Quotes by
Ingmar Bergman |
1918 - 2007 , Swedish filmmaker
He directed 62 films, most of which he wrote, and directed over 170 plays. Most of his films were set in the stark landscape of his native Sweden, and major themes were often bleak, dealing with death, illness, betrayal, and insanity.Outstanding among his early films are the theological meditation on The Seventh Seal, 1957 and one man’s surrealistic and transformative journey into his own past, Wild Strawberries, 1957. Later came the provocative The Silence, 1963 and the experimental Persona, 1966 and Cries and Whispers, 1972.
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Quotations
| • | Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive. 3 |
| • | I make all my decisions on intuition. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect. 1 |
| • | Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise. |
| • | No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. |
| • | I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot. |
| • | I hope I never get so old I get religious. |
| • | First, I write down all I know about the story, at length and in detail. Then I sink the iceberg and let some of it float up just a little. |
