[F]ilm is the great adventure — the costly, exacting mistress. Ingmar Bergman’s legacy in the annals of cinematic history is secure. With over 60 films and documentaries to his name, Bergman brought Swedish cinema to the world stage while devising … Continue reading Ingmar Bergman
I never considered myself anything more than as a craftsman, a hell of a skilled craftsman, if I may so myself, but nothing more. I create things that are meant to be useful, films or theatrical productions. I’ve never felt … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 14, 1918
I’ve had to learn everything about movies by myself. For the theater, I studied with a wonderful old man in Goteborg, where I spent four years. He was a hard, difficult man, but he knew the theater—and I learned from … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, July 14, 2013
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The theater is like a faithful wife. The film is the great adventure—the costly, exacting mistress. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, May 19, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 