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Best Intentions... Private Confessions... Faithless...
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Bergman is above criticism; he is a Director's Director, even to the point where Woody Allen has tried to emulate him in "Interiors"; a nod to the Master.
Sven Nykvist is the other ingredient, a superb cinematographer.
Bergman, alive, garners the kind of hagiography usually reserved only for the Dead.
Criticising his Trilogy would be akin to criticising cracks in the Cistine Chapel ceiling; nothing in Art or life is ever perfect as we know, but in the face of truly great Art we can only be humble.
***Criticising his Trilogy would be akin to criticising cracks in the Cistine Chapel ceiling; nothing in Art or life is ever perfect as we know, but in the face of truly great Art we can only be humble.I don't see it quite that way. It is simply the matter of the standards, and anything could be held to either higher or lower ones.
My intention was not, however, to criticise, but to see what reactions the others might have had to that series. Of course it was not directed by Ingmar, just written by him, but his style shines through. I do love Liv Ullmann's work, she is very talented, just look at her bit in the "Lumiere and Company". Perhaps her trouble in that series was in trying to stay too close to original Bergman's style, and of course no one does Bergman like Bergman.
Yes, I expect that with her collaborations with Bergman all these Years, that is how she is more or less expected to act, almost a type casting situation, wouldn't you say. And completely agree; Woody Allen couldn't out-Bergman Bergman, and neither will any other Director, though they will continue to try!
I like her best in "Cries and Whispers", while it's scarcely an elevating theme, she plays her role so well it's impossible to imagine any other actress in the part, while subtlely upstaging the other players at the same time, showing at once vulnerability and strength; a real talent. Recent pictures of here as part of the "Trilogy" look like she has hardly aged at all; just how did she do that?
And Sven Nykvist, I like best in Louis Malles "Black Moon" from the same era, he's allowed a playfulness and free hand in that film that he would never have got away with under Bergman, I guess Malle let him off the leash somewhat for that one.
*Sigh* Maybe you will get the answer you want (apologies!)
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