jackson and films by Roman Polanski for example? |
Absolutely not! I think we could probably have a nice cup of coffee with the bank robber down the street or say good morning to the guy who killed anna Lind, or thank Hilter for picking up the package we dropped if we happened by these people in everyday situations without knowing who they are. BUT...when it comes to one's attention and it is bad enough.. why not be a little bit concerned and act. why not be an activist. life is short. |
|
|
| Goldiluxe |
Oh no.
Now it got difficult for me as I love Michael Jackson for his incredibly talenteed music mind!
But if hes really up to all those terrible things with children,it makes me sad.
I hope thats not true, Ingmar Bergman is true apparently, and all the things hes done.
So.
I dont know,
Tricky! |
|
|
|
|
