Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman (2/2)
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Apparently Bergman likes Allen's films too.
Very few directors have made as many classics as Bergman.
My top 5, in alphabetical order: Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal, The Silence, Through A Glass Darkly.
Runners up(in no particuliar order): Persona(just outside my 5), Wild Strawberries(Ditto), Smiles Of A Summer Night, Winter Light, Scenes From A Marriage.
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love the way he describes this.. that Bergman made these inner states of emotion kinetic for the viewer. really puts words to the feeling of watching a bergman film. kinetic! high energy, highly dramatic, tense, palpable -- Bergman proves that the human face alone can evoke everything from apocalyptic despair to the hopeless depths of madness.
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How can you not ask him what are the other 9 in his top 10?
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I watched the Seventh Seal immediately after watching Love and death.
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I've started watching movies of Bergman because of Woody Allen!
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i actually get mad when people tell me they dont know who ingmar bergman is.
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@brokensticker I was aghast at that as well. Persona was one of Bergman's most Stygian and dark films, as well as a visual story arc; dialogue only gets used to express the differences of Alma and Vogler, but it really has a lot of silent elements to it I think... But wow, I am surprised at that missed choice. Maybe it would rank 5th for him.
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wow, Persona isn't in Woody's top 4 Bergman pictures
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@SonofDostojevskij AGREED!!!
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When Woody answers concerning Smiles of a Summer Night,it`s like he`s totally forgotten that he remade that film as A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy.
What about Fanny and Alexander? His best film in my opinion.
SonofDostojevskij 2 years ago 16
im happy to come across this interview of woody.
zeedzeed0 2 years ago 8