After A Full Artistic Life, Ingmar Bergman Lets Death Checkmate Him
Published August 01, 2007
Period Movies:
- The Magician/The Face (1958) (Ansiktet)
- Brink of Life (1958) (Nära livet)
- The Devil's Eye (1960) (Djävulens öga)
- The Virgin Spring (1960) (Jungfrukällan) (won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
Absence-of-God trilogy:
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (Såsom i en spegel) (won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
- Winter Light (1962) (Nattvardsgästerna)
- The Silence (1963) (Tystnaden)
Greatness:
- All These Women (1964) (För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor)
- Persona (1966)
- Hour of the Wolf (1967) (Vargtimmen)
- Shame (1968) (Skammen)
- The Rite (1968) (Riten) (TV)
- The Passion of Anna (1969) (En passion)
- The Touch (1971) (Beröringen)
- Cries and Whispers (1973) (Viskningar och rop) (won Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) (Scener ur ett äktenskap)
- The Magic Flute (1975) (Trollflöjten), first shown on Swedish television, followed by a cinematic release
- Face to Face (1976) (Ansikte mot ansikte)
After tax arrest:
- The Serpent's Egg (1977) (Das Schlangenei)
- Autumn Sonata (1978) (Höstsonaten)
- From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten)
Last Period:
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) (Fanny och Alexander) (won 4 Academy Awards)
- Karin's Face (1984) (Karins ansikte) (TV)
- After the Rehearsal (1984) (Efter repetitionen)
- In The Presence of a Clown (1997) (Larmar och gör sig till) (TV)
- Saraband (2003) (TV)
Last work written for others:
- The Best Intentions (1992) (Den goda viljan) (directed by Bille August)
- Sunday’s Children (1992) (Söndagsbarn) (directed by son Daniel Bergman)
- Faithless (2000) (Trolösa) (directed by Liv Ullmann)
SOURCES:
Bergman on Bergman: Interviews with Ingmar Bergman — by Ingmar Bergman (Author) and Stig Bjorkman, Torsten Manns, Jonas Sima (Collaborators); Simon & Schuster; First US edition (1974)
"Ingmar Bergman: Summing Up a Life in Film" by Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Magazine, June 8, 1983
- After A Full Artistic Life, Ingmar Bergman Lets Death Checkmate Him
- Published: August 01, 2007
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: News, Video: Foreign Language, Video: Art House
- Writer: Adam Ash
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Comments
This is a terrific and comprehensive overview, combining biography and ouevre beautifully... required reading!
Thanks!
HH
A friend emailed me this nice insight after he read my piece:
"it comes down to nakedness for me.
i think the artist is only fully realized,by his courage to stand naked before his audience and share himself,pain,passions,phobia,pharts and all.
bergman was the most naked film maker ever.
was there another who ever understood women better or (or perhaps more appropriately),understood his female side better?
all the questions that plagued him all his life,finally answered.
thanks for sharing"
Adam Ash.
P.S. Thank you, High Heels and El Bicho.
One of the finest pieces I've read on Bergman in these past several days, Adam. Thank you.
Well done Adam, first time I've come across this piece. It's very informative.
Excellent article.


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Great piece.