Bergman behind the scenes at Cannes Classics
by Annika Pham
Unique behind-the-scenes material from nine of Ingmar Bergman's films brought together in the film Images from the Playground by Stig Björkman will be unveiled today as part of the Cannes Classics section.
The Swedish veteran filmmaker and film critic Björkman has already dedicated an interview book on Sweden’s iconic filmmaker, Bergman on Bergman, as well as the 1971 documentary Ingmar Bergman. Images from the Playground is a two-part film comprising never-before-seen material from Bergman's works (from Sawdust and Tinsel to Persona), made available by The Ingmar Bergman Foundation.
Introduced by Martin Scorsese, the film also has recordings of the Swedish master's voice and interviews with actresses Harriet Andersson and Bibi Andersson. “I believe that it will be quite unexpected, especially for a foreign audience, to see such a joyful Bergman. We know that he could be like that. But abroad many regarded him as brooding, grave and immensely serious”, said Björkman.
The film is produced by the Ingmar Bergman Foundation with the support of World Cinema Foundation and the Swedish Film Institute. The behind-the-scenes material has been registered with UNESCO's Memory of the World since 2007.
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