Posted by Sigismund on August 4, 2007, at 16:38:19
In reply to Re: Ingmar Bergman » Honore, posted by OzLand on August 4, 2007, at 13:21:18
Hello Honore
Yes, I saw Blow Up in 1968 or so.
For me Bergman was this impossible relief, like various other representations of the human condition (Macbeth, King Lear, The Waste Land, all of Eliot). I was all tears of gratitude. It's not for everyone though. My aunt said of Eliot, 'He's so gloomy'. I was completely outraged by this opinion. Another time I was rereading the end of Macbeth for no good reason, and was struck by how funny it was. I was telling someone else to look at it this way and she said not to worry, it was just me. Shakespeare is best read out aloud alone, like on those bushwalks you do as you say aloud
Let the great gods that keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads find out their enemies now, tremble thou wretch that hast within thee undivulged crimes unwhipped of justice, hide thee, thou bloody hand thou perjurer and simular of virtue that art incestuous, caitiff to peaces shake that under covet and convenient seeming hath practised on mans life, close pent up guilts, rive your concealing continents, and cry these dreadful summoners grace.
You need to be careful in the Australian bush. Bergman is best seen with a friend. I need on of those for the 5 hours of Fanny and Alexander.
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