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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... words , in this sense cool , the two in the middle less so , and the two at the end increasingly hot . Even within one and the same medium the distinction might be applied generically . A dime novel is hot , an avant- garde novel cool ...
... ) indicates a certain unwillingness to link them too closely with the films . But at the same time the genre label clearly advertizes this link . In other words , Bergman simplifies the situation when he indicates 12 INTRODUCTION.
Æsthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and Radio Egil Törnqvist. other words , Bergman simplifies the ... words are Strindberg's own , and the result is totally faithful to Strindberg's conception " ( Strindberg 1973 , xiv ...
... word , been entitled Ghosts in English . The play also has a subtitle : A Domestic Drama in Three Acts . Since the family dealt with is not a family in the normal sense , the subtitle is obviously ironic , indicating that Ibsen is ...
... word — the sun— markedly differs from her changing tone of voice . Beginning on a normal pitch it soon turns into a ... words ' Mother , give me [ ... ] ' also make us think of the promise Mrs. Alving has made to give him the ' helping ...