— unpredictable thoughts

It was 1973 and I was just get­ting ready to head off to design school in NYC. I made many trips to the Waverly The­ater in the 70’s. I remem­ber that I saw my first Bergman film there, Cries and Whis­pers. I became a fan and later saw Scenes from a Mar­riage, and The Magic Flute in the same the­ater. It was the begin­ning of my under­stand­ing of films out­side of the Hol­ly­wood model. He was part of my growth as a per­son and as an artist. Luck­ily we all can expe­ri­ence his films again and again always dis­cov­er­ing new places inside his films and inside our­selves. This list is from wikipedia. Check out what they have to say and then find out for yourself.

Do you remem­ber the first Bergman film you saw? Tell me about it.

Fil­mog­ra­phy

• Cri­sis (1946) (Kris)
• It Rains on Our Love (1946) (Det reg­nar på vår kärlek)
• A Ship to India (1947) (Skepp till India land)
• Music in Dark­ness (1948) (Musik i mörker)
• Port of Call (1948) (Hamnstad)
• Prison (1949) (Fängelse)
• Thirst/Three Strange Loves (1949) (Törst)
• This Can’t Hap­pen Here (1950) (Sånt hän­der inte här)
• To Joy (1950) (Till glädje)
• Sum­mer Inter­lude (1951) (Sommarlek)
• Secrets of Women (1952) (Kvin­nors väntan)
• Saw­dust and Tin­sel (1953) (Gyck­lar­nas afton)
• Sum­mer with Monika (1953) (Som­maren med Monika)
• A Les­son in Love (1954) (En lek­tion i kärlek)
• Dreams (1955) (Kvinn­odröm) aka Jour­ney Into Autumn
• Smiles of a Sum­mer Night (1955) (Som­mar­nat­tens leende)
• The Sev­enth Seal (1957) (Det sjunde inseglet)
• Wild Straw­ber­ries (1957) (Smultronstället)
• The Magi­cian/The Face (1958) (Ansiktet )
• Brink of Life (1958) (Nära livet)
• The Devil’s Eye (1960) (Djävu­lens öga)
• The Vir­gin Spring (1960) (Jungfrukäl­lan) (won Acad­emy Award for Best For­eign Lan­guage Film)
• Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (Såsom i en spegel) (won Acad­emy Award for Best For­eign Lan­guage Film)
• Win­ter Light (1962) (Nattvardsgästerna)
• The Silence (1963) (Tystnaden)
• All These Women (1964) (För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor)
• Per­sona (1966)
• Hour of the Wolf (1967) (Vargtimmen)
• Shame (1968) (Skammen)
• The Rite (1968) (Riten) (TV)
• The Pas­sion of Anna (1969) (En passion)
• The Touch (1971) (Beröringen)
• Cries and Whis­pers (1973) (Viskningar och rop) (won Acad­emy Award for Best Cin­e­matog­ra­phy)
• Scenes from a Mar­riage (1973) (Scener ur ett äktenskap)
• The Magic Flute (1975) (Troll­flöjten), first shown on Swedish tele­vi­sion, fol­lowed by a cin­e­matic release
• Face to Face (1976) (Ansikte mot ansikte)
• The Serpent’s Egg (1977) (Das Schlangenei)
• Autumn Sonata (1978) (Höstsonaten)
• From the Life of the Mar­i­onettes (1980) (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten)
• Fanny and Alexan­der (1982) (Fanny och Alexan­der) (won 4 Acad­emy Awards, includ­ing one for Best For­eign Lan­guage Film)
• Karin’s Face (1984) (Karins ansikte) (TV)
• After the Rehearsal (1984) (Efter repetitionen)
• In The Pres­ence of a Clown (1997) (Lar­mar och gör sig till) (TV)
• Sara­band (2003) (TV)

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