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This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Jesse Kalin defines Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out. For Bergman, meaning is achieved independently of any moral absolute and is the result of a process of self-examination. Six existential themes are explored repeatedly in Bergman's films: judgment, abandonment, suffering, shame, a visionary picture, and above all, turning toward or away from others. Kalin examines how Bergman examines these themes cinematically, through close analysis of eight films: well known favorites such as Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Fanny and Alexander; and important but lesser known works, such as Naked Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers, and Scenes from a Marriage.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Films of Ingmar Bergman
• Author: Jesse Kalin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• EAN: 9780521389778
• ISBN: 0521389771
• ID: 02029295
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 416 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 170 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. October 2003

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