The Films of Ingmar Bergman: Illusions of Light and Darkness / Edition 1

by L. Hubner

Overview

Laura Hubner is one of the first critics to analyse the elements of 'illusion' in key films by Bergman and relate these to cultural and artistic influences on his creative output, the phenomenon of Bergman as 'art film' director, and debates about modernism, postmodernism and emerging feminist discourses on gender and multiplicity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230007246
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/07/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	189
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

LAURA HUBNER is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Winchester, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction The Mask and Identity: Summer Interlude 's legacy Female Defiance: Dreams of Another World in Summer with Monika and the Early Films Religion, Truth and Symbolism from The Seventh Seal to The Silence Persona : Cinema as Mask Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmare Visions Conclusion: Celebrating the Illusion Notes Bibliography Filmography Index