query: How many films did Ingmar Bergman make?

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: film's screenplay. Note: The digital downloads were released as single tracks with a duration of 64:32 (Swedish broadcast version) and 64:33 (English version). Composed, written, and produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael. The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman is the 22nd album by American rock group Sparks, released in August 2009. The duo's first work in the radio musical or pop opera genre, the album is built around an imaginary visit to Hollywood by Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman in the mid-1950s. Its storyline focuses on the divides between European and American culture, between art

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman is the 22nd album by American rock group Sparks, released in August 2009. The duo's first work in the radio musical or pop opera genre, the album is built around an imaginary visit to Hollywood by Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman in the mid-1950s. Its storyline focuses on the divides between European and American culture, between art and commerce. Unlike other Sparks albums, the work is conceived as a single piece, to be listened to as a whole, rather than a collection of stand-alone songs. The work was commissioned by

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: "The Truman Show", with a light sprinkling of "Life On Mars"" – it is based on imaginary events in the career of Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman. The story is set in the mid-1950s, shortly after Bergman's award win at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival for "Smiles of a Summer Night". After his return to Stockholm, Bergman feels compelled to go to a cinema and watch a Hollywood blockbuster movie. As he exits the cinema, he inexplicably finds himself transported to Hollywood, where a limo driver is waiting to take him to a film studio. The studio's executives, who give

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: was devastating. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of the humiliation, and was hospitalised in a state of deep depression. The investigation was focused on an alleged 1970 transaction of 500,000 Swedish kronor (SEK) between Bergman's Swedish company "Cinematograf" and its Swiss subsidiary "Persona", an entity that was mainly used for the paying of salaries to foreign actors. Bergman dissolved "Persona" in 1974 after having been notified by the Swedish Central Bank and subsequently reported the income. On 23 March 1976, the special prosecutor Anders Nordenadler dropped the charges against Bergman, saying that the alleged crime had no

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: Bergman returned to Europe after the scandalous publicity surrounding her affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini during the filming of "Stromboli" in 1950. In the same month the film was released, she gave birth to a boy, Roberto Ingmar Rossellini (born 2 February 1950). A week after her son was born, she divorced Lindström and married Rossellini in Mexico. On 18 June 1952, she gave birth to the twin daughters Isotta Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini. In 1957, Rossellini had an affair with Sonali Das Gupta. Soon after, Bergman and Rossellini separated. Rossellini later married Sonali Das Gupta in 1957.

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: shoot, he would briefly speak to Nykvist about the mood and composition he hoped for, and then leave Nykvist to work, lacking interruption or comment until post-production discussion of the next day's work. By Bergman's own account, he never had a problem with funding. He cited two reasons for this: one, that he did not live in the United States, which he viewed as obsessed with box-office earnings; and two, that his films tended to be low-budget affairs. ("Cries and Whispers", for instance, was finished for about $450,000, while "Scenes from a Marriage", a six-episode television feature, cost only $200,000.)

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Many filmmakers have praised Bergman and some have also cited his work as an influence on their own. In 1971, Bergman received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards ceremony. Three of his films won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's renowned works include "Smiles of a Summer Night" (1955), "The Seventh Seal" (1957),

title: Ingmar Bergman Award

text: Awards were handed out. As a filmmaker with extensive experience, Ingmar Bergman was aware of how filmmaking requires delicate cooperation between many different people. He knew how important each specialty is to the finished result, and that a film is never better than the weakest link in that complex teamwork. Bergman never forgot the often overlooked categories of film workers. The goal of the award was to pay attention to all the professions which rarely received attention. The jury was comprised Ingmar Bergman himself and the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute. It was first awarded at the 14th Guldbagge

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's renowned works include "Smiles of a Summer Night" (1955), "The Seventh Seal" (1957), "Wild Strawberries" (1957), "The Silence" (1963), "Persona" (1966), "Cries and Whispers" (1972), "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973), and "Fanny and Alexander" (1982). Bergman directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote. He also directed over 170

title: Ingmar Bergman Award

text: Ingmar Bergman Award The Ingmar Bergman Award was a Swedish film award, distributed between 1978 and 2007. It was instituted by legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, as a complement to the Guldbagge Awards. The jury consisted of Ingmar Bergman and the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute. The recipients were awarded a bronze plaque, depicting Bergman's face, and a sum of money. The award was first presented at the 14th Guldbagge Awards, and continued until Bergman's death in 2007. The award was primarily intended to honour achievements in Swedish film which had not otherwise been considered when the Guldbagge

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Virginia Woolf and James Joyce in literature, Ingmar Bergman strove to capture and illuminate the mystery, ecstasy and fullness of life, by concentrating on individual consciousness and essential moments." Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Erik Bergman, a Lutheran minister and later chaplain to the King of Sweden, and Karin ("née" Åkerblom), a nurse who also had Walloon ancestors. He grew up with his older brother Dag and sister Margareta surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. His father was a conservative parish minister with strict ideas of parenting. Ingmar was locked up in dark closets for

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: me is much more important than their understanding them." Film, Bergman said, was his demanding mistress. While he was a social democrat, Bergman stated that "as an artist I'm not politically involved ... I don't make propaganda for either one attitude or the other." When asked in the series of interviews later titled "Ingmar Bergman - 3 dokumentärer om film, teater, Fårö och livet" conducted by Marie Nyreröd for Swedish TV and released in 2004, Bergman said that of his works, he held "Winter Light", "Persona", and "Cries and Whispers" in the highest regard. There he also states that he

title: Ingmar Bergman Award

text: five performers won the award; among them are Lena Olin, Gunnar Björnstrand and Mikael Persbrandt. The award consisted of a sum of money (SEK 60,000 at the end) and a bronze plaque with the Bergmans face in relief, made by the Finnish sculptor Eila Hiltunen. The plaque shows Bergman shyly lowering the gaze. Bergman's vote was the decisive vote when selecting the winner, and he also wrote the often very spiritual justification; the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute presented the award at the ceremony. Ingmar Bergman Award The Ingmar Bergman Award was a Swedish film award, distributed between 1978

title: Ingmar Bergman's Cinema

text: Ingmar Bergman's Cinema Ingmar Bergman's Cinema is a box set comprising 39 films directed by Ingmar Bergman, released by the Criterion Collection on 20 November 2018 in the United States. The box set includes 39 films directed by Ingmar Bergman across 30 Blu-ray discs, spanning six decades. The films are arranged as a curated festival with 'opening' and 'closing' nights bookending double features and 'centerpiece' programs. In addition to the films, the set comes with supplementary materials, including documentaries on the casts and crews of the films included, introductions from Ingmar Bergman himself, and a 248-page book containing essays on

title: Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

text: along with other Bergman-related programming between 25 October and 27 December. Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie 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" (1961), "Winter Light", and "The Silence" (1963). Sjöman was beginning to write screenplays, and wishing to

title: Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

text: Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie 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" (1961), "Winter Light", and "The Silence" (1963). Sjöman was beginning to write screenplays, and wishing to learn about directing, asked Bergman if he could observe him making

