One impulse is to take bergman s masterpiece for granted. Goethe, faust faust to mephistopheles it would have been so nice to have a few good. This book, begun in 1987 and published in stockholm in 1990, was originally set up as interviews of bergman by lasse bergstrom. Goethe, faust faust to mephistopheles it would have been so. The opening sequence, for example, goes beyond simply establishing certain. Were very excited to bring you personas rare script from an outofprint book called persona and shame. Ingmar bergman simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. One of the latest works on the subject is an anthology in the cambridge film handbooks series edited by lloyd michaels, entitled simply ingmar bergmans persona. The penetrating dream style of ingmar bergman marsha kinder. The positioning of the characters relative to each other in the frame is never anything less than ideal and always accentuates the thematic elements. Persona, ingmar bergman persona is a 1966 swedish psychological drama film, written and directed by ingmar bergman and starring bibi andersson and liv ullmann. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Ingmar bergmans persona 1966 i just finished watching this film for the first time and i am still in a state of shock.
Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, bergmans renowned works include smiles of a summer night 1955, the seventh seal 1957, wild strawberries 1957, the silence 1963, persona 1966, cries and whispers 1972, scenes from a marriage 1973, and fanny and alexander 1982. Posted on june 7, 2011 november 28, 2019 author boom tags academy awards, bergman, bergman scripts, fanny and alexander script, filmography, in the presence of a clown script, ingmar bergman, ingmar bergman scripts, oscars, persona script, saraband script, shame script, smiles of a summer night script, the magician script, the seventh seal, the. Imagenes, andanzas, tusquets, barcelona, 1992, pag. Full text of lloyd michaelsingmar bergmans persona cambridge film handbooks 1999. Shakespeare used six words to pose the essential human choice. Ingmar bergman found bleakness and despair as well as comedy and hope in his indelible explorations of the human condition. Charmaine li explores the psychological aspects of the perplexing. I have never really done any reading on film or been educated in any way, so please forgive me if my comments are somewhat ignorant or completely off the topic. Ingmar bergmans persona as a modernist example of media. Recently released on dvd and bluray by criterion, persona 1966 is a film that can be watched over and over again without losing its power to scramble the brain and stir the soul. Ingmar bergman uses this study of his films to act as autobiography, a companion to his earlier magic lantern. A film so visionary that its indispensable to understand modern cinema. Courtesy of the ingmar bergman archives, the ingmar bergman foundation.
Im not sure how he does it the film mainly consists of long onesided conversations where alma speaks at elizabet, but every shot has its own peculiar beauty. Mar 01, 2017 ingmar bergman was not one of those directors. Known for their repeating motifs and signature tropes, the films of ingmar bergman also contain extensive variation and development. But with the radical persona, he attained new levels of visual poetry. Bergmans procedure, with the beginning and end of persona and with this terrifying caesura in the middle, is more complex than the brechtian strategy of alienating the audience by supplying continual reminders that what they are watching is theatre i. Ernst ingmar bergman 14 july 1918 30 july 2007 was a swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio.
Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, bergmans films include the seventh seal 1957, wild strawberries 1957, persona 1966, cries and whispers 1972, 1973, autumn sonata. In 1966, the year that ingmar bergman made persona, he discovered that all of his movies were dreams. Bergman himself claimed that this film touched wordless secrets only the cinema can discover. Pdf formal discontinuity and existential horror in ingmar. Ingmar bergman, an undisputed giant of modern cinematic art, here talks frankly and extensively about himself and his films.
The magic lantern biography of ingmar bergman by ingmar bergman. Su san sontag even claimed that persona was the best film ever. List of books and articles about ingmar bergman online. Its an important book for anyone drawn to bergmans films. In the first of a series of legendary performances for bergman, liv ullmann plays a stage actor who has inexplicably gone mute. Ingmar bergman, swedish film writer and director who achieved world fame with such films as the seventh seal, wild strawberries, and cries and whispers. Ivo van hoves after the rehearsalpersona ivo van hoves frosty ingmar bergman doublebill lets two cinematic classics bounce off each other. Dec 29, 2017 h ere, for the centenary of ingmar bergmans birth, is a rerelease of one of his fiercest, strangest, most sensually brilliant and unclassifiable pictures. Persona 1966 directed by ingmar bergman london city. The screenplays of ingmar bergman, translated by keith bradfield, brought to the public by marion boyars publishers, which closed down in 2009. By the midsixties, ingmar bergman had already conjured many of the cinemas most unforgettable images. Widely regarded as his most important film, this view of persona is shared by bergman himself. He is noted for his versatile camerawork and his fragmented narrative style, which contributed to his bleak depiction of human loneliness, vulnerability, and torment.
