Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words

Name: Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: November 13, 2015
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Roberto Rossellini

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Rialto Pictures | Release Date: November 13, 2015 | Not Rated

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Roberto Rossellini

Summary: A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.

Director: Stig Björkman

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Rex Reed

Nov 11, 2015

A creature of impulse to the end, she was a woman who saved everything—from lace valentines and old passports to Oscars and tear-stained divorce papers. How lucky we are she can share them with us now. She marched to her own drummer, and the beat goes on. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Dec 10, 2015

A surprisingly intimate film, a completely involving look inside the life of a gifted and complex woman. Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Aug 8, 2016

It’s most fascinating when dealing with the fallout from her divorce from first husband Petter Lindstrom and very public affair with director Roberto Rosselini – a reminder of how much gossip, scandal and public opinion were at the heart of Hollywood long before Twitter. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Nov 13, 2015

There isn’t a lot here about her films, or great performances, but this is two hours of Ingrid Bergman, much of it rarely seen before. I’m not about to complain. Read full review

Ty Burr

Feb 11, 2016

In its occasionally over-gentle way, the documentary testifies to the ego necessary to be a great star and to live a great life. Read full review

Deborah Young

Nov 19, 2015

The portrait that emerges is intimate — perhaps too intimate for film lovers who might have preferred to hear more about the star’s working methods, and fewer details about her husbands and kids. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Nov 19, 2015

The lack of any significant investigation into performance styles is acutely felt, particularly given the very different methods of her major directors. Read full review

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foxgrove

Aug 15, 2016

A fantastic in depth and insightful documentary about the three times Academy Award winning actress that offers so much more than the usual sketchy A-Z cut and paste biography usually allotted to actors lives. This wonderful warts and all tribute eschews an over indulgence of talking headsA fantastic in depth and insightful documentary about the three times Academy Award winning actress that offers so much more than the usual sketchy A-Z cut and paste biography usually allotted to actors lives. This wonderful warts and all tribute eschews an over indulgence of talking heads and old movie clips in favour of home video and archival film footage. Surprisingly, In fact, clips from Bergman’s movies are kept to a minimum. Her four children provide much of the insight and speak candidly, but lovingly about their career driven mother who nearly always allotted them second place to her desire to work.
Whilst viewing one is reminded just how statuesque and radiantly beautiful Bergman was, as in a lot of her films she wasn’t presented that way at all. Her pre-occupation with Joan of Arc is touched upon, and it’s also a real treat to see actresses as different as Sigourney Weaver and Liv Ullman appear together to supply both glowing and humorous anecdotes. Poignancy is added to the whole thing by Michael Nyman’s characteristically moving and identifiable score which, whilst it may be guilty of some manipulation, is still a perfect emotional fit for the tone and images on display.
Finally, credit must go to the excellent Alicia Vikander for providing the voice of Bergman in such an impressively unobtrusive manner. A documentary of outstanding quality.… Expand

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