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The films of Ingmar Berg man / Jesse Kalin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalin, Jesse, 1940- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge film classics.
- Cambridge film classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bergman, Ingmar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Jesse Kalin defines Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out. For Bergman, meaning is achieved independently of any moral absolute and is the result of a process of self-examination. Six existential themes are explored repeatedly in Bergman's films: judgment, abandonment, suffering, shame, a visionary picture, and above all, turning toward or away from others. Kalin examines how Bergman examines these themes cinematically, through close analysis of eight films: well known favorites such as Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Fanny and Alexander; and important but lesser known works, such as Naked Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers, and Scenes from a Marriage.
- Contents:
- Filmography: p.
- Introduction: The geography of the soul
- Part I. The Films of the Fifties. The primal seen: The Clowns' Evening; The journey: The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries; The great dance: Smiles of a Summer Night
- Part II: Second Thoughts. A dream play: Shame; The illiterates: Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage
- Part III: A Final Look. The little world: Fanny and Alexander
- Afterwords. Biographical note; Bergman and existentialism: a brief comment; A note on Woody Allen.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.
- Filmography: p. 235-244.
- ISBN:
- 9780511097676
- 0511097670
- 9781107126435
- 1107126436
- 9781280414527
- 1280414529
- 9780511179631
- 0511179634
- 9780511065347
- 0511065345
- 9780511203619
- 0511203616
- 9780511306570
- 0511306571
- 9780511615283
- 0511615280
- 9780511067471
- 051106747X
- OCLC:
- 171135626
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07675 hdl
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