Ingmar Bergman at the Crossroads

Maaret Koskinen is Professor Emeritus in Film Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. Louise Wallenberg is Professor in Fashion Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden.

An essential new anthology that will pay dividends in Theatre, Film, and Bergman Studies for years, perhaps decades to come. The collected essays and interviews are smart, engaging, and focused on concerns of vital interest to the contemporary reader. Nobody interested in the Demon Director can afford to pass it up.

• Acknowledgements Preface Ang Lee (Filmmaker)Introduction Maaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)1. Hour of the Wolf: Nightmares and CreativityMargarethe von Trotta (Film Director, Germany)2. Working with Bergman: Interview with Film and Television Producers Katinka Faragò and Måns ReuterswärdMaaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden)and Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)3. Ambiguity and the Making of Nattvardsgästerna/Winter LightPaisley Livingston (Lingnan University, Hong Kong and Uppsala University, Sweden)4. The Passion of Anna: The Wondrous Alchemy Between Actors and Landscape, Interview with Atom EgoyanMaaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)5. Scenes from On and Off the Set: Ingmar Bergman, Power and MetooMaaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden)6. For Good or For Bad? Bergman’s Ambivalent Influence – Some ObservationsLinus Tunström (Independent Scholar, Sweden)7. Jacobi’s Burden: "Jewish" Figurations in Fanny och AlexanderJonathan Rozenkrantz (Lund University, Sweden)8. Producing The Magic Flute (1975): Conversation with Måns Reuterswärd and Katinka FaragóMaaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)9. Metareference, Metalepsis, and Music in Liv Ullmann's and Ingmar Bergman’s FaithlessAlexis Luko (Carleton University, Canada)10. Bergman’s The Magician: The Art of Creating IllusionsAllan Havis (University of California, San Diego, USA)11. Author, Auteur, Actor: 21 Fragments on Bergman, Ullmann, and PersonaJames Schamus (Columbia University, USA)12. Dear Director: Adapting Bergman’s Failures and Leftovers Into a Play, and a Fan-letter Into a FilmMarcus Lindeen (Writer/ Director, Sweden)13. Making (the) Silence Speak: Remake, Retake, RectifyLouise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)Conclusion Maaret Koskinen (Stockholm University, Sweden)and Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)BibliographyFilmographyContributor biosIndex