Ingmar Bergman - Interview (1/6)

[mrminioownz]

You love Bergman or you don't know him.

[dbc79]

@mrminioownz on the contrary, I know people who work with him. He was an ashole.

[mrminioownz]

@dbc79 By saying "love Bergman" I meant his movies. I don't care how he was as a person because I'm watching his movies, not talking with him in real.

[yakobemil]

I love that he even directs the cinematographer in his own interview. What a great man. Constantly pleased with certain estethics he himself set forth.

[Liisawh]

Läser undertexten automatiskt, haha ..

[roflmaodue]

Vackert.

[SirKemodero]

So funny! He always has to touch. I guess the demons tells him to do it against his will.

[Obstacle11]

What a man, i really wish i ended my days like him

[minoritywhisperer]

He'll crown the new 200-kronor bill :)

[swesnake]

boring!!!

[stinabeib]

I love his little skin shoes, so Scandinavian :)

[potentialinvestors]

Bergman, Felini, Pasolini, Angelopoulos, Godard, Bunuel. Greatest Western directors of all time hands down!

[iwbtssothy]

@potentialinvestors and Truffaut. Greatest european ones may be, but not western.

[DaveWannabeFunny]

swedish english sucks...im from sweden though

[MrRazorblade999]

"The demons don't like fresh air" So true.

[1kocicyu9]

septimussignum

[samhoe111]

sweden ftw

[modno]

what a creepy man...

[AlessioSnaporaz]

Il Maestro...

[JesusCristo2002]

When will "Persona" be added to the "Criterion Collection"?  It's one of Bergman's best ever!!!

[gogodol]

what;s the song at the very beginning?

[roman1akid]

@gogodol Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata D. 959 part 2

[gogodol]

@NWG92 i meant schubert's! thanks anyway!

[spidamantruck]

@gogodol Brian Eno - Another Green World

[MissPsycho83]

R.I.P. Bergman, u won't never be forgotten, I love u!

By the way, 2 idiots missed the like bottom! How can u NOT like it?!!!

[hummlan1]

he makes me be a shame of being swedish.

[roman1akid]

@hummlan1 Your nation produced no greater man this past century. He was a genius. He should have won a nobel prize for literature for his scripts.

[verstengenericks]

@hummlan1 ... Why do you say that?

[many9662]

I like this video. Thank you for your sharing. Hope to see next your video.

[MooDHooDs]

Gött att hans hus är längre än min lägenhet är i m^2

[LohengrinT]

Extreme psychological and philosophical IQ... the deepest and truest insight into the Human Soul since Euripides

[xwarx1000]

back in july 1999 there was a retrospective on Bergman movies in Delhi........i remember we had to stand in queue 2, 3 hours in advance for the ticket.....

[folladordeprostis]

ingmar bergman fans hate let the right one in and Män som hatar kvinnor they said those movies are "americanize" swedish movies

[ShotgunHeroX]

@folladordeprostis

who cares about fans

fans are dicks

[lehnrik]

@folladordeprostis I'm a Bergman fan and LOVE LTROI. It's poetic, beautiful and very cinematic. Not Män.... though.

[folladordeprostis]

@lehnrik Well I heard many bergman fans saying the millenium trilogy is mainstream...............

[IgorSavtchenko]

I have a book that quotes Stanley Kubrick saying that his favorite directors are Bergman, Fellini, and DaSica. Great choices. To me, personally, Bergman is a mixed bag. But his work is always absolute, regardless of my relation to it. Thank you for posting this video.

[monkeypoks]

@IgorSavtchenko My copy of Kubrick's biography actually makes an astute claim that Kubrick only cited those directors because it was in fashion to do so - the auteurs of European cinema at the time were (and in most critical circles still are) exalted as prophets of the medium thanks in no small part to France's "cinematheque" and cultural revolutions shaking the world's artistic infrastructure drastically. Kubrick's real influences are a little harder to see; Ophuls being the obvious.

[IgorSavtchenko]

@monkeypoks Thanks for the response. Don't get me wrong, Kubrick is a conceptual universe onto itself. Kubrick affected me more than Bergman and the others. No youTube back-and-forth chit-chat can do any of these great directors justice anyway.