Acclaimed by many as the greatest director of the second half of the 20th cent. The development of themes, motifs, and techniques in bergmans films, from the first intimations in the early work to the consummate resolutions in the final movies. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, bergmans films include the seventh seal 1957, wild strawberries 1957, persona 1966, cries and whispers 1972, 1973, autumn sonata 1978, scenes from a. The story revolves around a young nurse named alma andersson and her patient, wellknown stage actress elisabet vogler ullmann, who has suddenly stopped speaking. The films of ingmar bergman jesse kalin vassar college.
She is an actress who one night stopped speaking in the middle of the performance, and has been silent ever since. Pdf an analysis of ingmar bergmans persona 1988 timothy. Long held to be among the worlds greatest filmmakers, ingmar bergman shaped international art cinema from the 1950s to the 1980s. Ingmar bergman ernst ingmar bergman ingmar bergman 1966ban. This was my first substantive piece of film analysis, written at the tender age of 20, with mistakes and grandiose ambitions intact. Ingmar bergman centennial restrospective wednesday, february 7 thursday, march 15 urgent text fiveweek, 47film festival commemorating the 100th anniversary of legendary director ingmar bergmans birth comprehensive retrospective, part of global tribute, includes 40 new restorations presented in association with. One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international arthouse cinema, bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked. Ingmar bergmans shooting script for persona with handwritten notes and sceneries.
Ingmar bergman centennial restrospective wednesday, february 7 thursday, march 15 urgent text fiveweek, 47film festival commemorating the 100th anniversary of legendary director ingmar bergmans birth comprehensive retrospective, part of global tribute, includes 40 new restorations presented in association with janus films, swedish film institute and ingmar bergman foundation ingmar. Reflections on life, death, and love with erland josephson 2000 a candid and revealing 52minute interview with bergman and longtime collaborator erland josephson, originally. Persona ingmar bergman 1966 dvdrip vostfr childreco persona ingmar bergman, 1966 dvdrip vostfr. Incontestable jewel in the crown, persona is an endlessly fascinating labyrinth of desires, repressions and compulsions. Elizabeth, a character in ingmar bergman s persona, uses two to answer it. In honor of ingmar bergmans one hundredth birthday, the criterion collection is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of his films ever released on home video. The seventh seal, swedish allegorical dramatic film, released in 1957, that is widely considered director ingmar bergmans greatest work and a classic in world cinema. Quando duas mulheres pecam 1 ou persona quando duas mulheres pecam 2. Persona script transcript from the screenplay andor ingmar. The first edition of the book dates back to 1972, the latest was published in 1994. Finally, the persona script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the ingmar bergman movie. Persona by susan sontag, sight and sound, autumn 1967.
Among his many works, persona is often considered to be his masterpiece and is often described as one of the central works of modernism. In these reflections on bergmans artistry and thought, irving singer discerns. Full text of lloyd michaelsingmar bergmans persona. Bergman experiments with the subconscious to reach sublime and transcendent levels of narrative freedom.
Persona ingmar bergman, 1966 the film stilled raymond bellour if ever i say to a fleeing moment. Shary hampshire college humanities and arts division one exam april, 1988 preface as with any. In this respect, persona makes a remarkable modification of the structure of the silence, where the lovehate relationship between the sisters had an unmistakable sexual energy. Ingmar berman on persona it is a tremendously irrational process that appears different every time. He is regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema. If youve got any similar scripts not just by bergman then please. Persona is a 1966 swedish psychological drama film, written and directed by ingmar bergman and starring bibi andersson and liv ullmann. Ingmar bergman, cinematic philosopher the mit press. In persona, bergman has achieved a more interesting situation by delicately excising or transcending the possible sexual implications of the tie between the two women. Mar 19, 2020 ingmar bergman, swedish film writer and director who achieved world fame with such films as the seventh seal, wild strawberries, and cries and whispers. Since 1960 at least, with the breakthrough into new narrative forms propagated with most notoriety if not greatest distinction by last year in marienbad, audiences have continued to be educated by even more elliptical and complex work.
The finished version omitted the questions and was an edited version of bergmans comments. Utterly original at the time of the films first release and virtually unrepeated in any movie since, they each offer a unique cinematic experience, one that is simultaneously mysterious and beautiful. Now her nurse, alma, has in a fit of rage started to throw a pot of boiling water at her. Then the dance of death in the final scene of the same film. Elizabeth, a character in ingmar bergmans persona, uses two to answer it. Ingmar bergmans films are never anything less than beautiful.