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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... face . We can certainly become completely absorbed in the aesthetics of montage ; we can bring objects and still life into wonderful rhythm ; we can make nature studies of astonishing beauty , but the approach to the human face is ...
... Face to Face , The Magic Flute and Fanny and Alexander to be shown , sometimes abridged , in the cinema . As a stage director , he likes to describe himself as the loyal interpreter of the dramatist's intentions — as though one could ...
... Face , a travelling group performs a magnetic seance to the local authori- ties in the town they are visiting . In Through a Glass Darkly , Karin and Minus perform an " avant garde " play , written by Minus , to their father , the best ...
... Face , Cries and whispers , and Fanny and Alexander . Whereas in the contemporary The Touch , a slide show in the home of the Vergerus couple helps accentuate the husband - wife- lover triangle . The radio medium is used in Persona ...
... face is expressionless ; his eyes stare vacantly . MRS . ALVING trembling with fear . What's this ! Screams loudly . Osvald ! What's the matter ! Throws herself on her knees down beside him and shakes him . Osvald ! Osvald ! Look at me ...