The Films of Ingmar Bergman: Illusions of Light and Darkness

ISBN-13: 9780230007246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 189 str.

Laura Hubner

Opis

Laura Hubner's book is among the first to analyze key films directed by Ingmar Bergman throughout his lifetime. Various kinds of "illusion" in Bergman's work (the mask, identity, dreams, and visions) are explored at both thematic and formal levels, positioned within wider concerns and perspectives such as cultural and artistic influences on Bergman's creative output, the phenomenon of Bergman as "art film" director, debates about modernism and postmodernism, and emerging feminist discourses on the multiplicity of identity.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction The Mask and Identity: Summer Interlude 's legacy Female Defiance: Dreams of Another World in Summer with Monika and the Early Films Religion, Truth and Symbolism from The Seventh Seal to The Silence Persona : Cinema as Mask Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmare Visions Conclusion: Celebrating the Illusion Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

O autorze

LAURA HUBNER is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Winchester, UK.