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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... recipient , I shall speak of an externally invisible observer . Let us call the recipient R , the hidden observer X and the characters observed by him A and B. The main possibilities are then the following : Inner communication system ...
... recipient is in collusion with Claudius , Polonius and Gertrud against Hamlet , who murders Polo- nius thinking that he is Claudius , the hated stepfather . When Orgon in Molière's Tartuffe eavesdrops on his wife Elmire's conversation ...
... recipient sees or does not see X but whether he , unlike A and B , is aware that X is present as a hidden observer . Especially in the case of alternative 2 , the grouping of the characters is of importance . If the Stranger is turned ...