Born in Uppsala, Sweden, to a Lutheran minister of Danish descent, Bergman grew up surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. Bergman attended the Stockholm University and became interested in theater, and later in cinema. His films usually deal with existential questions about mortality, loneliness, and faith; they are also usually direct and not overtly stylized. Persona, one of Bergman's most famous films, is unusu ...

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Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman - Biography and style characteristics, Ingmar Bergman - Filmography, Ingmar Bergman - Screenwriting Works, Ingmar Bergman - Documentary Works, Ingmar Bergman - Bibliography, Ingmar Bergman - Bibliographies

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Deconstructing Harry, Deconstructing Harry - Influences, Deconstructing Harry - Related Links

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Chaos is about two teenagers who go to a rave in the woods to score some ecstasy, and are then raped and murdered by Chaos, the film's titular character, and his two accomplices. This movie is extremely reminiscent of Wes Craven's Last House on the Left, itself a remake of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring. However the director has denied any connection to these two movies, and neither Craven nor Bergman were given a ...

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Chaos 2005 film, Chaos 2005 film - About the movie, Chaos 2005 film - Critical response, Chaos 2005 film - Roger Ebert

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a 1982 film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot revolves around a weekend party bringing together six people. It's loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night. Notable for being the first of thirteen movies that Allen would make starring Mia Farrow. Farrow's role was originally written for another famous Allen lead actress Diane Keaton, but she couldn't take the part because she was busy promoting her film Reds preparing for to shoot another film

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Von Sydow moved to Malmö in 1955. It was there that he met his mentor Ingmar Bergman. His first work with Bergman was on stage at Malmö Municipal Theatre. Von Sydow later would work with Bergman on films such as The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet, 1957), Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957) and The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan, 1960). It was in these films that von Sydow perfected his craft and began to display the great talent that has spanned the 53 years of his screen career. Vo ...

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Max von Sydow, Max von Sydow - Early life, Max von Sydow - Career, Max von Sydow - Marriage and Divorce, Max von Sydow - Awards, Max von Sydow - Filmography incomplete

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The most famous and influential Swedish filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, rose to prominence in the fifties. He began making films in the mid-forties, and in 1955, he made Smiles of a Summer Night, which brought him international attention. A year later, he made one of his most famous films, The Seventh Seal. In the 1960s, Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for two consecutive years, with The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) in 1960 and Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) in 1961. He won t ...

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Cinema of Sweden, Cinema of Sweden - Early Swedish Cinema, Cinema of Sweden - Characteristics of Swedish cinema, Cinema of Sweden - Swedish cinema through WWII, Cinema of Sweden - Postwar, Cinema of Sweden - Contemporary Swedish Cinema

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Sven Nykvist, considered by many to be one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, entered the Swedish film industry at the age of 19. In 1941, he became an assistant cameraman. In 1945, at the age of 23, he became a full-fledged cinematographer. He worked on many small Swedish films for the next few years, but it was in 1953 that he worked with the legendary director Ingmar Bergman on Sawdust and Tinsel. He was one of three cinematographers working on that movie. Nykvist would eventually become Bergman's full-time cinematographer and push the director's work in a new direction, away fr ...

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Sven Nykvist, Sven Nykvist - Biography, Sven Nykvist - Selected Filmography

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Winterbottom's television career included such diverse projects as the mystery series Cracker, the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman, numerous television movies and an episode of the series "Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood," focusing on Scandinavian silent cinema. He also directed the mini-series "Family," written by Roddy Doyle, with each of four episodes focusing on one member of a working-class Dublin family. It was this series that first brought Winterbottom to the attention of movi ...

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Michael Winterbottom, Michael Winterbottom - Career, Michael Winterbottom - Filmography

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It is one of the most frequently performed German language operas, and the libretto has also been translated for performance in numerous other languages. In Trollflöjten, Ingmar Bergman's 1975 highly acclaimed film version, the opera is sung in Swedish, although the sound was not actually recorded in synch with the photography. Bergman daringly made a major change in the plot: Sarastro is Pamina's father, and has a good claim, morally and legally, to her custody. The Three Boys introduce themselves, instead of being introduced by the Queen's Three Ladies. Thus, in Bergman's version it is obvious from the first tha ...

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Die Zauberflöte, Die Zauberflöte - Characters, Die Zauberflöte - Plot, Die Zauberflöte - Act I, Die Zauberflöte - Act II, Die Zauberflöte - Noted Arias, Die Zauberflöte - Adaptations, Die Zauberflöte - Inspiration of other composers, Die Zauberflöte - Media

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List of atheists - Living. Phillip Adams (1939-) - Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker, iconoclast, Australian Humanist of the Year 1987. Woody Allen (1935-) - American filmmaker, actor and writer. Ingmar Bergman (1918-) - Swedish film director and playwright. George Carlin (1937-) - American comedian, actor and author, wrote a number of monologues about the non-existence of God. André Comte-Sponville (1952-) - French materialist philoso ...