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: in theatre throughout the 1990s and made his final production on stage with Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2002. A complete list of Bergman's work in theatre can be found under "Stage Productions and Radio Theatre Credits" at "Ingmar Bergman filmography". Bergman was married five times: The first four marriages ended in divorce, while the last ended when his wife Ingrid died of stomach cancer in 1995, aged 65. Aside from his marriages, Bergman had romantic relationships with actresses Harriet Andersson (1952–55), Bibi Andersson (1955–59), and Liv Ullmann (1965–70). He was the father of

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: in theatres. The last such work was "Saraband" (2003), a sequel to "Scenes from a Marriage" and directed by Bergman when he was 84 years old. Although he continued to operate from Munich, by mid-1978 Bergman had overcome some of his bitterness toward the government of Sweden. In July of that year he visited Sweden, celebrating his sixtieth birthday on the island of Fårö, and partly resumed his work as a director at Royal Dramatic Theatre. To honour his return, the Swedish Film Institute launched a new Ingmar Bergman Prize to be awarded annually for excellence in filmmaking. Still, he

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: Daryl Easlea, writing for "Record Collector", commented in a similar vein: "Only Sparks could do this. A 64-minute 24-song cycle commissioned for Swedish radio about Ingmar Bergman. [...] Obscure, of course – delightfully warm, naturally; it underlines Sparks' greatness and importance." Commenting on the portrayal of Bergman, Easlea stated, "Swedish actor Malmsjö plays Bergman with all the appropriate detached paranoia"; he concluded his review by awarding the album a full five stars. "The Times" said it was "a very Sparksian undertaking – painstaking and slightly ludicrous – to make a musical about an art-house film director, with a very complicated

title: Ingmar Bergman's Cinema

text: the films. Films listed in the 'festival' format. Refer to original films for further information. "Closing Night" "New York Times" critic Glenn Kenny assessed the set as "impressive and almost exhaustive", and interpreted it as "a fresh case for [Bergman's] continuing importance", in response to criticisms such as Jonathan Rosenbaum's 2007 opinion piece "Scenes From an Overrated Career". Ingmar Bergman's Cinema Ingmar Bergman's Cinema is a box set comprising 39 films directed by Ingmar Bergman, released by the Criterion Collection on 20 November 2018 in the United States. The box set includes 39 films directed by Ingmar Bergman across 30

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Bergman usually wrote his films' screenplays, thinking about them for months or years before starting the actual process of writing, which he viewed as somewhat tedious. His earlier films are carefully constructed and are either based on his plays or written in collaboration with other authors. Bergman stated that in his later works, when on occasion his actors would want to do things differently from his own intention, he would let them, noting that the results were often "disastrous" when he did not do so. As his career progressed, Bergman increasingly let his actors improvise their dialogue. In his latest

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Hitler. He later wrote in "Laterna Magica" ("The Magic Lantern") about the visit to Germany, describing how the German family had put a portrait of Hitler on the wall by his bed, and that "for many years, I was on Hitler's side, delighted by his success and saddened by his defeats". Bergman commented that "Hitler was unbelievably charismatic. He electrified the crowd. ... The Nazism I had seen seemed fun and youthful". Bergman did two five-month stretches in Sweden of mandatory military service. He entered Stockholm University College (later renamed Stockholm University) in 1937, to study art and literature. He

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: and its star, Victor Sjöström. Bergman continued to be productive for the next two decades. From the early 1960s, he spent much of his life on the island of Fårö, where he made several films. In the early 1960s he directed three films that explored the theme of faith and doubt in God, "Through a Glass Darkly" ("Såsom i en Spegel", 1961), "Winter Light" ("Nattvardsgästerna", 1962), and "The Silence" ("Tystnaden", 1963). Critics created the notion that the common themes in these three films made them a trilogy or cinematic triptych. Bergman initially responded that he did not plan these three

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: Bergman a lavish welcome, are desperate to entice him to stay in Hollywood and make movies for them, the American way: "We're not hicks, but we must deliver kicks." The studio bosses have booked a hotel room for Bergman, complete with a "Hollywood Welcoming Committee" – a hooker they hope will persuade him to accept their offer – and a limo shuttles Bergman from meeting to meeting. Visiting "The Studio Commissary", he is brought face to face with the many European directors who went to make films in Hollywood: Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau, Jacques Tourneur, Josef von

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: managed to push the envelope of film making in the films "Persona" and "Cries and Whispers." Bergman stated on numerous occasions (for example in the interview book "Bergman on Bergman") that "The Silence" meant the end of the era in which religious questions were a major concern of his films. Bergman said that he would get "depressed" by his own films and could not watch them anymore. In the same interview he also states: "If there is one thing I miss about working with films, it is working with Sven" (Nykvist), the third camera man he had worked together with.

