Ingmar Bergman Directs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few directors in the history of cinema have provoked as much intellectual fervour and artistic reverence as the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman, and Ingmar Bergman Directs stands as one of the most penetrating studies of his work ever committed to print. Written by the formidable critic John Simon, this richly illustrated visual analysis chronicles Bergman's singular filmmaking vision through close, rigorous examination of four landmark films — The Silence, Winter Light, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Persona — dissecting the craft, symbolism, and psychological depth that made Bergman one of the twentieth century's most profound cinematic voices. Simon brings his characteristic critical precision and unflinching intellectual authority to bear on a director who treated the screen as a philosophical arena, arguing that Bergman's genius lies in his ability to render the inexpressible — existential dread, spiritual crisis, and the fragility of human connection — in purely visual terms. The book's format, combining detailed written analysis with carefully selected film stills, presents readers with a rare dual encounter: the written and the seen, mirroring Bergman's own obsession with sight and perception. For cinephiles, scholars, and anyone drawn to the darker corridors of human experience, this volume raises a question that Bergman himself never fully answered — can art truly save us from ourselves?
Author: John Simon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Movies & entertainment
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few directors in the history of cinema have provoked as much intellectual fervour and artistic reverence as the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman, and Ingmar Bergman Directs stands as one of the most penetrating studies of his work ever committed to print. Written by the formidable critic John Simon, this richly illustrated visual analysis chronicles Bergman's singular filmmaking vision through close, rigorous examination of four landmark films — The Silence, Winter Light, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Persona — dissecting the craft, symbolism, and psychological depth that made Bergman one of the twentieth century's most profound cinematic voices. Simon brings his characteristic critical precision and unflinching intellectual authority to bear on a director who treated the screen as a philosophical arena, arguing that Bergman's genius lies in his ability to render the inexpressible — existential dread, spiritual crisis, and the fragility of human connection — in purely visual terms. The book's format, combining detailed written analysis with carefully selected film stills, presents readers with a rare dual encounter: the written and the seen, mirroring Bergman's own obsession with sight and perception. For cinephiles, scholars, and anyone drawn to the darker corridors of human experience, this volume raises a question that Bergman himself never fully answered — can art truly save us from ourselves?