tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post1276277031540915944..comments2024-03-28T15:01:12.582+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Wild Strawberries and Ingmar Bergman's concern with love (or the inability to love) Hai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-16244540903717599602017-06-29T22:37:31.928+01:002017-06-29T22:37:31.928+01:00I reckon people need to be in the right mood (and ...I reckon people need to be in the right mood (and right mindset?) to appreciate Ingmar Bergman, and he's not for everybody. However: <br />1/ Why are long periods of silence a bad thing? Film is a visual medium. <br />2/ Why is it a bad thing that his films basically have the same theme? To quote Kubrick, "I believe Ingmar Bergman, Vittorio De Sica and Federico Fellini are the only three filmmakers in the world who are not just artistic opportunists. By this I mean they don't just sit and wait for a good story to come along and then make it. They have a point of view which is expressed over and over and over again in their films, and they themselves write or have original material written for them."<br />Ingmar Bergman's 1 of the true auteurs who made cinema a personal medium (film was his means of self-expression), and he had a specific vision. <br />3/ I can see why you don't like Woody Allen though I like his films. However, he's not on the same rank as Ingmar Bergman. He's intelligent and witty, but his films are not visually beautiful, he doesn't do anything inventive or revolutionary, and doesn't make the audience go "wow I didn't realise film could do that". <br />Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-62742002195777093172017-06-29T21:47:02.027+01:002017-06-29T21:47:02.027+01:00Di,
depressing content basically. plus long peri...Di,<br /><br />depressing content basically. plus long periods of silence etc. <br /><br />I also avoid Woody Allen. I don't need to spend several hours with a whining, depressing neurotic.<br /><br />Sorry about that, but I did watch several of his and they had basically the same theme. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-88302806358505442382017-06-29T17:37:49.316+01:002017-06-29T17:37:49.316+01:00I haven't read it. Sounds interesting.
May I ...I haven't read it. Sounds interesting. <br />May I ask why you avoided Ingmar Bergman? Have you seen any of his films now? <br />I used to avoid him too, then I plunged into his works (partly because of Kieslowski and Woody Allen, partly because he's my boyfriend's favourite director) and realised that many of my conceptions of him were just wrong. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-26650534324462375212017-06-29T17:06:53.764+01:002017-06-29T17:06:53.764+01:00Di,
Great review: I've avoided Bergman in th...Di,<br /><br />Great review: I've avoided Bergman in the past because of what I've read about his films. It didn't just seem to be my cup of tea. But your opening comments on the film brought back a memory of a book I'd read with a similar concept,and it is a book that I've enjoyed and have read several times.<br /><br />Have you read _Anglo-Saxon Attitudes_ by Angus Wilson? Among several themes is the one similar to the reaction to Borg. In the first half the protagonist comes to a realization that many of the problems in his relationships with other people are his fault. Armed with this insight he then tries to change his relationships with others and is rebuffed, for various reasons. He may want change, but change is difficult to accept for many.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com