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Thursday, May 7, 1998
The Voice of Bergman
At 78, the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman is still bewitched by the cinema, and screens a film a day in the converted dairy of his century-old farmhouse. Gunnar Bergdahl gets right to the heart of Bergman's fascination with the medium in this filmed conversation which is the next best thing to having the director right here with us. The powerful simplicity and sober understatement of the setup, free from clips, music, or commentary, lends an unexpected intimacy and immediacy to the film, making it a cinephile's feast. Bergman is contagiously enthusiastic about the creative process, emotions in film, his fascination with the closeup, and his favorite films, ranging from Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev to the "dazzling" Independence Day.
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