Ingmar Bergman on Orson Welles
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Byrdz — 9 years ago(May 11, 2016 03:56 AM)
RE: Not getting the joke. It Happens a LOT. Except for "mean humor" it is sadly lacking on the IMDbs.
RE: Weimer influence. Interesting thoughts.
RE: the rest
All wonderful films.
I am apparently somewhat of a loner on the IMDb. I still watch films as single films and don't compare them. I like Kane. I have actually seen all that you mentioned and like them as well. Some of them are even in my huge list of re-watch over and over films.
BUT, I don't "get" the need to compare and put down via "this was better than that" etc. all over the boards.
I saw Kane in a museum showing and had zero knowledge of it loved it .. when WOAH at the big ending reveal . perhaps that's what it was like for viewers when it came out and for new non-film buffs lucky enough to find it with its reputation an unknown ?
Not arguing with you, btw. Just two different styles of film watching. Found your post quite interesting. -
Hythlodaeus — 10 years ago(November 21, 2015 05:37 PM)
Bergman films are definitely an acquired taste. I never really got into them. I think Bergman did that one where the knight played chess with the devil - I liked that one but all the others were frustratingly subtle (even though I love Max Von Sidow and it was great to see him young in those old films).
I would expect to Bergman, Wells is far too big-screen Hollywood - sort of like what Wells would probably say about Michael Bay movies today.
What hump? -
doug65oh — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 08:43 PM)
Maybe this will help a bit - from
http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-vs-ingmar-bergman/
Scroll and you'll find it. -
TopFrog — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 07:05 PM)
Let's return the favor. Orson Welles on Ingmar Bergman:
I don't condemn that very northern, very Protestant world of artists like Bergman; it's just not where I live. The Sweden I like to visit is a lot of fun. But Bergman's Sweden always reminds me of something Henry James said about Ibsen's Norway - that it was full of the odor of spiritual paraffin. How I sympathize with that! I share neither Bergmans interests nor his obsessions. He's far more foreign to me than the Japanese.