[paracel72]

he liked u2 in his his ears and woddy allen

[folladordeprostis]

@paracel72 I heard ingmar hated hollywood movies

[phille22]

Always, when Bergman was talking, just talking, about anything.. he caught my attention, always, he's so enchanting, interesting and odd, a joy to listen to

[ToporChimerique]

it's not uncradible. you're not better than others! it's not hawsome asshole. stop this, useless to know that from a halfwit like you tss i'm laughing

[8thArmada]

thanks a lot for uploading this.. ive only just started to discover ingmar bergman with my first movie being the seventh seal.. the criterion blu ray version. i enjoyed every bit of it and am looking forward to watching all his movies.

[Keivan1983]

he is my favorite film director

[paracel72]

I have a Bergman story:)

[sergioaparicio]

which is the music of the piano ¿?

[ostattack]

Something by Shubert, don´t no title

[KeesDeVisserFrance]

the music is the Andantino from Schubert's Sonata in A major, D. 959 (1828)

[gauchatche]

rogener

Obrigada pelas indicações de filme, eu baixei "O Ovo da Serpente", assisti um pouco mas não me impressionou muito, mas A Fonte da Donzela eu gostei da estória e quero assistir, assim como esses dois q tu me indicou.

Obrigada!

[Minimus76]

Bergman is my favorite film director, and Wild Strawberries my favorite movie <3

Precious interview.

[Jitpring]

Be sure to watch the whole thing, friends. This woman is a master interviewer; that is, she lets her subject speak at length. Of course, it helps to have such a fascinating subject as Bergman who's willing to speak at length.

[myroflcopterisnice]

Bergman certainly was a strange person.

[oigovocess]

I miss you, man...

[smaderiska]

greatest director of all times!

[shathay]

the greatest of all time

[gauchatche]

Eu estou conhecendo o trabalho de Bergman e estou bem curiosa, parece ser muito bom.

Vou assistir os filmes dele.

[oquartopadrinho]

It's Shubert's Sonata in A Major, D959: II. Andantino

[homemadesauce]

sounds like Schubert--not sure what exact piece--maybe a late sonata?

[Sunniwa89]

What is this music at the beginning?

[MSQ4LIFE]

Jag hoppas alla forstar hans storheten

[Sweden80Here]

My grandad went to school with Ingmar, they are about the same age.

[oigovocess]

Really? Oh! I wish I could say something like that! I absolutely admire him! :o)

[dontlayeggs]

R.I.P the master of the cinema!

[snipermonkey86]

I love it when he mentioned something about silence and not speaking as being beautiful. I've often thought that, but it is very unheard of in Western society. His house by the sea and the fireplace....amazing, his life was one of comfort. "The" best director the movie world will ever see.

[Sunburn2007]

Great interview. But her lips move weird.

[GreggaryPeccary]

plastic surgery, lips puffed up

[guirobles]

Someone knows where I can find this Bergman Arena Interview in a high quality?

I found 2 torrents with the whole interview but they haven't any seeds!

[Oppo28]

wat?

[N9155E]

jag tänker man kan bara lagar maten på spisen; men svenska språket har många konstiga ord ,-))

[Becquiot]

After reading both Bergman and Ulmann's autobiographies and his experience in what Jung called "synchronicitiy", but also how the island metaphored the shadow side of their relationship, such documentaries are precious.

[peqdavid5]

bergman is a genious and he's the best director along kubrick, eisenstein and tarkovsky. RIP ingmar!! we'll always remember you!

[ivankaramasov]

I'd agree with you on three of those four. Eisenstein I don't really know. Tarkovsky is the greatest though. Nothing but masterpieces:-)

[lehnrik]

@ivankaramasov Yeah, but he did'nt do that many movies either... Bergman has in his vast production made just as many masterpieces, if not more... :)

[sturmraist50]

@peqdavid5 Amen.

[roman1akid]

@peqdavid5 And Kurosawa!

[ahadmmahmood]

@peqdavid5 and godard.

[iwbtssothy]

@ahadmmahmood it's funny, because in one interview Bergman said that he thinks Godard is a f***ing bore. I'm serious, google it.

[Sweden80Here]

My grandfather went to the same school as bergman.

[apexxxx10]

The script!

She forgot to mention that Bergman's island is located in the Baltic sea.

