Whilst I love Persona, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light and The Silence… I kinda think Shame is my Top Bergman. A tragedy, a love story, a war film, a comment on 1968 and 2009 equally… brilliant.
I think perhaps this is too simplistic a divide, a little like saying there are two types of people: those who divide the world into two types of people, and those who don’t… Why do we need to be one or the other? Personally, I love them both. But then, I am a Gemini. I have my Godard days and my Bergman days, but can I really say that I prefer Le Mepris over Winter Light? The joy for me is that both directors appeal to different parts of the human condition, and hooray that they have done what they have done in the careers. My world is certainly the better for it.
I saw the 63 second trailer he created for last year’s Vienna film festival – apparently created in six days – but does anyone know if JLG is working on anything new? What’s the word on the rue?
“The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean team-work. One is always alone; on the set as before the blank page. And for Bergman, to be alone means to ask questions. And to make films means to answer them. Nothing could be more classically romantic.”
— Jean-Luc Godard, “Bergmanorama,”
Cahiers du cinéma (July 1958)
TOP BERGMAN over 3 years ago
Hej there.
Whilst I love Persona, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light and The Silence… I kinda think Shame is my Top Bergman. A tragedy, a love story, a war film, a comment on 1968 and 2009 equally… brilliant.
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Best Film About Film? over 3 years ago
Le Mepris/Contempt
“when i hear the word culture i reach for my chequebook”
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Bergman vs. Godard about 3 years ago
I think perhaps this is too simplistic a divide, a little like saying there are two types of people: those who divide the world into two types of people, and those who don’t… Why do we need to be one or the other? Personally, I love them both. But then, I am a Gemini. I have my Godard days and my Bergman days, but can I really say that I prefer Le Mepris over Winter Light? The joy for me is that both directors appeal to different parts of the human condition, and hooray that they have done what they have done in the careers. My world is certainly the better for it.
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Is Godard working on anything new? about 3 years ago
I saw the 63 second trailer he created for last year’s Vienna film festival – apparently created in six days – but does anyone know if JLG is working on anything new? What’s the word on the rue?
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Bergman vs. Godard about 3 years ago
“The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean team-work. One is always alone; on the set as before the blank page. And for Bergman, to be alone means to ask questions. And to make films means to answer them. Nothing could be more classically romantic.”
— Jean-Luc Godard, “Bergmanorama,”
Cahiers du cinéma (July 1958)
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