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List of atheists, List of atheists - Influential or outspoken atheists, List of atheists - Living, List of atheists - Dead, List of atheists - Classical, List of atheists - Other atheists, List of atheists - Living, List of atheists - Dead

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Existentialism - Film directors. Ingmar Bergman Michel Gondry Eric Rohmer Alain Robbe-Grillet Richard Linklater David O. Russell Michelangelo Antonioni Jean-Luc Godard François Truffaut Mamoru Oshii Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights. Existentialist novelists were generally seen as a mid-1950s phenomenon that continued until the mid- to late 1970s. Most of the major writers we ...

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Existentialism, Existentialism - Overview, Existentialism - Major concepts in existentialism, Existentialism - Existentialism before 1970, Existentialism - Existentialism since 1970, Existentialism - Criticisms of existentialism, Existentialism - Existentialism in psychotherapy, Existentialism - Major thinkers and authors associated with the movement, Existentialism - Film directors, Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights, Existentialism - Philosophers, Existentialism - Psychologists, Existentialism - Theologians, Existentialism - Existentialism in popular culture, Existentialism - Film, Existentialism - Humour

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Existentialism - Film directors. Ingmar Bergman Eric Rohmer Alain Robbe-Grillet Richard Linklater David O. Russell Michelangelo Antonioni Jean-Luc Godard François Truffaut Mamoru Oshii Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights. Existentialist novelists were generally seen as a mid-1950s phenomenon that continued until the mid- to late 1970s. Most of the major writers were either French or fro ...

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Existentialism, Existentialism - Overview, Existentialism - Major concepts in existentialism, Existentialism - Existentialism before 1970, Existentialism - Existentialism since 1970, Existentialism - Criticisms of existentialism, Existentialism - Existentialism in psychotherapy, Existentialism - Major thinkers and authors associated with the movement, Existentialism - Film directors, Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights, Existentialism - Philosophers, Existentialism - Psychologists, Existentialism - Theologians, Existentialism - Existentialism in popular culture, Existentialism - Film, Existentialism - Humour

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As a student, Mamoru Oshii was fascinated by the film La Jetée by Chris Marker as well as the films of Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Andrzej Munk and Ingmar Bergman. In 1976, he graduated from The Fine Arts Education School of the Education Department of Tokyo Liberal Arts University ("Tokyo Gakugei Daigaku"). The following year, he entered Tatsunoko Productions and worked on his first anime as animation director on Ippatsu Kanta-kun. In 1980, he moved to Studio Pierrot under the supervision of his mentor, Nagayuki Torium ...

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Mamoru Oshii, Mamoru Oshii - Career, Mamoru Oshii - Style, Mamoru Oshii - Other work, Mamoru Oshii - Filmography, Mamoru Oshii - Director, Mamoru Oshii - Writer, Mamoru Oshii - Producer, Mamoru Oshii - Live performance, Mamoru Oshii - Quotes, Mamoru Oshii - Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii - Avalon, Mamoru Oshii - Studio Ghibli

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Existentialism - Film directors. Ingmar Bergman Michel Gondry Eric Rohmer Alain Robbe-Grillet Richard Linklater David O. Russell Michelangelo Antonioni Jean-Luc Godard François Truffaut Mamoru Oshii Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights. Existentialist novelists were generally seen as a mid-1950s phenomenon that continued until the mid- to late 1970s. Most of the major writers we ...

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Existentialism, Existentialism - Overview, Existentialism - Major concepts in existentialism, Existentialism - Atheistic Existentialism, Existentialism - Christian Existentialism, Existentialism - Common Threads, Existentialism - Existentialism before 1970, Existentialism - Existentialism since 1970, Existentialism - Criticisms of existentialism, Existentialism - Existentialism in psychotherapy, Existentialism - Major thinkers and authors associated with the movement, Existentialism - Film directors, Existentialism - Novelists and playwrights, Existentialism - Philosophers, Existentialism - Psychologists, Existentialism - Theologians, Existentialism - Existentialism in popular culture, Existentialism - Film, Existentialism - Humour

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It is one of the most frequently performed German language operas, and the libretto has also been translated for performance in numerous other languages. In Trollflöjten, Ingmar Bergman's 1975 highly acclaimed film version, the opera is sung in Swedish, although the sound was not actually recorded in synch with the photography. Bergman daringly made a major change in the plot: Sarastro is Pamina's father, and has a good claim, morally and legally, to her custody. The Three Boys introduce themselves, instead of being introduced by the Queen's Three Ladies. Thus, in Bergman's version it is obvious from the first that ...

