The Fifth Act - Hardcover

Bergman, Ingmar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565846621 ISBN 13: 9781565846623

Publisher: The New Press, 2001

Synopsis

The scripts of award-winning film director Ingmar Bergman have been among the most important documents in film history. Though his vision in such films as Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal has shaped our thinking about the cinema, none of his most recent films have been shown in U.S. theaters. This book brings to English readers for the first time some of the finest creations of Bergman's mature years. In these three scenarios of extraordinary frankness, even rawness, Bergman shows his tender yet realistic views on the world of theater, cinema, and acting, culminating with In the Presence of a Clown, where he returns to the character of his Uncle Carl, an irrepressible inventor who comes up with an early version of the talking film. These most recent scripts, in effect Bergman's own fifth act, add an important and moving chapter to his life work. A preface contextualizing the scripts within Bergman's oeuvre has been added by Lasse Bergstrom, a noted Swedish film critic as well as the publisher of Bergman's work in Sweden.

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About the Author

Born in 1918, Ingmar Bergman is considered to be one of the great creators of the modern cinema and is responsible for more than forty films. Bergman has been nominated for nine Oscars, and has won numerous other awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565846621
• ISBN 13: 9781565846623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160