Word: bergman
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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WOODY ALLEN: I agree. For me it was Wild Strawberries. Then The Seventh Seal and The Magician. We knew that Bergman was a magical filmmaker. There had never been anything like it, this combination of intellectual, artist and film technician...
Later he'd speak to me by phone from his oddball little island [Faro, where Bergman lived his last 40 years]. He confided about his irrational dreams: for instance, that he would show up on the set and not know where to put the camera and be panic stricken. He'd have to wake up and tell himself that he is an experienced, respected director, and he certainly does know where to put the camera. But that anxiety was with him long after he had created 15, 20 masterpieces...
...knew he was Ingmar Bergman, but maybe he didn't. He didn't get to view his reputation from the outside...
...worked with Nykvist on four films. And you seem to share Bergman's work ethic...
...someone who hadn't seen any of his films asked you to recommend just five, what would be your Bergman starter...