Ingmar Bergman: The Last Great 20th Century Artist?

It is in the film genre that you will find the last best of pre-Covid Art; Swedish filmmaker Bergman (1918-2007), for me, epitomizes what a great artist used to be/mean.

He made over 60 important films and directed 170 plays on stage.

His best works include:
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Silence (1963)
Persona (1966)
Cries and Whispers (1971)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Saraband (2003)

In my opinion, he represented life, death, and male-female and parent-child relationships better and more accurately than any other filmmaker I can think of. He was simply a brilliant Master of his craft on-stage and in film. As large as Shakespeare in many ways.

If you want to get to know this genius better, the documentary Bergman Island (2007) is recommended.

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