John K Lindgren

carsanook

Bangkok

[banbuszka]

if someone has a Hungarian subtitle for this pls reply or send me an email

thanks a lot, and sorry for my english

[arwena55]

I truly love that movie, beautiful, what a character, real pleasure to watch this, thank you.

[smewha]

Quite possibly the most brilliant director of all time. He did more for cinema than almost any other director...

[MISFITROBBY138]

i just watched "persona" last night for the first time, and was blown away. a must see. a genius director not only of a film but art.

[andynm123]

film is art

[MISFITROBBY138]

well i wouldn't say all film is art but it is out there.

[stevenadler]

Fårö= sheep-island in swedish.

[simplify234]

Bergman was one of the 20th century's most fascinating geniuses.

[poshablyposh]

what is the song played in the beginning?...its very nice

[ooorfeo]

Schubert, Sonata in A, D.959, 2nd movement

[N9155E]

Möglicherweise drückt gerade Schubert jene unterschwellige Schwermut mit Musik aus, welche IB in Bildern festgehalten hat.

[rdnzl7878]

it is another green world by brian eno. very nice indeed.

[ivankaramasov]

It is indeed. Another Green World is a wonderful album, but I wonder why the chose it, no obvious connection to Bergman I think.

[anwarj]

He walks fast for his age.

[walto4]

The piece of music that starts at 4:05 is

Tchaichovsky's Baracolle - The Seasons - June

[nomark]

And also the name of the piece that begins at 1:22?

[munkybrain]

definitely somthing by schubert. i'm going to check some records for you lol......... it's the andantino from his A major sonata (D. 959). i checked all the sonatas in keys relating to F# minor :-)

look up 'shubert andantino sonata' on youtube and i'm sure you'll find it

[nomark]

thnx so much! :)

[nomark]

Does anyone know the name of the musical piece that starts at 4:05?

[munkybrain]

sounds like Chopin's early writing. sounds like a nocturne but it's not because i know all of them. Check his early mazurkas but i can't help any more than that sorry

[HillaryClinton]

Criterion is releasing this in June and also in the reissue of the Seventh Seal that also comes out in June.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[vasco1469]

Sweden's greatest director ever.

[gilesgoatboy]

The title music is Brian Eno's 'Another Green World.'

[terminator982]

haha bergman is so bad

[samoshitt]

Wonderful!

[adnanaeroadnan]

Bergman was kind of flirting with the interviewer, it seems.

[NGS712]

adnana: I heard in another Arena special, after his death I believe, where she mentioned that he had a great interest in women, so he probably was. ;)

[bri4u2906]

The women he had in Seventh Seal was gorgeous, he had a good eye lol

[NGS712]

bri4u: Yes he did. ;)

[RADAMES1983]

Thank you! A very interesting and important video!

[Hanssen11]

Thanks. I think i heard that he also liked Fellini (just like me).

[Hanssen11]

Does anyone know what Bergman's favorite movies are? Or does anyone know a site with Bergman's favorite movies or his top10 or the top10 of other directors?

[europecinema]

In his memoires Bergman explains that he particularly admired Victor Sjöström's films, especially "Kärkalen/The Phant0m Chariot". That was the reason why Bergman cast him as the Dr. Isak Borg in "Wild Strawberries".

[AnUUb1s]

Also maybe some movies from Andrej Tarkovsky,

dont know for sure because in his book "Laterna Magica" he wrote : "...that is why Tarkovskij is the greatest director of all... he walked so swiftly in the chambers that i have beaten on all my life..." (sorry if it is not translated correctly i just translated it freely) which doesnt means he liked his movies the most,

only that he admired his work, sometimes he also mentions Kurosawa and Fellini.

[BlackCommentator]

The Circus (Chaplin) Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes, Marcel Carné) The Conductor (Dyrygent, Andrzej Wajda) Raven's End(Kvarteret Korpen, Bo Widerberg) The Passion of Joan of Arc(La passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Dreyer) The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen, Sjöström) Rashomon (Kurosawa) The Road (La Strada, Fellini) Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder) Two German Sisters (Die bleierne Zeit, Margarethe von Trotta) Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)

[vasco1469]

Nice list, very nice. Especially Rashomon, The Circus and Sunset Blvd. are brilliant movies. Here's my list of just a few masterpieces: Touch of Evil (Orson Welles) La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini) The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah) Werckmeister Harmoniak (Bela Tarr) Idi i Smotri (Elem Klimov) Amadeus (Milos Forman) The Gold Rush (Chaplin) Blue Velvet (David Lynch) Repulsion (Roman Polanski) Tôkyô Monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu) Ultimo Tango a Parigi (Bernardo Bertolucci)

[BlackCommentator]

That was Bergman's top list, if I didnt make that clear.

