Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie is a 1963 Swedish documentary film directed by Vilgot Sjöman
which depicts the making of Ingmar Bergman
's film Winter Light
from screenwriting to the film's premiere and critical reaction.
The film originally aired in five half-hour episodes on Swedish television. It has subsequently been included in a bonus disc of the Criterion Collection's box set of Bergman's "trilogy" Through a Glass Darkly
, Winter Light, and The Silence
(Bergman denied the label of trilogy).
Vilgot Sjöman
David Harald Vilgot Sjöman was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally-tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave...
which depicts the making of Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
's film Winter Light
Winter Light
Winter Light is a 1962 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Bergman regulars Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. The film follows Tomas Ericsson , pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with existential crisis and his...
from screenwriting to the film's premiere and critical reaction.
The film originally aired in five half-hour episodes on Swedish television. It has subsequently been included in a bonus disc of the Criterion Collection's box set of Bergman's "trilogy" Through a Glass Darkly
Through a Glass Darkly (film)
Through a Glass Darkly is a 1961 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and produced by Allan Ekelund. The film is a three-act "chamber film", in which four family members act as mirrors for each other. It is the first of many Bergman films to be shot on the island of Fårö...
, Winter Light, and The Silence
The Silence (1963 film)
The Silence is a 1963 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. The plot focuses on two sisters – the younger a sensuous woman with a young son, the elder more intellectually orientated and seriously ill — and their tense relationship as...
(Bergman denied the label of trilogy).