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The Ingmar Bergman site is now available in English. I find the 'Universe' section (examining repeated themes) is particularly interesting.
Excellent, thanks tellurian. I feel better about watching television now that I know Bergman was a TV junkie:
Why television?, Bergman was asked: "When you live on Fårö you become an avid television viewer. Television is quite simply the most amazing thing. It opens up the whole world. I watch the weather forecast every evening, the news, too. And I really enjoy the music and dance programmes - not to mention the ice hockey! When the world championships were on a few weeks ago, I certainly didn't get much writing done on 'Scenes from a Marriage'."
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:48 PM on May 22, 2006
Why television?, Bergman was asked: "When you live on Fårö you become an avid television viewer. Television is quite simply the most amazing thing. It opens up the whole world. I watch the weather forecast every evening, the news, too. And I really enjoy the music and dance programmes - not to mention the ice hockey! When the world championships were on a few weeks ago, I certainly didn't get much writing done on 'Scenes from a Marriage'."
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:48 PM on May 22, 2006
This is terrific, from the Scenes from a Marriage page:
[Bergman] had been friends with a Danish couple who were always pleasant, bountiful, and who never got drunk, just charmingly tipsy. They always said the right things, and even when they had the flu they still managed to be chirpy.
"I remember they irritated me so intensely, that I once tried to seduce the wife (this is over twenty years ago). I failed, of course, and that made me even more annoyed. I did it in pure desperation just to bloody well show them. Suddenly I pictured them sitting in my old sofa and being interviewed. And I thought: 'now I'll get them…"
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:54 PM on May 22, 2006
[Bergman] had been friends with a Danish couple who were always pleasant, bountiful, and who never got drunk, just charmingly tipsy. They always said the right things, and even when they had the flu they still managed to be chirpy.
"I remember they irritated me so intensely, that I once tried to seduce the wife (this is over twenty years ago). I failed, of course, and that made me even more annoyed. I did it in pure desperation just to bloody well show them. Suddenly I pictured them sitting in my old sofa and being interviewed. And I thought: 'now I'll get them…"
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:54 PM on May 22, 2006
This fantastic. Thanks.
posted by slimepuppy at 3:15 AM on May 23, 2006
posted by slimepuppy at 3:15 AM on May 23, 2006
Excellent post.
posted by exhilaration at 10:55 AM on May 30, 2006
posted by exhilaration at 10:55 AM on May 30, 2006
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