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Bergman Island

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary  |  Foreign

Written by:

Directed by: Marie Nyreröd

Release Date:
Theatrical: December 6, 2006

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: Sweden

Language(s): Swedish (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Ingmar Bergman

As one of the leading auteurs of the 20th century, Ingmar Bergman made more than 50 features and has had an extraordinary impact on film making. This documentary visits him at home on the Swedish island of Faro, where he offers his final, brilliant thoughts on his masterpieces "Persona" and "Cries and Whispers," and the role played in his life and art by fear, love, death, music, humiliation and, in his own words, "the intensely erotic nature of film and theatre." (Film Forum)

What The Critics Said

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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

After a lifetime of flogging the demons of cosmic despair, Ingmar Bergman, at 88, comes off as lean and vigorous in this fascinating memoir-interview.

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80

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Intimate, compelling film.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

An amazing portrait of the great filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in his later years.

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70

Variety Robert Koehler

Ingmar Bergman lays his soul on the line in Marie Nyreroed's gentle, intimate and thorough documentay.

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Village Voice Ed Halter

As little more than an extended interview, it remains hobbled by determinedly uninspired cinematography and a mundane televisual setup.

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