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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... Sjöström's silent film has the same title as Selma Lagerlöf's story and will consequently in the following be referred to as The Phantom Carriage . Ever since it was first shown in 1921 , it has been recognized as a masterpiece and as ...
... Sjöström for this role , once it was clear that he was going to do it , Bergman noted that " there were resemblances between my father and Victor , which I wanted to get to . And naturally between my father and me " ( Forslund 329 ) ...
... Sjöström's wife Edith , a contrast that appears also in the play . Around this time Edith was in Helsinki ( ib . 128 ) , a circumstance , referred to in the play , which would facilitate the adultery . Sjöström's father is described as ...