Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
I hope I never get so old I get religious.
I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
He and Liv Ullmann made 10 movies together: Ansikte mot ansikte (1976), H?stsonaten (1978), Passion, En (1969), Persona (1966), Saraband (2003) (TV), Scener ur ett ?ktenskap (1973), Serpent's Egg, The (1977), Skammen (1968), Vargtimmen (1968) and Viskningar och rop (1972).
He and Max von Sydow made 13 movies together: Ansiktet (1958), Ber?ringen (1971), Herr Sleeman kommer (1957) (TV) (not released), Jungfruk?llan (1960), Nattvardsg?sterna (1963), N?ra livet (1958), Passion, En (1969), Rabies (1958) (TV), Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957), Skammen (1968), Smultronst?llet (1957), S?som i en spegel (1961) and Vargtimmen (1968).
Father-in-law of author Henning Mankell.
He was the inspiration to the word "Bergmanesque".
He retired from filmmaking in 1984, and then in 2003, at the age of 85, he retired from directing plays.
For many years, he and actor Erland Josephson have had an hour-long telephone conversation once a week, on Saturdays.
His three favorite movies are: Utvandrarna (1971), Dolce vita, La (1960) and Vacances de M. Hulot, Les (1953).
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