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: writer Linn Ullmann with Liv Ullmann. In all, Bergman had nine children, one of whom predeceased him. Bergman was eventually married to all of the mothers except Liv Ullmann, but his daughter with his last wife, Ingrid von Rosen, was born twelve years before their marriage. After Bergman died, a large archive of notes was donated to the Swedish Film Institute. Among the notes are several unpublished and unfinished scripts both for stage and films, and many more ideas for works in different stages of development. A never performed play has the title "Kärlek utan älskare" ("Love without lovers"), and

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Bergman, according to scholar Frank Gado, disparaged in a response what he viewed as Håkanson's implication that students "who did not fit some arbitrary prescription of worthiness deserved the system's cruel neglect". Bergman also stated in the letter that he "hated school as a principle, as a system and as an institution. And as such I have definitely not wanted to criticize my own school, but all schools." The international success of this film led to Bergman's first opportunity to direct a year later. During the next ten years he wrote and directed more than a dozen films, including "Prison"

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: "infractions", such as wetting the bed. "While father preached away in the pulpit and the congregation prayed, sang, or listened", Ingmar wrote in his autobiography "Laterna Magica", I devoted my interest to the church's mysterious world of low arches, thick walls, the smell of eternity, the coloured sunlight quivering above the strangest vegetation of medieval paintings and carved figures on ceilings and walls. There was everything that one's imagination could desire—angels, saints, dragons, prophets, devils, humans ... Although raised in a devout Lutheran household, Bergman later stated that he lost his faith when aged eight, and only came to terms

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: theatre in 1953, and remained for seven years. Many of his star actors were people with whom he began working on stage, and a number of people in the "Bergman troupe" of his 1960s films came from Malmö's city theatre (Max von Sydow, for example). He was the director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1960 to 1966, and manager from 1963 to 1966, where he began a long-time collaboration with choreographer Donya Feuer. After Bergman left Sweden because of the tax evasion incident, he became director of the "Residenz Theatre" of Munich, Germany (1977–84). He remained active

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: in early twentieth century Uppsala ("Fanny and Alexander"), or contemporary alienation ("The Silence"). His female characters are usually more in touch with their sexuality than the men, and unafraid to proclaim it, sometimes with breathtaking overtness (e.g., "Cries and Whispers") as would define the work of "the conjurer," as Bergman called himself in a 1960 "TIME" cover story. In an interview with "Playboy" in 1964, he said: "The manifestation of sex is very important, and particularly to me, for above all, I don't want to make merely intellectual films. I want audiences to feel, to sense my films. This to

title: Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)

text: in Ingmar Bergman films, such as "Fanny and Alexander". He was further portrayed in cinema with "Sunday's Children", directed by Daniel Bergman and released in 1992. Whereas Ingmar's recollections of Erik Bergman are damning in "Fanny and Alexander", his study of his father is "far more forgiving" in "The Best Intentions" and "Sunday's Children". Erik Bergman died in Stockholm in 1970. Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister) Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman (22 October 1886 – 26 April 1970) was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and the father of diplomat Dag Bergman, novelist Margareta Bergman, and film director Ingmar Bergman.

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text: in at least five Bergman features. Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, who appeared in nine of Bergman's films and one televisual film ("Saraband"), was the last to join this group (in the film "Persona"), and ultimately became the most closely associated with Bergman, both artistically and personally. They had a daughter together, Linn Ullmann (born 1966). Bergman began working with Sven Nykvist, his cinematographer, in 1953. The two developed and maintained a working relationship of sufficient rapport to allow Bergman not to worry about the composition of a shot until the day before it was filmed. On the morning of the

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text: truly exhilarating for us to work in a medium where the imagination of the listener is so integral a part of the work. Aside from our love of Bergman, we have a love of Orson Welles and his use of the medium of radio was something that inspired us in this work." Sveriges Radio stipulated that the work had to include a Swedish element. Singer Russell Mael told "The National", "At first, we obviously thought of cars and Ikea. I'm joking. But the more profound, more lasting idea – being the film fans we are – was Ingmar Bergman. So

title: Janus Films

text: Janus Films Janus Films is an American film distribution company. The distributor is credited with introducing numerous films, now considered masterpieces of world cinema, to American audiences, including the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, Yasujirō Ozu and many other well-regarded directors. Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" (1957) was the film responsible for the company's initial growth. Janus has a close business relationship with The Criterion Collection regarding the release of its films on DVD and Blu-ray and is still an active theatrical distributor. The company's name and logo come from Janus,

title: Margareta Bergman

text: Margareta Bergman Margareta Bergman (born Karin Ann Margareta Bergman; 22 August 1922 in Uppsala, Sweden – 27 September 2006) was a Swedish novelist. Margareta Bergman, only sister of film director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007), is the author of novels "Karin" and "Mirror Mirror". As a child of 8, she helped to inspire her brother Ingmar Bergman to create his first plays at home in 1930. Her older brother Dag Bergman (1914–1984) was an ambassador. Her father Erik Bergman, a Lutheran priest, was extremely strict, and forced Margareta and her brothers to attend all of his Sunday church services. Ingmar Bergman's most

title: Anna Bergman

text: mainstream films including "The Wild Geese" (1978), "Licensed to Love and Kill" (1979), "Nutcracker" (1982), and her father's 1982 film "Fanny and Alexander". She also appeared as Swedish au pair Ingrid Svenson in seasons 2 and 4 of the British situation comedy "Mind Your Language". Anna Bergman Anna Bergman (born 5 May 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a former Swedish actress. She is the daughter of film and theatre director Ingmar Bergman and choreographer-director Ellen Lundström, sister to Eva, Jan, and Mats Bergman (twin); and half-sister to Daniel Bergman and Linn Ullmann. Bergman mostly appeared as a performer in several

title: Mats Bergman

text: Erik Johansson in TV series "Berlinder auktioner" (2003) and a teacher in the Swedish film "Ondskan" ("Evil"), in 2003. More recently he has been playing the dry-witted forensic detective Nyberg in the Swedish crime films about Det. Insp. Kurt Wallander, with Krister Henriksson in the lead (32 episodes). Mats Bergman Mats Bergman, (born 5 May 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of director Ingmar Bergman and Ellen Lundström, twin brother of actress Anna Bergman, and a half-brother of Swedish-Norwegian author Linn Ullmann. Bergman graduated from Sweden's National Theatre Academy (Scenskolan) in Stockholm in 1971.

title: Bergman Week

text: the week through the years, among them Wim Wenders, Kenneth Branagh, Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson and Ang Lee. Guests of the Bergman Week 2010 were among others actress Liv Ullmann, playwright Jon Fosse and director Ariane Mnouchkine. Bergman Week Bergman Week is an annual event organized by the Bergmancenter on the small island Fårö in Sweden. Ingmar Bergman moved to the island in the 1960s and the Bergman Week is a celebration of his artistry, with films, lectures and conversations. Guests in 2012 were among others Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Dardenne brothers), author Peter Birro, director Suzanne Osten

title: Bergman Week

text: Bergman Week Bergman Week is an annual event organized by the Bergmancenter on the small island Fårö in Sweden. Ingmar Bergman moved to the island in the 1960s and the Bergman Week is a celebration of his artistry, with films, lectures and conversations. Guests in 2012 were among others Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Dardenne brothers), author Peter Birro, director Suzanne Osten and opera singer Håkan Hagegård. Guests at the Bergman Week 2011 were among others directors Andrey Zvyagintsev and István Szabó as well as Swedish authors Henning Mankell and Sara Stridsberg. Several Swedish and international guests have visited

