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Hugh Wheeler's book was inspired and adapted from Ingmar Bergman's 1956 Smiles of a Summer Night, a kind of Gallic sex comedy set in turn-of-the-century Sweden. The characters are subliminal staples of theatrical lore, more familiar as types than sharply etched as individuals. The hero (Len Cariou) is a prosperous lawyer somewhat baffled and buffeted by middle age. Widowed, he has attempted to regain his lost youth by marrying a child bride (Victoria Mallory) who, after eleven months, is still skittishly virginal. Completing the household is Cariou's son (Mark Lambert...
Ironically, Night Music is Prince's cheeriest musical in years. Based on the 1957 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it is meant to be all champagne and Mozart, laughter and elegance. "We decided that the songs should bubble and that they should be dry, unsentimental and unsoulful," says Stephen Sondheim, the composer-lyricist who has collaborated with Prince on four shows...
...Devil's Eye. (1960) Jarl Kulle as Don Juan visits earth to seduce Bibi Andersson in Ingmar Bergman's fantasy...
Winter Light (1963). Stark Ingmar Bergman film starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, and Max von Sydow...
CRIES AND WHISPERS is Ingmar Bergman's examination of the anguish each human being undergoes when he first discovers that man has no defenses: that transcendent faith in an otherworldly God answers none of his urgent earthly needs; that a developing intellect may bring with it a ruthless hunt for truth repelling all human contact; and that sensuality in itself can only occasionally relieve the pain of a personal void, and might even start a personality festering. The film is Bergman's most complete response to the traditional wisdoms: persevere in faith and you'll be rewarded, gain understanding...