[vasco1469]

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[NGS712]

vasco: Would you say Werckmeister Harmonies is a good starting point for Tarr?

[vasco1469]

Yes, definitely, Werckmeister Harmoniak is Tarr's most accesible art piece and my personal favorite of Tarr's oeuvre. Satantango and Karhozat (Damnation) are very gruelling movies, Werckmeister Harmoniak is much lighter. His latest movie, The Man from London, is also more accesible than Karhozat and Satantango.

later. The Man from London

[NGS712]

vasco: Yes I've heard about Satantango. ;) What was gruelling about Damnation?

[vasco1469]

The atmosphere, the story, the characters, even the music. Basically everything is gruelling in Damnation. Its a gruelling masterpiece. ;)

[NGS712]

vasco: So 'depressing' in a more extreme way than a Bergman film then? ;)

Is it just me or does Eastern European cinema seem much more introverted than the West? I don't mean that as a complaint for anyone else reading. :P

[vasco1469]

Yes. :) I know its hard to believe but some of Tarr's films are even more depressing than Bergman's. Especially Damnation.

[NGS712]

vasco: I don't know, from what I've read Satantango is supposed to be even more so. ;)

[mjonas10]

Sweden is in Western Europe :)

[NGS712]

mjonas: It's at a midpoint. :D

Technically it is more Western European, but the overall impression of it reminds me more of E. European nations. :)

[eddeman1992]

So wrong..........

[NGS712]

eddeman: Uh, I said it gave me an 'impression' meaning it's an OPINION. :P

[kinaskatinaszalia]

actually it's in the north.

[NGS712]

kinas: Yes, I know. I don't mean that Sweden is literally in Eastern Europe but that Bergmans films remind me of that type of filmmaking. You know, introspective and so on.

That's all I'm trying to say. :)

[Gardena380]

@Hanssen11 He once mentioned the Lukas Moodysson movie "Fucking Åmål" (known as Show Me Love internationally) as being one of his favorites among more recent films.

[clarel1970]

ingmar bergman, luis bunuel, federico fellini.

[KorparnasTid]

They played this on TV after he died last year :'C

[Bash316]

Ingmar Bergman is probably the greatest movie director of all time and that's saying since I love Hitchcock, Fellini, Truffaut, Scorsese and Spielberg.

[NGS712]

Bash: I love Hitchcock and Scorsese too and though I've only seen a couple Bergman films, I have to admit he is much better in terms of artistry.

[NGS712]

Why'd I get a negative one for complimenting Bergman on a Bergman interview?!

What's wrong with this world??? :S

[PantsMcPants]

No, he just did films you didn't like...

Considering your name has Terminator in it, I assume I know why.

[UnusuaISuspect]

What do you expect of someone who calls himself terminator, it shows clearly what kind of movies this small mind prefers ...

[mandodanne]

Helt fantastisk han är.

[phille22]

Min bror jobbar på dramaten och har träffat honom och snackat med honom ett par gånger.. synd att min bror inte alls uppskattar honom som jag gör.. :/

[dimabbq]

Always thinking of the shots - the framing, the composition.

An undisputed master of his craft.

[MDFKAAA]

träffade den mannen på sandhamn när jag va liten. inte så att jag minns det men mamma berättade det.

[MSQ4LIFE]

Jag Onsker at jag har mota honom! You are lucky

[topotopacio]

magister... we miss you

[USCHoodman]

Like his films the man truly appreciates silence

[2klarity]

Where did you get this? Was this on one of the special features of his DVDs?

[orbieflex]

erm, a tv-rip from bbc four? i mean im just guessing, i could be way off... but im gonna say bbc four. o_0

[Goseklumpen]

Its a documentary film from swedish tv.

[drumnjazz]

Eno + Bergman!

[jerrylentz]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this!

[3tristan]

Thank you very much for this beautiful interview.