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: films, he wrote just the ideas informing the scene and allowed his actors to determine the exact dialogue. When viewing daily rushes, Bergman stressed the importance of being critical but unemotive, claiming that he asked himself not if the work was great or terrible, but rather if it was sufficient or needed to be reshot. Bergman's films usually deal with existential questions of mortality, loneliness, and religious faith. In addition to these cerebral topics, however, sexual desire features in the foreground of most of his films, whether the central event is a medieval plague ("The Seventh Seal"), upper-class family activity

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: being kind of pretentious. Everyone wants to be seen as though they don't care about the big issues." Commenting on the suitability of Bergman as the topic of a musical, Russell Mael told a Swedish newspaper, "In a way, he is the least appropriate person for a musical. We like the absurdity of it all. He was such a deep, intense person and the vast majority of his films are about really deep topics. But we did not want to ridicule him, we wanted to do something respectful that Bergman would have been able to appreciate." In writing a musical

title: Daniel Bergman

text: a director was seen as compromised following the 1992 film "Sunday's Children", which he directed with his father providing the screenplay. The film was seen in Swedish reviews as an attempt by Ingmar to boost the career of his son. Daniel Bergman Daniel Sebastian Bergman (; born 7 September 1962) is a Swedish film director. He is the son of Ingmar Bergman and Käbi Laretei. As a child, Bergman appeared in a 1967 Swedish program called "Stimulantia", which consisted of eight episodes, one of which was directed by his father Ingmar. The short, 10-minute film focuses on the first two

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: plays. From 1953, he forged a powerful creative partnership with his full-time cinematographer Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet and Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and numerous films from "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961) onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. Philip French referred to Bergman as "one of the greatest artists of the 20th century ... he found in literature and the performing arts a way of both recreating and questioning the human condition." Mick LaSalle argued, "Like

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: the demands of an actual musical." He called the album an "amazing record", a "commissioned piece that not only does what it's been asked to do, but transcends the brief and creates a genuinely exciting piece of music in its own right." Andy Gill in "The Independent" gave "The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" a maximum rating of five stars and included the record among his 20 albums of the year: "Sharply scripted, with that sly, knowing touch so typical of Sparks, it's also scored with scrupulous intelligence, the arrangements drawing on a range of apt influences, from Kurt Weill to

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: about film making in Hollywood, Sparks were also informed by their own past film projects. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they had spent six years trying to get their film "Mai, the Psychic Girl" produced. Based on a Japanese manga comic, the film was at one time supposed to be directed by Tim Burton. Although the music had been completed, the film failed to materialise, an experience that coloured their portrayal of the studio head in "The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman". Earlier, Sparks had worked with French director Jacques Tati on "Confusion", another film project that remained uncompleted.

title: Margareta Bergman

text: "more delicate and muted result." The review concludes "Bergman's prose carefully circles, rather than describes, the unspeakable, resulting in an austere work of art softened by a uniquely modern wisdom." Margareta Bergman Margareta Bergman (born Karin Ann Margareta Bergman; 22 August 1922 in Uppsala, Sweden – 27 September 2006) was a Swedish novelist. Margareta Bergman, only sister of film director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007), is the author of novels "Karin" and "Mirror Mirror". As a child of 8, she helped to inspire her brother Ingmar Bergman to create his first plays at home in 1930. Her older brother Dag Bergman (1914–1984)

title: Contemporary Films

text: Contemporary Films Contemporary Films is the oldest independent film distribution company in the UK. It was founded by Charles Cooper (1910–2001) in 1951. It brought to UK cinemas many acclaimed films from countries around the world, including works by such famous directors as Andrzej Wajda, Milos Forman, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Werner Herzog, Satyajit Ray, Yasujirō Ozu, Nagisa Oshima, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Luis Bunuel. It continues to distribute films to cinemas and TV, and videos and DVDs to the general public, as well as supplying footage to programme-makers. Between 1967 and 1989 Contemporary Films

title: Daniel Bergman

text: Daniel Bergman Daniel Sebastian Bergman (; born 7 September 1962) is a Swedish film director. He is the son of Ingmar Bergman and Käbi Laretei. As a child, Bergman appeared in a 1967 Swedish program called "Stimulantia", which consisted of eight episodes, one of which was directed by his father Ingmar. The short, 10-minute film focuses on the first two years of Daniel's life. His mother Käbi is also seen. He was the assistant director of Andrei Tarkovsky on Offret (The Sacrifice, 1986). Bergman directed an episode of the Swedish horror series "Chock", with Ernst-Hugo Järegård. Bergman's independent ability as

title: Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

text: a film. Sjöman then approached Sveriges Television who were interested in airing a documentary about the process. Shooting of the documentary began after the "Winter Light" screenplay was finished. Bergman allowed for Sjöman's crew to film rehearsals, but not the actual shooting. Bergman was also interviewed for the project. The documentary was shot on 16 mm film. After working with Bergman and on the documentary, Sjöman's own films received attention, starting with "491". The documentary began airing on SVT on 27 January 1963. It was generally not available in Region 1 until The Criterion Collection released it in its Bergman

title: Contemporary Films

text: also operated three cinemas in England. These were the Paris Pullman cinema in South Kensington from 1967 to 1983, The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, from 1975 to 1985 and The Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford, from 1977 to 1989. Contemporary Films Contemporary Films is the oldest independent film distribution company in the UK. It was founded by Charles Cooper (1910–2001) in 1951. It brought to UK cinemas many acclaimed films from countries around the world, including works by such famous directors as Andrzej Wajda, Milos Forman, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Werner Herzog, Satyajit Ray,

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: legal basis, saying it would be like bringing "charges against a person who has stolen his own car, thinking it was someone else's". Director General Gösta Ekman, chief of the Swedish Internal Revenue Service, defended the failed investigation, saying that the investigation was dealing with important legal material and that Bergman was treated just like any other suspect. He expressed regret that Bergman had left the country, hoping that Bergman was a "stronger" person now when the investigation had shown that he had not done any wrong. Even though the charges were dropped, Bergman became disconsolate, fearing he would never

