Showing posts with label Ingmar Bergman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ingmar Bergman. Show all posts

November 18, 2009

Art: Scandinavian Giants


Portrait lithograph of Swedish playwright, writer and painter August Strindberg made by Edvard Munch in 1896, from the estate of Ingmar Bergman.
Image found here (very large) but inspired by this post.
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September 17, 2009

Auction: Ingmar's Stuff

A Swedish "Oscar" - the "Guldbaggen" by artist Karl Axel Pehrson. This one awarded, probably for "Fanny and Alexander", to Ingmar Bergman is up for auction.

Bergman possessions up for auction: Personal property of the legendary Swedish Theatre Director and Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman will be up for auction at Bukowski's in Stockholm, Sweden, autumn 2009.

Auction: September 28 Viewing: September 24–27

Browse the catalogue

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Thanks Bibi!
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May 11, 2009

Vintage Hotels: Gyllene Uttern



Gyllene Uttern - "The Golden Otter" - in southern Sweden was originally built as a roadside café in 1932 but the castle-like building was added within a few years. It is now mainly a hotel and restaurant. I haven't passed it in many years but it is supposed to look very much the same as when the German Nazi flag was up for German visitors (4th image).

Gyllene Uttern (Swedish Wikipedia)

Wild Strawberries
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Thanks to Johnny and SVT for image #1
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August 8, 2007

Poster Art: Polish Movie Posters

Honoring the two recently deceased masters of film here is one Polish poster for Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow Up" (artist: Waldemar Swierzy) and one for Ingmar Bergman's "Summer with Monika" (artist: Wojciech Zamecznik). Both posters are taken from the excellent site Classic polish Posters.



Ingmar Bergman: Persona posters


Posters from Ingmar Bergmans movie "Persona" (1966).

Via Bedazzled!


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August 2, 2007

Ingmar Bergman: Persona - the Prolog


uploaded to YouTube by ropbo

Of the much fêted opening scenes in the film, Bergman has said that he wanted to make a poem in images: "I reflected on what was important, and began with the projector and my desire to set it in motion. But when the projector was running, nothing came out of it but old ideas, the spider, God's lamb, all that dull stuff. My life then consisted of dead people, brick walls, and a few dismal trees out in the park."

from Ingmar Bergman Face to Face




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July 31, 2007

Ingmar Bergman: Posters

The original Swedish movie posters for Bergman's films. The images are pretty small but nevertheless nice. (This is a repost)

Once again Mr Josephzohn found this!

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Ingmar Bergman: Goes commercial



A series of Swedish soap commercials made by Ingmar Bergman in 1951. (This is a repost)

Via the one and only Mr Josephzohn (not Erland)


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Ingmar Bergman: Demonology

Demonology. There has over the years been a lot of talk about demons in connexion with Bergman. In early days it was mostly because of his great demands on actors and other personnel that he was named a "Demon director". Later on it was his own demons - his fears - that he showed on the screen and sometimes talked about.

The little drawn devil that Bergman used to "brand" documents with.


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July 30, 2007

Ingmar Bergman: Playing chess with death

A church painting from late 15th century depicting a man playing chess with death. The painting which is found in Täby church in Sweden was made by a painter or rather a painting company lead by a man they called Albertus Pictor.

This was of course one of the major sources of inspiration for Bergman's world famous image of Death.

An old post, another parody.

Ingmar Bergman: Chessmate

Foto: Louis Huch © AB Svensk Filmindustri

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)

died this morning.

"ANTONIUS BLOCK
Nothing escapes you -- or does it?

DEATH
Nothing escapes me. No one escapes from me."


Ingmar Bergman Face to Face

Also, to brighten up this sad day watch this funny Bergman parody called De Düva.

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February 23, 2007

Commercials: by Ingmar Bergman



8 commercials
by Ingmar Bergman, made for the soap Bris. Click here or on the image. Thanks Mr J, nice work!


Related posts:
Posters: Bergman
"A nice collection of Swedish posters for Bergman movies."
Movies: Ingmar Bergman - Now in English!
"The great Ingmar Bergman site Face to Face - now in English."

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May 25, 2006

May 23, 2006

Movies: Ingmar Bergman - Now in English!

The great site Ingmar Bergman Face to Face has been up and running in Swedish for some months now and finally it can be enjoyed in English as well.