Film-Making (Ingmar Bergman) — Chapter Summary

Bergman calls himself a conjurer because

Bergman calls himself a conjurer because cinema depends on deception of the human eye. A film creates an emotional experience by showing a sequence of

Bergman’s early memories of sunlight

Bergman’s early memories of sunlight, music, pictures, and the magic lantern shaped his later love of film. He learned to notice how images and sounds

Bergman believes film is mainly rhythm

Bergman believes film is mainly rhythm. He compares it with breathing, saying it is like inhalation and exhalation in continuous sequence. Rhythm give

Bergman says the script is

Bergman says the script is an imperfect technical basis for a film. Only dialogue can be transferred satisfactorily from the original complex of moods

Bergman states that film has nothing

Bergman states that film has nothing to do with literature. Written language is absorbed by the intellect, while film acts directly on feelings. He th