Face to FaceTV-series/Feature Film, 1976 Troubled by memories from her childhood, a psychiatrist driven to the verge of breakdown and the hysteria she herself has treated for so long, is taken care of by her half brother."If I had had the experience I have today and the strength I had then, I would have translated this material into practically feasible solutions and not hesited for a moment. It would have been a sacrosanct cinematografic piece of poetry." - Ingmar Bergman |
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"When we were in the United States, Dino Laurentiis asked me: 'are you doing anything I could have?' I heard myself answer, 'I'm making a psycological thriller about the breakdown of a human being and her dreams'. 'It's sounds great,' he said. So we sign a contract.
This should have been a happy period of my life. I had the Magic Flute behind me, as well as Scenes from a Marriage and Cries and Whispers. I was successful at the theater. Our little company was producing the films of other directors, and the money was flowing in. It was precisely the right time to tacke a difficult task. My artisitc self-confidence was as high as it's ever been. I could do whatever I wanted, and anyone and everyone was willing to finance my efforts."
- Ingmar Bergman in Images: My Life in Film
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