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: The interment was private, at the Fårö Church on 18 August 2007. A place in the Fårö churchyard was prepared for him under heavy secrecy. Although he was buried on the island of Fårö, his name and date of birth were inscribed under his wife's name on a tomb at Roslagsbro churchyard, Norrtälje Municipality, several years before his death. Bergman developed a personal "repertory company" of Swedish actors whom he repeatedly cast in his films, including Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Bengt Ekerot, Anders Ek, and Gunnar Björnstrand, each of whom appeared

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Anna" ("En Passion", 1969). He and his cinematographer Sven Nykvist made oft-noted use of a crimson color scheme for "Cries and Whispers" (1972), which is among Bergman's most acclaimed films. He also produced extensively for Swedish television at this time. Two works of note were "Scenes from a Marriage" ("Scener ur ett äktenskap", 1973) and "The Magic Flute" ("Trollflöjten", 1975). On 30 January 1976, while rehearsing August Strindberg's "The Dance of Death" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, he was arrested by two plainclothes police officers and charged with income tax evasion. The impact of the event on Bergman

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: remained in Munich until 1984. In one of the last major interviews with Bergman, conducted in 2005 on the island of Fårö, Bergman said that despite being active during the exile, he had effectively lost eight years of his professional life. Bergman retired from filmmaking in December 2003. He had a hip surgery in October 2006 and was making a difficult recovery. He died in his sleep at age 89; his body was found at his home on the island of Fårö, on 30 July 2007. (It was the same day another renowned existentialist film director, Michelangelo Antonioni, also died.)

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: and he remembered them unfavourably in later years. In a 1944 letter concerning the film "Torment" (sometimes known as "Frenzy"), which sparked debate on the condition of Swedish high schools (and which Bergman had written), the school's principal Henning Håkanson wrote, among other things, that Bergman had been a "problem child". Bergman wrote in a response that he had strongly disliked the emphasis on homework and testing in his formal schooling. In 1934, aged 16, he was sent to Germany to spend the summer holidays with family friends. He attended a Nazi rally in Weimar at which he saw Adolf

title: How Did This Get Made?

text: How Did This Get Made? How Did This Get Made? (HDTGM) is a podcast on the Earwolf network. It is hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas. Each show, which typically has a different guest, features the deconstruction and mockery of outlandish and bad films. The hosts and guest make jokes about the films as well as attempt to unscramble plots. After discussing the film, Scheer reads "second opinions" in the form of five-star reviews posted online by Amazon.com users. The hosts also often make recommendations on if the film is worth watching. The show is released

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: has the note "Complete disaster!" written on the envelope; the play is about a director who disappears and an editor who tries to complete a work he has left unfinished. Other canceled projects include the script for a pornographic film which Bergman abandoned since he did not think it was alive enough, a play about a cannibal, some loose scenes set inside a womb, a film about the life of Jesus, a film about "The Merry Widow", and a play with the title "Från sperm till spöke" ("From sperm to spook"). The Swedish director Marcus Lindeen went through the material,

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: spent most of his time involved in student theatre and became a "genuine movie addict". At the same time, a romantic involvement led to a pugilistic confrontation with his father which resulted in a break which lasted for years. Although he did not graduate, he wrote a number of plays and an opera, and became an assistant director at a theatre. In 1942, he was given the opportunity to direct one of his own scripts, "Caspar's Death". The play was seen by members of Svensk Filmindustri, which then offered Bergman a position working on scripts. He married Else Fisher in

title: Dag Bergman

text: Dag Bergman Dag Erik Bergman (23 October 1914 – 10 December 1984), was a Swedish diplomat. Bergman was the son of the parish minister Erik Bergman and Karin Bergman, née Åkerblom, and the older brother of film director Ingmar Bergman and novelist Margareta Bergman. According to Karin Lannby, Bergman was employed by the intelligence organization C-byrån and was part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War in Finland and active in the National League of Sweden. Bergman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Uppsala University in 1938 and a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University in

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: ("Fängelse") in 1949, as well as "Sawdust and Tinsel" ("Gycklarnas afton") and "Summer with Monika" ("Sommaren med Monika"), both from 1953. Bergman first achieved worldwide success with "Smiles of a Summer Night" ("Sommarnattens leende") (1955), which won for "Best poetic humour" and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes the following year. This was followed by "The Seventh Seal" ("Det sjunde inseglet") and "Wild Strawberries" ("Smultronstället"), released in Sweden ten months apart in 1957. "The Seventh Seal" won a special jury prize and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and "Wild Strawberries" won numerous awards for Bergman

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: 1943. Bergman's film career began in 1941 with his work rewriting scripts, but his first major accomplishment was in 1944 when he wrote the screenplay for "Torment" (a.k.a. "Frenzy") ("Hets"), a film directed by Alf Sjöberg. Along with writing the screenplay, he was also appointed assistant director of the film. In his second autobiographical book, "Images: My Life in Film", Bergman describes the filming of the exteriors as his actual film directorial debut. The film sparked debate on Swedish formal education. When Henning Håkanson (the principal of the high school Bergman had attended) wrote a letter following the film's release,

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: and inspired by "Kärlek utan älskare" he took samples from many of the works and turned them into a play, titled "Arkivet för orealiserbara drömmar och visioner" ("The archive for unrealisable dreams and visions"). Lindeen's play premiered on 28 May 2012 at the Stockholm City Theatre. Terrence Rafferty of "The New York Times" wrote that throughout the 1960s, when Bergman "was considered pretty much the last word in cinematic profundity, his every tic was scrupulously pored over, analyzed, elaborated in ingenious arguments about identity, the nature of film, the fate of the artist in the modern world and so on."

title: Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)

text: also served as a royal chaplain to the court of King Gustav V of Sweden. He was married to nurse Karin Åkerblom, his second cousin. Bergman wrote an autobiography for his daughter Margareta in 1941. Ingmar Bergman later consulted it to write the semi-biographical script about his parents' complex courtship in "The Best Intentions" (1992), a story that includes the unhappy early years of their marriage up to the point where the mother is pregnant with her second son, effectively Ingmar himself. Erik Bergman was a rather strict father and his complex relationship with his son is a somber theme

