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Tag Archives: Ingrid Thulin
“Reality is diabolical.” — Ingmar Bergman
It’s Ingmar Bergman’s birthday today. I saw Persona in college – while studying acting – and was so intimidated by it I thought, “Okay. I can’t ever watch this again.” I needed courage to feel like I still could give … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Sweden
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“I think I’m invisible sometimes.” — Ingrid Thulin
It’s her birthday today. I’m really proud of the video-essay I wrote on her for Criterion: The Eerie Intensity of Ingrid Thulin One of Ingmar Bergman’s repertory company of actors. As heavy-hitting as Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson. She … Continue reading
Criterion Collection video series: Bergman’s Actors
One of my major projects earlier this year was writing essays on four of Ingmar Bergman’s actors, for the Criterion Collection “channel” on FilmStruck (which will cease operations in a couple of weeks, despite an outpouring of protest). It was … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Directors
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Sweden
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For Criterion: On Ingrid Thulin
With the incredibly disheartening news that FilmStruck was going to be discontinued, I wasn’t sure what the status would be for the two remaining video-essays I wrote and narrated on Ingmar Bergman’s actors. The first one, on Liv Ullmann and … Continue reading
June 2018 Viewing Diary
This viewing diary is amusing to me,. This month has been so full, with mostly bad things (the world/national situation as well as some family awfulness) … and I got a gig early in the month which then took up … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Al Pacino, Bibi Andersson, documentary, Elvis Presley, France, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Harriet Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Liv Ullmann, Persona, Supernatural, Sweden
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March 2016 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be” (2007; d. Eric Kripke) My 300-page re-cap here. At Any Price (2012; d. Ramin Bahrani) Inspired by the recent conversation Mitchell and I had about Zac Efron (Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Pitt, Charles Beeson, David Lynch, England, Eric Kripke, France, Fritz Lang, Harriet Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Ireland, Jensen Ackles, Jeremy Carver, Kim Manners, Liv Ullmann, Martin Scorsese, New Zealand, Ramin Bahrani, Richard Linklater, Ridley Scott, Robert Singer, Supernatural, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, X-Files, Zac Efron
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