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Bee's Bergman Diary – Saraband

It only seems necessary that I watch Bergman’s last film seeing as I watched his first film Torment. Released in 2003, Saraband is a sequel…

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Bee's Bergman Diary: It Rains on Our Love

For my next entry, I decided to visit Bergman’s first directional feature It Rains on Our Love, (Det regnar på vår kärlek). The screenplay was…

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Performance: Harriet Andersson in Through a Glass Darkly

I recently gushed over Harriet Andersson for her career-defining performance in Summer with Monika. A catapult, too, for her director Ingmar Bergman. I fell in…

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Bee's Bergman Diary: The Silence

This is entry number 6 and I decided to watch The Silence (1963), which is the third in a series of thematically related films, following…

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Bee's Bergman Diary- Hour of the Wolf

This is entry number 5 and we are half way through my challenge to watch 10 films by Ingmar Bergman. Although I must admit I…

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For the Sake of Movies: Kurosawa's Letter to Bergman

During the research for my previous article regarding Stanley Kubrick’s fan letter to Ingmar Bergman, I came across another letter penned by a famous director,…

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The House That Bergman Built: A Review of Trespassing Bergman

There’s no denying that Ingmar Bergman made a lasting impression on so many great filmmakers. But it’s often hard to wrap our heads around the…

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Performance – Victor Sjostrom in Wild Strawberries

Wild Strawberries is a film about coming to terms with old age and mortality. Following a day in the life of Dr. Eberhard Isak Borg who…

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The Problem of Pain: Cries and Whispers Review

Pain is seemingly always around us. Whether it is the pain we inflict upon ourselves or pain that comes unannounced and undeserved, we have all…

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Kubrick the 'Fan Boy': Stanley's Letter to Ingmar Bergman

I have written letters to writers I admire. Often I find myself squirming with embarrassment when I recall the words I wrote, (and I am…

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Bee's Bergman Diary – Sawdust and Tinsel

There’s something mysterious about circus life; it sounds like a life of freedom and a place where you find yourself. We have all heard of…

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Bee's Bergman Diary – Through A Glass Darkly

The next entry for my challenge, and it really doesn’t feel like a challenge at all. I am really enjoying watching these films, which have…

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Doubts in the Darkness: Winter Light Review

After growing up in a conservative religious environment, I went through a period in college where I questioned aspects of my faith and went through…

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Bee's Bergman Diary- Torment

Technically speaking, Torment (Hets) wasn’t directed by Ingmar Bergman. In fact the film was directed by Alf Sjoberg with the screenplay being written by Ingmar…

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