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: handled in Sweden: "Since I do not speak Swedish, I will never know how they managed," Russell Mael said, expressing his appreciation for the efforts of everyone involved to translate the tone and spirit of the Maels' original text into Swedish lyrics. Sparks and Wennersten communicated mainly via an FTP server, with Sparks sending Wennersten their musical material, and Wennersten sending the edited Swedish voice recordings back to Sparks. Sparks were very pleased with the results of the collaboration, and the fact that Swedish actor Jonas Malmsjö, playing Bergman, had starred in several Bergman productions, enabling him to bring this

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: film (the first being 1971's "The Touch"). This was followed by a British-Norwegian co-production, "Autumn Sonata" ("Höstsonaten", 1978) starring Ingrid Bergman, and "From the Life of the Marionettes" ("Aus dem Leben der Marionetten", 1980) which was a British-German co-production. He temporarily returned to his homeland in 1982, to direct "Fanny and Alexander" ("Fanny och Alexander"). Bergman stated that the film would be his last, and that afterwards he would focus on directing theatre. After that he wrote several film scripts and directed a number of television specials. As with previous work for TV, some of these productions were later released

title: Anna Bergman

text: Anna Bergman Anna Bergman (born 5 May 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a former Swedish actress. She is the daughter of film and theatre director Ingmar Bergman and choreographer-director Ellen Lundström, sister to Eva, Jan, and Mats Bergman (twin); and half-sister to Daniel Bergman and Linn Ullmann. Bergman mostly appeared as a performer in several British sex comedies during the late 1970s including the title role in "Penelope Pulls It Off" (1975), "Adventures of a Taxi Driver" (1976), "Intimate Games" (1976), "Come Play with Me" (1977) and "What's Up Superdoc!" (1978), though later she appeared in small roles in more

title: Mats Bergman

text: Mats Bergman Mats Bergman, (born 5 May 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of director Ingmar Bergman and Ellen Lundström, twin brother of actress Anna Bergman, and a half-brother of Swedish-Norwegian author Linn Ullmann. Bergman graduated from Sweden's National Theatre Academy (Scenskolan) in Stockholm in 1971. Since 1987 he has been a stage actor at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre, and has also appeared at Stockholm City Theatre and Norrbottensteatern. He has acted in Almqvist's "Drottningens juvelsmycke", Bulgakov's "Mästaren och Margarita" ("The Master and Margarita"), Brecht's "Tolvskillingsoperan" ("The Threepenny Opera"), Botho Strauss' "Rummet och tiden",

title: Richard Rush (director)

text: It was hugely popular a the box office. Rush was signed by Dick Clark to make to more films for AIP: "Psych-Out" (1968), a film about the counter culture starring Nicholson and Susan Strasberg, and a biker movie "The Savage Seven" (1968). Many of these films introduced racking focus, a technique Rush claims to have discovered and named. Rush signed a deal with Columbia. His first studio effort was 1970's "Getting Straight", starring Elliott Gould and Candice Bergen. The film did well commercially and was deemed by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman to be the "best American film of the decade."

title: Marge Bergman

text: Marge Bergman Marge Bergman is a character in the now-cancelled American soap opera "Search for Tomorrow". She was played by actress Melba Rae until her death in 1971. For many years, Marge was married to Stu Bergman, and had been best friends with her neighbor, widow Joanne Gardner. She and Stu were always there when Jo needed them, and always knew how to make things better. She was a great mother to her children, Janet and Tommy. Her most famous line was ""Oh Jo, (or Stu, or whoever) it's not as bad as you think."" Because she and Jo were

title: Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)

text: Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister) Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman (22 October 1886 – 26 April 1970) was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and the father of diplomat Dag Bergman, novelist Margareta Bergman, and film director Ingmar Bergman. Erik Bergman was born at Mörbylånga in Kalmar County in 1886. He was ordained to the Swedish State Church in Uppsala in 1912 and served as a priest in Valbo as of 1913. In 1918 he was relocated to Stockholm and served as a minister at Hedvig Eleonora Church, where he became the parish vicar in 1934. In that capacity he

title: Jay Bergman (businessman)

text: Jay Bergman (businessman) Jay Bergman is an American businessman and political donor. Jay Bergman was born in and has lived his entire life in Joliet, Illinois. He is the son of a factory employee and school secretary. Bergman attended Joliet Junior College for two years, before graduating from Illinois State University in 1970 with a degree in business administration. Bergman is known as a generous donor to many charitable causes, usually preferring to make significant contributions without publicity or attribution. He and his wife did, however, contribute $782,000 to the Chicago-area Red Cross for construction of a blood storage center

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: in "The Constant Wife" (1973) and Wendy Hiller in "Waters of the Moon" (1977–1978). In 1978, Bergman played in Ingmar Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" ("Höstsonaten"), for which she received her 7th - and final - Academy Award nomination. This was her final performance on the big screen. In the film, Bergman plays a celebrity pianist who travels to Norway to visit her neglected daughter, played by Liv Ullmann. The film was shot in Norway. In 1979, Bergman hosted the AFI's Life Achievement Award Ceremony for Alfred Hitchcock. She was offered the starring role in a television mini-series, "A Woman Called Golda"

title: Margareta Bergman

text: personal feature film, that he had intended to be his last, was the somewhat autobiographical "Fanny and Alexander", based on his and Margareta's unhappy childhood. Margareta Bergman was married to English author and broadcaster Paul Britten Austin from 1951 until his death in 2005. She had four children, Veronica Ralston (born 1951, who translated some of her books), Thomas Britten Austin, Rose Britten Austin (a sculptor), and Cecelia Britten Austin. "Publisher's Weekly" wrote that in "Mirror, Mirror", Bergman draws on a similar set of images as her brother Ingmar Bergman—wild strawberries, an "actress struck mute by aphasia" but with a

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: we hit upon a fantasy situation of him going to Hollywood, which is obviously a lot more universal, too." Before starting work on the musical, the Mael brothers decided to refresh their memories by looking at Bergman's films again. "We were both really big film fans in university. At that time unless you only liked foreign film, and hated American ones, you weren't cool", Ron Mael told "The Times". "There was a real kind of seriousness to [Bergman]. He actually addressed big things and was able to frame those in really pure, cinematic ways. Now those things are seen as

