UID:
almahu_9947414198802882
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 249 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511615283 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge film classics
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Filmography: p.
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Introduction: The geography of the soul -- Part I. The Films of the Fifties. The primal seen: The Clowns' Evening; The journey: The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries; The great dance: Smiles of a Summer Night -- Part II: Second Thoughts. A dream play: Shame; The illiterates: Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage -- Part III: A Final Look. The little world: Fanny and Alexander -- Afterwords. Biographical note; Bergman and existentialism: a brief comment; A note on Woody Allen.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521380652
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615283
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