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Bergman's Muses:

Aesthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio
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McFarland, Jan 1, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 265 pages
Bergman is a most versatile director who has devoted himself to several muses in a variety of media. Apart from being a writer of plays and screenplays, he has over the past fifty years directed about a hundred stage performances, fifty films, and many works for radio and television. During this time, all the production equipment used have undergone significant changes (allowing, just for instance, a more varied and subtle use of light and sound). But by his own admission, Bergman's texts have often lacked a clear orientation toward a specific medium.
This book focuses on Bergman's way of tackling the problems inherent in each art form he has dealt with, giving a penetrating picture of his craftsmanship and the intimate relationship between his work on stage and in film, as well as the possibilities and limitations of the various forms. With the varied media at his disposal, Bergman is internationally the most versatile author-cum-director presently at work, well aware of what each medium can and cannot do and, most importantly, eager to test its borders. The book addresses itself not only to Bergman fans but also to all those interested in the aesthetic problems related to different presentational forms.
  

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About the author (2003)

Egil Tornqvist is professor emeritus in Scandinavian studies at the University of Amsterdam. His most recent books include "Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata": From Text to Performance," "Bergman's Muses: Aesthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio," and "Eugene O'Neill: A Playwright's Theatre. "Birgitta Steene is professor emerita in literature and film at the University of Washington, and author of "Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide," which won the Theatre Library Association's Special Prize in 2007.

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