Ingmar Bergman's universeThose who have seen more than one Bergman film will most certainly make some recognitions: plots, places and faces... Few artists have like Ingmar Bergman created a universe of their own through repeated themes, aesthetics, milieus, actors, sources of inspiration, et cetera. Even the characters have the same names from one film to another. This section of Ingmar Bergman Face to Face is dedicated this universe. |
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The beginning of a film is one of the key aspects of cinematic storytelling. The beginning of almost every Bergman film is extremely suggestive.
The relationship between Bergman and his native Sweden was a complex one.
Through his life Bergman has had many different employers. Svensk Filmindustri was the first.
People behind and upfront – from actors and producers to technicians. Read biographies and watch photo galleries.
Ingmar Bergman passed away at the age of 89 at his home in Fårö. Here we sum up the reactions.
Bergman's great interest in music is reflected in films as Autumn Sonata and Saraband.
As symbols, metaphors and motives, mirrors are among Bergman's most common features.
A small island in the Baltic Sea was Bergman's home and the setting in a number of his films.
With rare public appearances, Bergman was a mythical filmmaker. But the relationship between his life and work is as problematic as it is fascinating.
Bergman had a reputation of being a "demon director", but he also had some demons of his own.
One hardly needs to have seen a Bergman film to summon up the famous image of Death with his black cape and white face. And he plays chess, too.
Why are all of Bergman's characters called the same thing? Learn more and get a list of recurrent names
From Oscars via palms, lions and bears to Sweden's own "bagge of gold". Which prizes and trophies has Bergman conquered?
Two awards are handed out in the director's name, Ingmar Bergman prize from 1978 and the Ingmar Bergman Debut Award since 2006.
Bergman began his career as an aspiring author. And it is not hard to see where much of his inspiration came from.
Whether a vampyric creature feeding on the lives of others or a misunderstood underdog – the artist is the archetypical Bergman character.
The son of a preacher man "Under a cruel and empty sky". Bergman's faith (and lack) is among the most commonly discussed aspects of his work.
Except fifteen brief screen appearances, Bergman acted in several of his early theater stagings.
Film and theater by all means. One easily forgets that Bergman's rich TV production is of equally solid quality.
Bergman's interartial aspects are several. Televisation - adaptation from theater to TV - is yet another medium he masters.
Bergman is one of the most highly praised - and one of the most heavily criticised - portrayers of women in the history of cinema.
The family is a motif used by Bergman as a metaphor for his principal theme: lack of communication.
Clocks without hands, memories of childhood and retrospects: the time is a main theme in Bergman's work.
Ingmar Bergman's work transgresses the boundaries between disciplines like film, theatre, literature and music.
The great day, July 14, is just one of many things Bergman and France have in common.
A report by Thomas Elsaesser on his experience as the first Ingmar Bergman Professor, given as a lecture at "The Unknown Bergman" Symposium in Stockholm 2009.