Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman

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Ingmar Bergma n has been acclaimed throughout the world as one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time. This collection of screenplays for a quartet of his most distinguished films shows that he is alsó a writer of distinction, for the surprising fact is that these scripts for the screen teli the stories in as compelling a fashion as does a fine növel or poem. The illustrative stills serve as potent reminders of the films for those who have seen them, but the words themselves - the dialogue and "stage directions"-emerge, in their own right, as a form of powerful and moving literature. ". . . it is impossible to read these screenplays without arriving at a new appreciation of Bergman's prodigious talent. For one thing, there is his enormous variety. . . . For another, there is his indisputable skill with dialogue- glancing, glinting, economic, yet evocative." - Arthur Knight, New York HERALD TRIBÜNÉ "In countless obvious ways, as weil as the unexpected, this book is of... Tovább

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Ingmar Bergma n has been acclaimed throughout the world as one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time. This collection of screenplays for a quartet of his most distinguished films shows that he is alsó a writer of distinction, for the surprising fact is that these scripts for the screen teli the stories in as compelling a fashion as does a fine növel or poem. The illustrative stills serve as potent reminders of the films for those who have seen them, but the words themselves - the dialogue and "stage directions"-emerge, in their own right, as a form of powerful and moving literature. ". . . it is impossible to read these screenplays without arriving at a new appreciation of Bergman's prodigious talent. For one thing, there is his enormous variety. . . . For another, there is his indisputable skill with dialogue- glancing, glinting, economic, yet evocative." - Arthur Knight, New York HERALD TRIBÜNÉ "In countless obvious ways, as weil as the unexpected, this book is of inestimable value to all persons interested in Ingmar Bergman and his movie work." - Archer Winsten, New York POST "The reader of Bergman's screenplays will ... be lucky. He will be able to notice how weil Bergman uses words (the translations by Lars Malmstrom and Dávid Kushner beautifully bridge the language difference) and how immaculate is his sense of form. . . . Bergman ... is essentially the artist, as much writer as he is film-maker." - Hollis Alpert, SATURDAY REVIEW "... one of the most important and engrossing film books ever printed. . . . By all means get and read Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman. It is fiiled with revelations." - W. Ward Marsh, Cleveland PLAIN DEALER "Bergman's screenplays are subtly conceived and sensitively written. . . . Reading them is a richly rewarding experience, not only for the sheer enjoyment of their dramatic contents, but for the deep insight they afford into the creative methods of an artist." -FILM NEWS Vissza