Bergman's Muses: Æsthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and RadioBergman 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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... Engstrand , once paid off to play the role of Regine's father , persuades the naive Pastor Manders that it is Manders ' carelessness that has caused the fire — whereas it is obviously Engstrand himself who has done so . Engstrand ...
... Engstrand's euphemism for a brothel , the new memorial ironically becomes a home , not for orphans but for those who beget them — promiscuous men and women — and in this sense for the image of Alving . Having discovered who her real ...
... Engstrand [ ... ] remains the way he is and Mrs. Alving is [ ... ] both victim and hang- man , at once sophisticated liar and merciless teller of the truth ( closely related to other dangerous women like Hedda Gabler 24 ONE .
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