Skrivet 23 Mar 2018

Collector's box of Bergman films

Distributor Studio S is releasing this incredible Bergman collection in perfect time for the 100-Year Jubilee. This exclusive offering contains 70 hours of Bergman in a single DVD box set.


The box set contains 36 films, a television series, six films written by Bergman and directed by others, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, advertisements, trailers, newsreels, writings, original posters and more. A total of 2,000 box sets will be available from 14 May 2018.

Contents:

Torment (1944)
Crisis (1946)
It Rains on Our Love (1946)
Woman Without a Face (1947)
A Ship to India (1947)
Eva (1948)
Music in Darkness (1948)
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
Prison (1949)
To Joy (1950)
Divorced (1951)
Summer Interlude (1951)
Waiting Women (1952)
Summer with Monika (1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Dreams (1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Last Couple Out (1956)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Brink of Life (1958)
The Magician (1958)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Pleasure Garden (1961)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Winter Light (1963)
The Silence (1963)
All These Women (1964)
Persona (1966)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Shame (1968)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
The Touch (1971)
Cries and Whispers (1973)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Face to Face (1976)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)

BONUS MATERIAL
* Recently scanned, digitally restored versions of the majority of the 42 films.
* Ingmar Bergman introduces 14 of the films.
* 17 newly-edited short interviews with Ingmar Bergman, by Marie Nyreröd.
* Nine advertisements made by Bergman.
* Five older interviews with Bergman found in the television archives.
* Stig Björkman's films Ingmar Bergman (1971), Images from the Playground (2009) and ...but Film is My Mistress (2010), a collection of unique behind-the-scenes material filmed by Ingmar Bergman.
* Two of Bergman's own behind-the-scenes films for Autumn Sonata and From the Life of the Marionettes.
* Monika: Story of a Bad Girl!, the American version of Summer with Monika.
* Numerous Swedish and American cinematic trailers.
* Four folders containing original posters, exclusive photos from various filming locations, Bergman's own words on the respective films and new writings on various periods in Bergman's creative output.
* Both the films and bonus material contain Swedish and English subtitles.