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Bergman and Cavett
An excerpt from a Dick Cavett interview with Ingmar Bergman on a show that originally aired August 2, 1971. Key quote: "It is absolutely impossible for me to work with a producer who would try to tell me what to do. If he tries, I would ask him to go to hell." Here's a second excerpt with Persona costar Bibi Andersson taking part.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 30, 2007 at 04:42 PM
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Mgmax ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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This is going to be on TCM tomorrow (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning), along with a showing of The Seventh Seal:
2:15 AM EST: Cavett and Bergman
3:15 AM EST: The Seventh Seal
5:00 AM EST: Cavett and Bergman
Posted by Mgmax at July 30, 2007 05:32 PM
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T. Holly says ...
Makes me want to run home and re-read Liv Ullmann's autobiography.
Posted by T. Holly at July 30, 2007 05:43 PM
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SHR says ...
The greatest filmmaker of our lifetime. One picture that no one mentions that I love is "The Passion" (released in U.S. as "The Passion of Anna")
Posted by SHR at July 30, 2007 05:54 PM
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Gaydos says ...
Thanks, Jeff, thanks mgmax, for sharing, doing right by the maestro and reminding us that Bergman shared the process with those at his side, those below, but NOT the money folks above.
Hmmmm... Maybe Peckinpah should have moved to Sweden!
Had the pleasure of presenting LIGHT KEEPS ME COMPANY, the Nykvist doc, at the Billy Wilder Theater a few months ago. Great insight to that creative partnership. The Bergman autobiography is great reading too.
All worth a thousand summers of meaningless dreck. Not mentioning any titles, but don't get me wrong; I love GOOD dreck. However, mostly what I'm seeing are hash-handed actioners with high velocity flash-cutting, beaucoup digi-doodling, few insights and no wit.
Digression: just watched Preminger's ANGEL FACE. Man, I wish I could ask Ingmar if he saw it and what he thought. Genius, imho.
Posted by Gaydos at July 30, 2007 05:55 PM
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christian says ...
i'd like to know if bergman saw SKIDOO...
Posted by christian at July 30, 2007 07:25 PM
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christian says ...
great clip. he steamrolls cavett's sometimes inane questions.
but wouldn't bergman appreciate this?
Posted by christian at July 30, 2007 07:58 PM
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MovieBob says ...
"It is absolutely impossible for me to work with a producer who would try to tell me what to do. If he tries, I would ask him to go to hell."
Almost hate to say it... but can you IMAGINE the bile-spewing, hate-filled behemoth of a post from Wells we'd be reading right now if Peter Jackson had said the exact same thing?
Posted by MovieBob at July 30, 2007 08:27 PM
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T. Holly says ...
Is it true he wrote a memoir with his daughter, Ingrid von Rosen, when he was 86 years old?
Posted by T. Holly at July 30, 2007 09:03 PM
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bagelfilm says ...
Just heard the Antonioni has passed away the same day.
Posted by bagelfilm at July 31, 2007 03:04 AM
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bagelfilm says ...
@gaydos and christian: what about some more Preminger-Dreck, just saw "Rosebud".
Posted by bagelfilm at July 31, 2007 04:43 AM
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Mgmax says ...
So who's the world's greatest living filmmaker now?
I say Scorsese or Eric Rohmer. Any other candidates?
Posted by Mgmax at July 31, 2007 06:16 AM
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Howlingman says ...
Wow -- Michelangelo Antonioni passed away in the wee hours of the 31st. What the flyin' hell's happening?
Posted by Howlingman at July 31, 2007 07:18 AM
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gruver1 says ...
Wells to Moviebob: Any director in a sober state who tells any producer to go to hell gets my vote on general principle, even Peter Jackson.
Posted by gruver1 at July 31, 2007 07:20 AM
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Mgmax says ...
There's a story about John Ford, the studio sent some guy to the set (Monument Valley one assumes) and Ford introduced him by saying "Listen up, everybody, this is Bill, he's a vice president from the studio, he's come out here to keep an eye on things for his bosses, and this is the last time you're going to see him on this set."
Posted by Mgmax at July 31, 2007 07:49 AM
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joncro says ...
they're dropping like flies!
Posted by joncro at July 31, 2007 08:47 AM
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MAGGA says ...
Seeing as how everyone called Bergman the last of the greats yesterday I find it strange that many say the same about Antonioni today. Either way they´re both great. Not to sound morbid, but if these thing actually do happen in threes I am betting on Goddard to go next, as he is the only old director with that level of acclaim. And todays greates director? Steven Spielberg, regardless of how far his style is from the styles of the 60s guys.
Posted by MAGGA at July 31, 2007 08:48 AM
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T. Holly says ...
Three keeps starting over.
Posted by T. Holly at July 31, 2007 08:57 AM
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christian says ...
"In Hollywood the producer intimidates the artist's new thought with
great sums of money and with his own ego that clings to past
references of box-office triumphs and valueless experience. The
average artist, therefore, is forced to compromise. And the cost of
the compromise is the betrayal of his basic beliefs. And so the
artist is thrown out of motion pictures, and the businessman makes
his entrance."
john cassavettes 1959
Posted by christian at July 31, 2007 11:18 AM
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MovieBob says ...
"Wells to Moviebob: Any director in a sober state who tells any producer to go to hell gets my vote on general principle, even Peter Jackson."
I'll bet he does. And then your readers get a big long post about how he gets your vote on general priniciple... along with a massive "qualifier" about how he's STILL the Son of The Beast and perhaps even moreso for "making you" want to agree with a producer :)
C'mon, man, it's not like I just stumbled on this place TODAY ;)
Posted by MovieBob at July 31, 2007 09:37 PM
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