Auteur List: Ingmar Bergman - Discussion and Defenses
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:27 am
AUTEUR LIST: INGMAR BERGMAN
March 9th - May 5th
Practice your blocking now, as our forum’s second auteur-based list will be covering the works of the legendary Swedish master Ingmar Bergman. We will be composing both a list of best features and a shorter supplemental list of television works, documentaries, and screenplays filmed by other directors. All eligible works are listed below. Rules for each list are explained below.
Individual lists should reflect your own personal preference— the goal is not to be cunning, but honest. If the Seventh Seal is your favorite, don’t vote for After the Rehearsal ahead of it just to skew the results for a film less likely to chart as high, unless of course you consider After the Rehearsal a better film! Hopefully participation will be high for this list, so it’d be best if the results truly represented a survey of personal tastes and not iconoclastic pot-stirring.
Members are encouraged to weigh in on any and all of Bergman’s works during this project’s run, and take this opportunity to revisit as many of Bergman’s films as you can. We are fortunate that so many of his works survive in excellent Blu-ray and DVD editions, with copious supplemental material, so let’s all take advantage of our collective good fortune and really have a long, hard look back at one of cinema’s unquestionable greats. And remember to share your insights with the rest of the board, and engage with the thoughts and takes of others.
Lists should be PMed to me, domino harvey, no later than May 5th. No lists will be accepted before March 9th. For ease of tabulation, please only use the English titles below for your list (where applicable). Everyone who can read this post is eligible to participate in this list and cast a ballot.
FEATURE LIST RULES
The minimum and standard number of submitted feature films for each participating member is 10, in ranked order (With number one being the best and so on down the line). However, if you can’t bare to limit yourself to a mere ten titles, you may submit up to fifteen ranked titles (ie 15 total max) or any variant number between ten and fifteen (so yes, your list may contain eleven films, in honor of Bergman's legendary love of heavy metal). Hopefully this sliding scale of voting slots will result in a multitude of ballots from members with varying degrees of exposure to and comfort with Bergman’s oeuvre.
NOTE: All versions of a film, whether TV or theatrical, count as one film / one vote (ie No need to label Fanny and Alexander "Theatrical" or "TV" or to vote for it more than once)
Members who submit only ten films and those who submit a maximum fifteen titles will still be on even footing when it comes to the points assigned for the top ten (ie the film in their number one slot will be worth fifteen points on everyone’s list). Only those films listed below under FEATURES are eligible for voting. The final list will comprise of a Top 20, with supplemental recordings of also-rans and orphans, as in other list projects.
OTHER WORKS SUB-LIST RULES
The minimum and standard number of submitted non-directed films, shorts, documentaries, or TV movies as identified below for each participating member is 5 (in total), in ranked order (With number one being the best and so on down the line). Only those works listed below under OTHER WORKS are eligible. Participation in the other works sub-list is optional. The final list will comprise of a Top 10, with supplemental recordings of also-rans and orphans, as in other list projects.
And yes, I know some of the films listed in the FEATURES section premiered on TV in Sweden, but these received theatrical distribution elsewhere and, well, it's not like Fanny and Alexander was going to be quarantined on the Other Works list!
TL;DR: Submit a list of 10-15 features + an optional additional list of 5 other works, in ranked order
FEATURES
Crisis / Kris (1946) R1 Eclipse
It Rains on Our Love / Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946) RB Artificial Eye
A Ship Bound for India / Skepp till Indialand (1947) RB Artificial Eye
Music in Darkness / Musik i mörker (1948) R2 Tartan
Port of Call / Hamnstad (1948) R1 Eclipse
Prison / Fängelse (1949) R2 Tartan
Thirst / Törst (1949) R1 Eclipse
To Joy / Till glädje (1950) R1 Eclipse
This Can’t Happen Here AKA High Tension / Sånt händer inte här (1950) No english-subbed commercial release
Summer Interlude / Sommarlek (1951) R1/A Criterion
Waiting Women AKA Secrets of Women / Kvinnors väntan (1952) R2 Tartan
Summer With Monika / Sommaren med Monika (1953) R1/A Criterion
Sawdust and Tinsel AKA Carnies’ Twilight AKA No one’s ever actually called it that / Gycklarnas afton (1953) R1 Criterion / RB Artificial Eye
A Lesson in Love / En lektion i kärlek (1954) R2 Tartan
Dreams / Kvinnodröm (1955) RB Artificial Eye
Smiles of a Summer Night / Sommarnattens leende (1955) R1/A Criterion
the Seventh Seal / Det Sjunde inseglet (1957) R1/A Criterion
