Tag Archives: Ingmar Bergman

Notes on “Summer Interlude”

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A ballerina (Maj-Britt Nilsson), disappointed in love and aging out of dance, impulsively visits an island on which, as a teen, she spent a summer vacation. As she wanders, so does her mind; she remembers her … Continue reading →

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Three Movie Posters for “Persona”

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Italian Argentinian British

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Bibi Andersson, Film, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullman, Movie Posters, movies, Persona | 1 Comment

“Bergman Island”

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This produced-for-Swedish-TV doc by Marie Nyreröd is basically an informal visit with a very aged Ingmar Bergman. The legendary film and theater director is living out his final years on the little island of Fårö. He’s 86 … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged art movies, documentary, Ingmar Bergman, Marie Nyreröd, movies, Sweden | 12 Comments

Arthouse Movie Posters

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Movie culture is pretty much dead now, isn’t it? Sure, it’s possible to whip up some decent arguments to the contrary. But for all intents and purposes movies are no longer significant drivers of culture. Frankly, when a … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged arthouse, Criterion Collection, Federico Fellini, Film, Hulu+, Ingmar Bergman, Movie Posters, movies, Pauline Kael, San Diego | 11 Comments

Depressive Affinities: Bergman’s “Thirst” and Zanussi’s “Contract”

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Early in Ingmar Bergman’s 1949 “Thirst,” a serpent is plucked from a sun-dappled wood and placed on a swarming anthill. It’s meant as an image of paradise encumbered, and it sets the tone for what will … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Contract, Eva Henning, Film, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Zanussi, Leslie Caron, Maja Komorowska, movies, Persona, Thirst | 6 Comments

LACMA: Stanley Kubrick

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This past weekend your friend and humble narrator (sorry) took in the new grand deluxe Stanley Kubrick retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.