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“Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying.”

Quote by Ingmar Bergman

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Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish filmmaker, theatre director, screenwriter, and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time. His films are known for their intense psychological drama and exploration of human emotions, often delving into themes of death, religion, and the complexities of human relationships. His most famous films include 'The Seventh Seal,' 'Wild Strawberries,' and 'Through a Glass Darkly.' more

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“Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth.”

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“I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.”

Thinking Film My Own Watches Cry Ready Awful Miserable

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“No other art-medium–neither painting nor poetry–can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights go down in the cinema and this white shining point opens up for us, our gaze stops flitting hither and thither, settles and becomes quite steady. We just sit there, letting the images flow out over us. Our will ceases to function. We lose our ability to sort things out and fix them in their proper places. We're drawn into a course of events–we're participants in a dream. And manufacturing dreams, that's a juicy business.”

Wells Art Dream Light Film Courses Loses Ability White Quality Events Painting Flow Function Shining Communicate Cease Mediums Settling Cinema Steady Manufacturing Participants Juicy

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“When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with such naturalness in the room of dreams. He doesn't explain. What should he explain anyhow? He is a spectator, capable of staging his visions in the most unwieldy but, in a way, the most willing of media. All my life I have hammered on the doors of the rooms in which he moves so naturally. Only a few times have I managed to creep inside. Most of my conscious efforts have ended in embarrassing failure - The Serpent's Egg, The Touch, Face to Face and so on.”

Way Should Dream Film Faces Moving Rooms Effort Vision Doors Media Willing Capable Conscious Eggs Documents Embarrassing Spectators Creeps Face To Face Serpent Hammered Staging

Author:Ingmar Bergman

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Firsts Dream Wanted Film Moving Found Language Given Felt Rooms Knowing Doors Keys Reflection Discovery Standing Miracle Ease Capture

Author:Ingmar Bergman

“Artistic license sneered through the thin fabric.”

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Author:Ingmar Bergman

“I'd prostitute my talents if it would further my cause, steal if there was no way out, killing my friends or anyone else if it would help my art.”

Ifs Way Art Helping Causes Talent My Friends Killing Stealing

Book:Ingmar Bergman: Interviews

Source: Ingmar Bergman: Interviews

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Film Universe Organize

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