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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 January 2010
      13 October 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511615283
      9780521380652
      9780521389778
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615283
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 268 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.416kg, 268 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Film Classics
      Subjects:
      Film, Media, Mass Communication, Media, Mass Communication, Western Art
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    Cambridge Film Classics
    Subjects:
    Film, Media, Mass Communication, Media, Mass Communication, Western Art
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    This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Jesse Kalin defines Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out. For Bergman, meaning is achieved independently of any moral absolute and is the result of a process of self-examination. Six existential themes are explored repeatedly in Bergman's films: judgment, abandonment, suffering, shame, a visionary picture, and above all, turning toward or away from others. Kalin examines how Bergman examines these themes cinematically, through close analysis of eight films: well known favorites such as Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night, and Fanny and Alexander; and important but lesser known works, such as Naked Night, Shame, Cries and Whispers, and Scenes from a Marriage.

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