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The Magic Flute, The Magic Flute - Characters, The Magic Flute - Plot, The Magic Flute - Act I, The Magic Flute - Act II, The Magic Flute - Noted Arias, The Magic Flute - Adaptations, The Magic Flute - Inspiration of other composers, The Magic Flute - Media

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Swedish cinema is one of the most widely-known national cinemas in the world. This is much thanks to its early days. Sweden had a large scale film industry that spewed out low-quality movies every so often, just like Hollywood. Soon, however, some quality was discovered in people like Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström, who eventually sought fame in Hollywood. Ingmar Bergman, whose father was a harsh vicar, had his share of the dogmatic protestantism which outlined Sweden in the 19th century. His life was filled with shame and dece ...

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Culture of Sweden, Culture of Sweden - Regions, Culture of Sweden - The people, Culture of Sweden - Film, Culture of Sweden - Music, Culture of Sweden - Literature, Culture of Sweden - Architecture, Culture of Sweden - Arts

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In 1989, the Academy – under the name of European Cinema Society - was officially founded by its first President, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, as well as 40 filmmakers from all over Europe in order to promote European film culture world-wide and to protect and to support the interests of the European film industry. Wim Wenders was elected Chairman. Two years later, the European Cinema Society was renamed Europe ...

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European Film Academy, European Film Academy - European Film Academy, European Film Academy - European film awards, European Film Academy - A Sunday in the country, European Film Academy - European-American film talk, European Film Academy - Master classes, European Film Academy - European film awards sidebar events, European Film Academy - The status quo

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Now containing over 30 books, the Discworld series is a humorous fantasy work that parodies everything under the sun where the disc-shaped world rotates on the backs of four giant elephants supported by the enormous turtle Great A'Tuin swimming its way through space. Major topics of parody have included many science fiction and fantasy characters, ideas and tropes, Ingmar Bergman films, Australia, film making, newspaper publishing, rock and roll music, religion, philosophy (mainly Greek), Egyptia ...

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Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Biography, Terry Pratchett - Discworld, Terry Pratchett - Related works, Terry Pratchett - Adaptations, Terry Pratchett - Comic books, Terry Pratchett - Theatre, Terry Pratchett - Television, Terry Pratchett - Animation, Terry Pratchett - Radio, Terry Pratchett - Role-playing games, Terry Pratchett - PC and Console games, Terry Pratchett - Other non-Discworld books by Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Other books containing contributions by Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Works about Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Fans, Terry Pratchett - Internet, Terry Pratchett - Influences, Terry Pratchett - Orangutans, Terry Pratchett - Trademarks, Terry Pratchett - Notes

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Now containing over thirty books, the Discworld series is a humorous fantasy work that parodies everything under the sun where the disc-shaped world rotates on the backs of four giant elephants supported by the enormous turtle Great A'Tuin swimming its way through space. Major topics of parody have included many science fiction and fantasy characters, ideas and tropes, Ingmar Bergman films, Australia, film making, newspaper publishing, rock and roll music, religion, philosophy (mainly Greek), Egyptian history, trade unions, and monarc ...

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Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Biography, Terry Pratchett - Discworld, Terry Pratchett - Related works, Terry Pratchett - Adaptations, Terry Pratchett - Comic books, Terry Pratchett - Theatre, Terry Pratchett - Television, Terry Pratchett - Animation, Terry Pratchett - Radio, Terry Pratchett - Role-playing games, Terry Pratchett - PC and Console games, Terry Pratchett - Other non-Discworld books by Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Other books containing contributions by Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Works about Pratchett, Terry Pratchett - Fans, Terry Pratchett - Internet, Terry Pratchett - Influences, Terry Pratchett - Orangutans, Terry Pratchett - Trademarks

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Historically the Board has faced strong criticism for an over-zealous attitude in censoring film. Prior to the liberalising decade of the 1960s, films were routinely and extensively censored as a means of social control. For example, Rebel Without a Cause was cut in order to reduce the "possibility of teenage rebellion". Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night was cut to remove "overtly sexual or provocative" language. The BBFC's attitude moved extensively towards liberalisation during the 1960s - concentrating on cens ...

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British Board of Film Classification, British Board of Film Classification - Responsibility and power, British Board of Film Classification - Certificates, British Board of Film Classification - History and overview, British Board of Film Classification - Attitudes to censorship, British Board of Film Classification - Current concerns, British Board of Film Classification - Presidents of the BBFC, British Board of Film Classification - Recent directors of the BBFC, British Board of Film Classification - Sources

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