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A century ago, on July 14, Ingmar Bergman, the famous Swedish filmmaker, whose work, often difficult to understand but celebrated by his colleagues, continues to fascinate film lovers
Born in 1918 in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, this Lutheran pastor's son made about 60 films between 1946 and 2003, including Shouts and Whispers (1972), Scenes from Married Life (1974), Autumn Sonata (1978) and Fanny and Alexander (1982), his testament of work
11 years after his death – at the age of 89 in his The house of Fårö, an island of the Baltic Sea where was filmed the troubling person remains the painter of torments, ghosts, madness and conjugal adventures. As in a mirror, with Bergman, Eros and Thanatos continue to be victims of each other.
"The central part of our education was based on the principles of sin, confession, punishment, redemption and forgiveness.", Written in his autobiography Magic Lantern .
From Crisis in Saraband his latest film, the master of the image, who adored women and abhorred death and he filmed masterfully, he sculpted a metaphysical of human tensions in which God was as powerful as it was absent, so that he left the painful consciences alone in the world.
"Ingmar had a lot of his own experiences, his past, and in a way, he stayed in his 10 years," says Anna Bergman, daughter-in-law and director of the director's wardrobe.
In the 1950s, Bergman began to conquer abroad, whose audience succumbed with "Scandinavian exoticism." Barbara, her young liberated women, her wild landscapes and a "natural" representation "The nude who surprised and scandalized." Often abroad, he is associated with his dark, black-and-white films, with a slow pace and close-ups, but that's only the case. part of the truth. In Sweden, the favorite is Fanny and Alexander ", the work of childhood and that every Christmas is broadcast on Swedish television, recalls Anna.
But he never was a prophet in his country: "His career coincides with the development of the Swedish welfare state. The country has experienced tremendous political, social and economic growth in the 40s, 50s and 60s. However, we have this director who reminds us that we can also feel anguish, that we can divorce or have relationships difficult with our parents, that we miss God At the time, we did not want to hear that, "says Jan Holmberg, director of the Bergman Foundation
Bergman alternated symbolist compositions ( The Seventh Seal ) and more classical ( A summer with Monica Secrets of marriage Sonata of autumn Cries and murmurs and Fanny and Alexander ), with unclassifiable experiences Person one of the masterpieces of cinema. He also directs dozens of stagings, adapting to Molière, Shakespeare, Ibsen and Strindberg. From 1963 to 1966, he directs the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm
Coming from the world of cinema, he combines this art with the music of which he says he knows nothing in The Magic Flute in 1975, L & # Mozart's Happy Opera
Considered by Woody Allen as the "Best Director" in the history of cinema, Bergman wins three Oscars for the best non-English speaking film: in 1960, The Maiden & # 39 Spring The following year by As in a mirror and in 1983 by Fanny and Alexander . Cannes honored him late, in 1997, by granting him the Palma de las Palmas. He is the only filmmaker to date to have this award.
He also had his models: "When the film is not a document, it's a dream." Tarkovsky is the greatest of all, "he said, adding: "Fellini, Kurosawa and Buñuel sail in the same waters as him."
He gave his best roles to actresses like Harriett Andersson and Norwegian Liv Ullman, su Stradivarius .He had loves with several actresses, is married five times and had nine children.
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