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This open access book presents a dozen academic essays that variously discuss obscure films by Ingmar Bergman, or hitherto hidden characteristics of his work. This collection features chapters on films that have often been overshadowed by the more celebrated masterpieces in his filmography, as well as chapters that highlight characteristics of his artistic production that have not yet the critical attention they warrant. The authors explore nuances of Bergman s troubled mindset, the socio-political context that shaped his artistic vision, as well as filmic and semiotic elements of his work to create a novel perspective on the filmmaker s oeuvre. Through rigorous analysis and critical examination, this collection aims to further develop the profound impact and lasting significance of these films, offering a fresh perspective on Bergman s contributions to cinema. Unravelling the hidden depths of Bergman s artistry and examining the socio-political and psychological significance of his work this collection makes a substantial contribution to a new, emerging perspective on the work of the canonical filmmaker.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Ingmar Bergman The City.- Chapter 3: Summer Interlude.- Chapter 4: Summer with Monika Desert Island as a Figure of Impersonal Love.- Chapter 5: Ingmar Bergman The Magician.- Chapter 6: Get out of my womb Brink of Life and the vision of the Swedish Peoples Home.- Chapter 7: The Silence.- Chapter 8: The Unbearable Brightness of Being Surfaces Affect and Haptic Vision in Ingmar Bergmans All These Women.- Chapter 9: From Symbolic Space to Lived Reality Bergmans Farodokument and the Island of Faro.- Chapter 10: Existentialist cinema as a Swedish German connector in Ingmar Bergmans The Serpents Egg and TV film production drama From the Life of the Marionettes.- Chapter 11: Bergman, the prophet Saraband and the future of an illusion.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Dr Torgeir Fjeld
is a writer, publisher, and educational administrator, holding PhDs in Philosophy (EGS, 2017) and Cultural Theory (Roehampton, 2012). He has published Introducing Ereignis: Philosophy, Technology, Way of Life (2022), Rock Philosophy (2019), and Perversion’s Beyond (2017), as well as many articles in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, International Journal of Žižek Studies, and others. Fjeld is Chair of the Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts, and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Inscriptions.
Dr Jytte Holmqvist
holds a PhD in Screen and Media Culture from the University of Melbourne (2015). Senior Lecturer at Lund University she is also a certified translator and takes an interest in cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and medical science. She is sole editor of The Patient-Doctor Dynamics: Examining Current Trends in the Global Healthcare Sector (Brill, 2018) and 2025 saw the publication of The Representation of the Spanish Metropolis in the Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons: Urban change and global habitat (Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University).
Zusammenfassung
This open access book presents a dozen academic essays that variously discuss obscure films by Ingmar Bergman, or hitherto hidden characteristics of his work. This collection features chapters on films that have often been overshadowed by the more celebrated masterpieces in his filmography, as well as chapters that highlight characteristics of his artistic production that have not yet the critical attention they warrant. The authors explore nuances of Bergman’s troubled mindset, the socio-political context that shaped his artistic vision, as well as filmic and semiotic elements of his work to create a novel perspective on the filmmaker’s oeuvre. Through rigorous analysis and critical examination, this collection aims to further develop the profound impact and lasting significance of these films, offering a fresh perspective on Bergman‘s contributions to cinema. Unravelling the hidden depths of Bergman’s artistry and examining the socio-political and psychological significance of his work this collection makes a substantial contribution to a new, emerging perspective on the work of the canonical filmmaker.
