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Bergman: A Year in a Life

Bergman - ett år, ett liv

2018

Jane Magnusson

Documentary, Self: Ingmar Bergman, Lena Endre, Thorsten Flinck ...

6.7

364

Documentary Journeying through 1957, the year Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film and directed four plays for theatre, Magnusson has amassed a wealth of archive and contemporary interviews, along with a fantastic selection of clips from his vast body of work.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"One of the most honest and overflowing portraits of a film artist that I can remember seeing"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"This is a complex and conflicted work about a man who could be similarly described"	POS
United Kingdom	Ed Potton The Times	"[A] captivating film (...) Magnusson captures the humanity, wit and contradictions of a man who, like Leonard Cohen, is too often dismissed as a gloom-monger (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There are some riveting revelations here (...) Magnusson assembles a mighty cast of international admirers and colleagues (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"This is a valuable reflection on an incalculably influential career, which serves as a timely reminder about the pitfalls of artistic tyranny (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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