The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography - Softcover

Bergman, Ingmar

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9780140128505: The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography

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ISBN 10: 0140128506 ISBN 13: 9780140128505

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1989

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Bearing all the narrative trademarks of a Bergman film, his autobiography unfolds not in strict chronology, but as a series of flashbacks to his childhood of bitter unhappiness: "our family", he writes "were men and women with a catastrophic heritage of excessive demands, bad conscience, and guilt". Bergman also tells of the experiences of fear and occasional idyllic happiness that caused his adult unhappiness and self hatred.

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Review:

Ingmar Bergman is perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, having written and directed the masterpieces "The Seventh Seal," "Wild Strawberries," "Through a Glass Darkly," "Cries and Whispers," "Scenes From a Marriage," "Fanny and Alexander" and many others. In this autobiography, Bergman focuses more on his personal than his professional life, offering the reader an unusually intimate portrait of a troubled and prolific artistic psyche.

About the Author:

Ingmar Bergman is a Swedish filmmaker who has written and directed over fifty films. He is the recipient of three Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly, and Fanny and Alexander.

Joan Tate (1922–2000) was a prolific translator of Swedish works into English.

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