Wild Strawberries / Smultronstället (1957) R1/A Criterion
Brink of Life / Nära livet (1958) R2/B Artificial Eye
the Magician / Ansikte (1958) R1/A Criterion / R2 Tartan
the Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan (1960) R1 Criterion
the Devil’s Eye / Djävulens öga (1960) R2 Tartan
Through a Glass Darkly / Såsom i en spegel (1961) R1 Criterion
Winter Light / Nattvardsgästerna (1963) R1 Criterion
the Silence / Tystnaden (1963) R1 Criterion
All These Women AKA Now About These Women / För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor (1964) R2 Tartan
Persona (1966) R1/A Criterion
Hour of the Wolf / Vargtimmen (1968) R1 MGM
Shame / Skammen (1968) R1 MGM
the Rite / Riten (1969) R2 Tartan
the Passion of Anna / En passion (1969) R1 MGM
the Touch (1971) No commercial release
Cries and Whispers / Viskningar och rop (1972) R1/A Criterion
Scenes From a Marriage / Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973) R1 Criterion
the Magic Flute / Trollflöjten (1975) R1 Criterion
Face to Face / Ansikte mot ansikte (1975) R1 Olive (Theatrical cut only)
the Serpent’s Egg / Das Schlangenei (1977) R1 MGM
Autumn Sonata / Höstsonaten (1978) R1/A Criterion
From the Life of Marionettes / Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980) R2 Tartan
Fanny and Alexander / Fanny och Alexander (1982) R1/A Criterion
After the Rehearsal / Efter repetitionen (1984) R2 Tartan
In the Presence of a Clown / Larmar och gör sig till (1997) No english-subbed commercial release
Saraband (2003) R1 Sony
OTHER WORKS
DOCUMENTARIES
Bakomfilm Gycklarnas afton (1953) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Kvinnodröm (1954) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm En lektion i kärlek (1954) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Sommarnattens leende (1955) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Det sjunde inseglet (1956) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Smultronstället (1957) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Nära livet (1957) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Ansiktet (1958) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Såsom i en spegel (1961) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Nattvardsgästerna (1961) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Vargtimmen (1967) No english-subbed commercial release
Fårö Document Fårödokument (1970) R2 Tartan
Bakomfilm Viskningar och rop (1972) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Höstsonaten' (1977) R1/A Criterion (Autumn Sonata making-of)
Fårö Document 1979 Fårödokument 1979 (1979) R2 Tartan
Bakomfilm Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980) No english-subbed commercial release
Bakomfilm Efter repetitionen (1980) No english-subbed commercial release
Karin's Face / Karins ansikte (1986) No english-subbed commercial release
the Making of Fanny and Alexander / Dokument Fanny och Alexander (1986) R1/A Criterion
SCREENPLAY ONLY
Torment / Hets (Alf Sjöberg 1944) R1 Eclipse
Woman Without a Face (Gustaf Molander 1947) No english-subbed commercial release
Eva (Gustaf Molander 1948) R2 Tartan
While the City Sleeps / Medan staden sover (Lars-Eric Kjellgren 1950) No english-subbed commercial release
Divorced / Frånskild (Gustaf Molander 1951) No english-subbed commercial release
Last Pair Out / Sista paret ut (Alf Sjöberg 1956) No english-subbed commercial release
the Pleasure Garden / Lustgården (Alf Kjellin 1961) No english-subbed commercial release
the Blessed Ones / De två saliga (Ulla Isaksson 1986) No english-subbed commercial release
the Best Intentions / Den goda viljan (Billie August 1991) R1/A Film Movement (Theatrical version only)
Sunday’s Children / Söndagsbarn (Daniel Bergman 1992) No english-subbed commercial release
Private Confessions / Enskilda samtal (Liv Ullmann 1996) No english-subbed commercial release
Faithless / Trolösa (Liv Ullmann 2000) R1 Alchemy (Theatrical version only)
SHORTS
Stimulantia (sgmt. “Daniel” 1967) No english-subbed commercial release
TV WORKS
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming / Herr Sleeman kommer (1957) No english-subbed commercial release
the Venetian / Venetianskan (1958) No english-subbed commercial release
Rabies (1958) No english-subbed commercial release
Storm Weather / Oväder (1960) No english-subbed commercial release
Wood Painting / Trämålning (1963) No english-subbed commercial release
A Dream Play / Ett drömspel (1963) No english-subbed commercial release
the School for Wives / Hustruskolan (1983) No english-subbed commercial release
Madame de Sade / Markisinnan de Sade (1992) No english-subbed commercial release
the Bacchae / Backanterna (1993) No english-subbed commercial release
the Last Gasp / Sista skriket (1995) No english-subbed commercial release
the Image Makers / Bildmakrna (2000) R2 Park Circus
Note: I'm sure I've missed some English-subbed releases for titles I've identified as unavailable. Please PM me any corrections!
Additional compiling help by rockysds