Ingmar Bergman out of focus : film cultures and international reception / edited by Jono Van Belle, Fernando Ramos Arenas, and María Paz Peirano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belle, Jono van, editor.

Ramos Arenas, Fernando, 1981- editor.

Peirano, María Paz, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007--Criticism and interpretation.

Bergman, Ingmar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 234 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Director Ingmar Bergman occupies a central place in the history of modern cinema. Credited with igniting a cinematic revolution, his ability to produce work which resonated with audiences globally has brought scholarly attention to the impact of Bergman’s Swedish background on his oeuvre. Ingmar Bergman Out of Focus revises this question of Bergman’s “familiarity” to produce a more expansive understanding of Bergman’s cultural heritage. Considering the impact of Bergman’s films on film festival organizers, critics, academics, and audiences all over the world, this volume illuminates how Bergman’s film aesthetics simultaneously shaped modern culture and were themselves reshaped by the debates and concerns that preoccupied his viewers.

Contents:

Foreword / Jan Homberg

Introduction / Fernando Ramos Arenas, Jono Van Belle and María Paz Peirano

Off the Beaten Track : Birgitta Steene's Pioneering Reception Research on Ingmar Bergman / Jono Van Belle

Reception of Ingmar Bergman and the Concept of ‘Art Cinema’ in Chile and Argentina (1950s–1960s) / Alejandro Kelly-Hopfenblatt and María Paz Peirano

Did Uruguay Discover Bergman? : The Early Reception of Swedish Cinema and the Trails of a Shared Modern Feeling / Mariana Amieva

The Making and Unmaking of Ingmar Bergman, Religious Filmmaker : Arthouse and Catholicism in Spain (1960-1963) / Fernando Ramos Arenas

The Castaway of the Post-Thaw Tide : The 1959/1960 "Bergman Session" in the People's Republic of Poland / Konrad Klejsa

Discussed, Demonised, Disputed : The Film Critic as Gateskeeper on the Path towards Bergman's Canonisation in Italy / Giulio Tosi

We Live in the Same World : Fan Mail to Ingmar Bergman / Eirik Frisvold Hanssen

Accessing Ingmar Bergman in Twenty-First-Century India : Film Festivals, Societies and Filmmakers as Reception Pathways / Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram

Conclusion: Three Levels to Recapitulate Bergman's Film-Cultural Relevance / Fernando Ramos Arenas, Jono Van Belle and María Paz Peirano

Appendix: List of film titles.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9781805398806

1805398806

9781805398813

1805398814

OCLC:

1460025332