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: Mr. Hyde", all 1941) in the United States, Bergman co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the classic film "Casablanca" (1942), which remains her best-known role. In this film, she played the role of Ilsa, the beautiful Norwegian wife of Victor Laszlo, played by Paul Henreid, an "anti-Nazi underground hero" who is in Casablanca, a haven from the Nazis. Bergman did not consider "Casablanca" to be one of her favorite performances. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart." In later years, she stated, "I feel

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: Although Bergman was universally famous for his contribution to cinema, he was also an active and productive stage director all his life. During his studies at Stockholm University, he became active in its student theatre, where he made a name for himself early on. His first work after graduation was as a trainee-director at a Stockholm theatre. At twenty-six years, he became the youngest theatrical manager in Europe at the Helsingborg City Theatre. He stayed at Helsingborg for three years and then became the director at Gothenburg city theatre from 1946 to 1949. He became director of the Malmö city

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: again return to directing. Despite pleas by the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, high public figures, and leaders of the film industry, he vowed never to work in Sweden again. He closed down his studio on the island of Fårö, suspended two announced film projects, and went into self-imposed exile in Munich, Germany. Harry Schein, director of the Swedish Film Institute, estimated the immediate damage as ten million SEK (kronor) and hundreds of jobs lost. Bergman then briefly considered the possibility of working in America; his next film, "The Serpent's Egg" (1977) was a German-U.S. production and his second English-language

title: Ingmar Bergman

text: with this fact while making "Winter Light" in 1962. His interest in theatre and film began early: "At the age of nine, he traded a set of tin soldiers for a magic lantern, a possession that altered the course of his life. Within a year, he had created, by playing with this toy, a private world in which he felt completely at home, he recalled. He fashioned his own scenery, marionettes, and lighting effects and gave puppet productions of Strindberg plays in which he spoke all the parts." Bergman attended Palmgren's School as a teenager. His school years were unhappy,

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text: films as a trilogy and that he could not see any common motifs in them, but he later seemed to adopt the notion, with some equivocation. He made a parody of Fellini in 1964, "All These Women" ("För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor"). In 1966, he directed "Persona", a film that he himself considered one of his most important works. While the highly experimental film won few awards, many consider it his masterpiece. Other notable films of the period include "The Virgin Spring" ("Jungfrukällan", 1960), "Hour of the Wolf" ("Vargtimmen", 1968), "Shame" ("Skammen", 1968) and "The Passion of

title: How Did This Get Made?

text: has hosted episodes of its own spin-off podcast "How Did This Get Made? Origin Stories" in which Blake Harris interviews people involved with the films covered by the main show. In December 2017, an episode was recorded for the Pee Cast Blast event, and released exclusively on Stitcher Premium. How Did This Get Made? How Did This Get Made? (HDTGM) is a podcast on the Earwolf network. It is hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas. Each show, which typically has a different guest, features the deconstruction and mockery of outlandish and bad films. The hosts and

title: Dreams (1955 film)

text: her father’s egotism. Susanne has meanwhile telephoned her ex-lover Henrik and arranged a rendezvous with him. Henrik reluctantly visits her. They make love and are planning to resume their relationship when his wife arrives. She proves conclusively that Henrik is a weakling. Disillusioned, Susanne returns with Doris to Stockholm, where Doris’s fiancé waits. "Dreams" is one of the few Ingmar Bergman films to have received lukewarm reviews (as opposed to a positive reception). Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 40% approval among five critics. Dreams (1955 film) Dreams () is a 1955 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Susanne is

title: Through a Glass Darkly (film)

text: along with Begman's films "Winter Light" and "The Silence" and Vilgot Sjöman's documentary "Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie". In 2018, Criterion announced a Blu-ray release in Region A for 20 November 2018, along with 38 other Bergman films, in the set "Ingmar Bergman's Cinema". In Sweden, the film received positive reviews for its characters, minimalist screenplay, and Harriet Andersson's performance. "Variety" staff described "Through a Glass Darkly" as "Not a pleasant film, it is a great one". "Time"'s review praised it as "one of the best and certainly the ripest of Ingmar Bergman's creations". In "The New York Times", Bosley

title: The Men from the Ministry

text: is noted for his acting in many films by Ingmar Bergman ("A Lesson in Love", "Smiles of a Summer Night", "The Seventh Seal", "The Magician", "Through a Glass Darkly", "Winter Light", etc.). He was joined by famous Swedish actor and comedian Stig Järrel, who is noted for his role as the sadistic teacher Caligula in the film "Torment" (1944), directed by Alf Sjöberg after a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. Both actors enjoyed a widespread popularity in Sweden and the radio series was popular. About 40 shows were made in Sweden. A South African adaptation of the series was also produced

title: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

text: Sternberg, and Alfred Hitchcock, all apparently happy to work in Hollywood: "Alfred Hitchcock, bless his soul, there chomping on a dinner roll, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" done twice, in Hollywood, done twice as nice". Bergman is tempted by the prospect of secure funding for his film projects and feels he "must not be hasty" in rejecting the proposal. The story develops into a Kafkaesque nightmare as Bergman, besieged by autograph hunters, finally decides that Hollywood is not for him. Unable to get an international line to call Sweden, he tries to escape on foot, pursued by hotel staff,

title: Harriet Bosse

text: as a combination of "apache, gangster and gigolo". Bosse made two films, ambitiously shot and directed and based on novels by well-known writers. The artistic achievement of "Sons of Ingmar" (1919) has been highly praised. Directed by and co-starring Victor Sjöström, it was based on a novel by Swedish Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf; many years later, Ingmar Bergman referred to "Sons of Ingmar" as a "magnificent, remarkable film" and acknowledged his own debt to Sjöström. Bosse, who played the female lead Brita, called "Sons of Ingmar" "the only worthwhile Swedish film I was involved in." However, the film failed

title: Andrew Bergman

text: Andrew Bergman Andrew Bergman (born February 20, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. New York magazine in 1985 dubbed him "The Unknown King of Comedy". His best known films include "Blazing Saddles", "The In-Laws", and "The Freshman". Born to a Jewish family, Bergman graduated from Binghamton University and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation, a study of Depression-era Hollywood films, was published in 1971 by NYU Press under the title "We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films". He wrote "James Cagney: The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars". Bergman

title: Vilgot Sjöman

text: integrity" by inserting commercial breaks into broadcasts of their films without their consent. He had been awarded the Ingmar Bergman Prize in 2003 for pursuing this court case. Vilgot Sjöman David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 9 April 2006) 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. He is best known as the director of the films "491" (1964), "I Am Curious (Yellow)" (in Swedish, "Jag är nyfiken

title: How Did This Get Made?

