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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... speak of " recipient " in an unspecified sense , applying to all the media . Con- forming to traditional usage , I shall speak of " reader " when referring to those who experience a drama text or a screenplay ; of " spectator " or ...
... speak of audience interactivity . Ubersfeld ( 15 ) notes , for example , that in the theater " le spectateur n'est jamais seul : son regard , en meme temps qu'il embrasse ce qui lui est montre , embrasse aussi les autres spectateurs don ...
... Speak of All These Women , did not appear until 1964 and was to be followed only by a handful of films in color , ending with Fanny and Alexander in 1982 , Bergman's last film for the big screen . After this date he has continued writ ...
... speak , writing the score . Then all you have to do is put the music on the stands and let the orchestra play " ( ib . 61 ) . Commenting on Through a Glass Darkly with its four main characters , he remarks : " So I had my string quartet ...
... speaking - tube — a perfect icon of class society — by means of which the servants in the kitchen com- municate with the Count and his daughter up above . In Thunder in the Air he prescribes a letterbox and a telephone , both used by ...