The Films of Ingmar Bergman (Cambridge Film Classics) - Softcover

Kalin, Jesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521389771 ISBN 13: 9780521389778

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Films of Ingmar Bergman A concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Full description

About this title

Book Description:

This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Through close analysis of eight films, Jesse Kalin explores Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out.

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521389771
• ISBN 13: 9780521389778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268