Ingmar Bergman

The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director

Geoffrey Macnab (journalist and critic, London, UK)

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I B TAURIS
17 June 2009

Film, TV & Radio; Individual film directors, film-makers

Ingmar Bergman was the last and arguably the greatest of the old-style European auteurs and his influence across all areas of contemporary cinema has continued to be considerable since his death in July 2007. Drawing on interviews with collaborators and original research, this book puts Bergman's career into the context of his life and offers a new and revealing portrait of this great filmmaker. Geoffrey Macnab explores the often painfully autobiographical nature of his work, while also looking in detail at Bergman as a craftsman. He considers Bergman's working relationship with his actors (especially the actresses he helped make into international stars), his passion for theatre, literature and classical music and his obsession with death and cruelty. The book traces his traumatic childhood, asking how his experiences growing up as the son of a strict Lutheran pastor fed into his later writing and filmmaking. It also looks at his political life, chronicling his teenage flirtation with Nazism, his bitter spat in the mid-70s with the Swedish authorities over his tax affairs and his often vexed relationship with his fellow Swedes. Geoffrey Macnab also considers how Bergman's work was financed and distributed, his relationship with US agents and how close he came to working in Hollywood. 'When I was 10 years old I received my first rattling film projector with its chimney and lamp which went round and round and round. I found it both mystifying and fascinating' - Ingmar Bergman.

By: Geoffrey Macnab (journalist and critic London UK)
Imprint: I B TAURIS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781848850460
ISBN 10: 1848850468
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 17 June 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Geoffrey Macnab writes on film for 'The Guardian', 'The Independent', and 'Screen International'. He is the author of 'The Making of Taxi Driver' (2006), 'Key Moments in Cinema' (2001), 'Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screenwriting in British Cinema' (2000), and 'J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry' (1993).

Reviews for Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director

[T]he book provides a useful, deft, thoughtful overview of the career of an iconic figure of European cinema in the latter half of the 20th century. Appearing at a time when only a few of Bergman's films seem to get screened with regularity, and younger critics and students have little awareness of his substantial and challenging oeuvre, Macnab's book is a well-timed reminder of the work of one of the pillars of European art cinema. Summing Up: Recommended. --CHOICE, March 2010