The Films of Ingmar Bergman Paperback / softback
by Jesse (Vassar College, New York) Kalin
Part of the Cambridge Film Classics series
Paperback / softback
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This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema.
Jesse Kalin defines Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out.
For Bergman, meaning is achieved independently of any moral absolute and is the result of a process of self-examination.
Six existential themes are explored repeatedly in Bergman's films: judgment, abandonment, suffering, shame, a visionary picture, and above all, turning toward or away from others.
Kalin examines how Bergman examines these themes cinematically, through close analysis of eight films: well known favorites such as Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Fanny and Alexander; and important but lesser known works, such as Naked Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers, and Scenes from a Marriage.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages, 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/10/2003
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- ISBN:9780521389778
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages, 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/10/2003
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- ISBN:9780521389778
