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“Each time I see it, I know I accomplished what I set out to do as an actress, that I created a person.” — Bibi Andersson on Persona
It’s her birthday today. It was my great honor to write and narrate a video-essay for The Criterion Collection about Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann’s collaboration – both separately and together – with Ingmar Bergman: Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson, … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Persona
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Good artists borrow …
… great artists steal, and etc. and so forth. Moonlighting, 1982, d. Jerzy Skolimowski Persona, 1966, d. Ingmar Bergman Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to … Continue reading
R.I.P. Bibi Andersson
From David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film : Expanded and Updated , the entry on Bibi Andersson: “She needed such a holiday to prepare for one of the most harrowing female roles the screen has presented: Nurse Alma … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, RIP
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Persona
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For Criterion: On Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson
The beginning of a series of videos for the Criterion Collection, written and narrated by Yours Truly, on Ingmar Bergman’s collaborations with actresses. This was a major project for me, and it was an honor to pay tribute to these … Continue reading
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Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Norway, Persona, Sweden
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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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20 most surprising female performances (Part 2)
Here is Part 1 of the series, great conversation going on in the comments. Join in! HEDY LAMARR, Comrade X Hedy Lamarr, is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema. Cameramen fell all … Continue reading
Bibi Andersson in Persona
A wonderful essay: thoughts on her face, and her unbelievable performance in Persona.
R.I.P. Ingmar Bergman
A compilation of links but I’m sure the tributes will be far and wide. Keith has some screenshots here. He was 89. Remarkable. A remarkable artist. Here’s the one post I’ve written about a Bergman film. Time to ponder what … Continue reading