text: This is often referenced in "How Did This Get Made", often by Jason and June, annoyed at how they hadn't been invited to host this new podcast, instead being subjected to the bad films that HDTGM cover. The show is released every two weeks. During the show's off week, a ".5" episode is uploaded featuring Scheer announcing the next week's movie as well as challenges for the fans. In addition to the shows and mini-shows, the "How Did This Get Made?" stream hosted the first three episodes of Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider's "Bitch Sesh" podcast in December 2015. It

title: Mary Kay Bergman

text: started "going wild." One of the guests at the party was studying with voice-over coach Kat Lehman and suggested she take a class with his teacher, which she did. Bergman took many voice-over classes to do many different styles and voices. Some specialized in animation, some in ADR/looping, and others in commercial and improvisation. Bergman studied the voice of a character if she was matching a voice. Bergman stated that accents came very easily to her. She stated that she enjoyed doing accents such as Chinese, Japanese, Australian, English, American, French, German, Spanish and Italian. In 1994, Bergman started teaching

title: Klaus Härö

text: Klaus Härö Klaus Härö (born 31 March 1971 in Porvoo, Finland) is a Finnish film director. In 2004, he won Finland's State Prize for Art. Härö studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. He has directed several feature films, including "" (2003), "Mother of Mine" (2005) and "The New Man" (2007), as well as documentaries and short films. He works in both Sweden and Finland. In 2003 Klaus Härö received the Ingmar Bergman Award, the winner of which was chosen by Ingmar Bergman himself. Four of Härö's features were chosen as Finland's

title: Sickan Carlsson

text: with a script written specifically for her by Ingmar Bergman. Carlsson stated publicly that she did not mind being typecast in comedic roles, however, and is proud to have been given parts which allowed her the opportunity to make her audiences laugh. Some of her best films are "Det glada kalaset" (1946), "Skolka skolan" (1948), "Klasskamrater" (1952), "Sjunde himlen" (1956) and "Lustgården" (1961). Born into a working-class family, she fought to be accepted in an upper-class environment and endured two broken marriages before wedding businessman Sölve Adamsson which ended with his death in 1987. Her first marriage, to Gösta Reuter,

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: in style and without need of make-up. Film critic James Agee wrote that she "not only bears a startling resemblance to an imaginable human being; she really knows how to act, in a blend of poetic grace with quiet realism". According to film historian David Thomson, she "always strove to be a 'true' woman", and many filmgoers identified with her: Writing about her first years in Hollywood, "Life" magazine stated that "All Bergman vehicles are blessed", and "they all go speedily and happily, with no temperament from the leading lady". She was "completely pleased" with her early career's management by

title: How Do I Make You

text: How Do I Make You "How Do I Make You" was a Top 10 hit song composed by Billy Steinberg and recorded by Linda Ronstadt in 1980. Steinberg stated that he was "a little bit influenced" by the Knack hit "My Sharona" in writing "How Do I Make You." He originally recorded the song with his band Billy Thermal as one of several demos produced while the band was signed to Planet Records. The label ultimately did not release these songs. However, several Billy Thermal demos, including "How Do I Make You", were eventually included on a "Billy Thermal" EP

title: How Many Licks?

text: Lawrence and features the singer as a sex doll in three sexual fantasies. Sisqó did not appear in the video due to conflicts with his record label, Def Jam. Although music critics praised the visual, its treatment of sexuality elicited varied opinions from academics. It was also compared to music videos by other artists, including Minaj's 2011 single "Stupid Hoe" and American rapper Missy Elliott's 1997 single "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)". In addition to the clip, Lil' Kim promoted "How Many Licks?" with live performances. Mario Winans and Sean Combs produced "How Many Licks?" and wrote it with Lil'

title: How to Make the Cruelest Month

text: Woody Allen's early films ("in spirit and ambition, if not in execution"). He enjoyed DuVall's performance, although said it was "occasionally too intensely mannered", and praised the rest of the cast. However, Levy also described the film as uneven, with a "messy structure and lack of discipline". How to Make the Cruelest Month How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig and starring Clea DuVall. "How to Make the Cruelest Month" premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It won the Best

title: Sven Nykvist

text: Sven Nykvist Sven Vilhem Nykvist () (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two Bergman films, "Cries and Whispers" ("Viskningar och rop") in 1973 and "Fanny and Alexander" ("Fanny och Alexander") in 1983, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". His work is generally noted for its naturalism and simplicity. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest cinematographers of all

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: Chandler notes that the role "also had a special significance for her, as during World War II, Ingrid felt guilty because she had so misjudged the situation in Germany". According to Chandler, "Ingrid's rapidly deteriorating health was a more serious problem. Insurance for Bergman was impossible. Not only did she have cancer, but it was spreading, and if anyone had known how bad it was, no one would have gone on with the project." After viewing the series on TV, Isabella commented, Bergman was frequently ill during the filming although she rarely complained or showed it. Four months after the

title: Ingrid Bergman

text: Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in "Casablanca" (1942) and Alicia Huberman in "Notorious" (1946). Bergman was born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and a German mother and started her career as an actress in Swedish and German films in the 1930s. Her introduction to American audiences came with her

title: Andrew Bergman

text: of America. He lives in New York City with his wife. He has two grown sons. Andrew Bergman Andrew Bergman (born February 20, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. New York magazine in 1985 dubbed him "The Unknown King of Comedy". His best known films include "Blazing Saddles", "The In-Laws", and "The Freshman". Born to a Jewish family, Bergman graduated from Binghamton University and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation, a study of Depression-era Hollywood films, was published in 1971 by NYU Press under the title "We're in the Money:

title: Charles Bronson

text: time was "The Indian Runner" (1991), directed by Sean Penn. He followed this with some TV movies, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" and "The Sea Wolf" (1993). Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's "". His final films were the TV movies "Family of Cops" (1995), "" (1997) and "Family of Cops 3" (1999). Ingmar Bergman wanted to make a film with Bronson but the actor turned him down. "Everything is weakness and sickness with Bergman," he said. He was considered for the role of Snake Plissken in "Escape from New York" (1981), but