Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman (1/2)

[@Guigley]

I've always enjoyed Allen's interviews. He always speaks highly intelligently about films, to the point where a viewer can really learn something.

[@TheFbiFilesRepeat]

Too bad he likes kids

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Exactly like Vargas Llosa talking about literature.

[@tomkent4656]

Woody admired Bergman's films so much that he later used Bergman's cinematographer for some of his movies.

[@kingamoeboid3887]

Sven Nykvist.

[@davidomahony6559]

My favourite Bergman film is The Virgin Spring. I happened upon it on Film 4 one night. I don't think I have the words to adequately describe it. A starkly beautiful, simple and powerfully acted story. Beautiful I think is the best description.

[@Slutuppnu]

Seconded. It's such a simple story, but so powerful.

[@kh884488]

+David O'Mahony -- I have to agree with you there, but I'd have difficulty explaining exactly why that is the case. But these are some reasons: Character development Subtle use of symbolism Wonderful, subtle acting performances The ending which is simultaneously quiet, poetic, ambiguous, and yet powerful The fact that such a powerful film which wrestles with so many issues can be made with 3-4 sets, hardly any soundtrack and 11 actors.

[@ILoveDavidLynch]

Damn that's cool it was on Film 4, wouldn't have expected that

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Two of my favorite filmmakers and big inspiration for me

[@WoodyMarx]

Woody Allen is such a genius and I can't get enough of his work. Thanks for posting!

[@lordtufty]

Three of my favourite people! Kermode, Bergman, and Allen THNX

[@alby69asr]

Fascinating interview. Very informative as you would expect from Woody Allen and Mark Kermode. Two of my favourite directors - Allen and Bergman plus Hitchcock to make it three.

[@reallivebluescat]

I would add Kurosawa to that myself 🙂

[@antoniatejedabarros]

Thank you so much for this wonderful interview! Woody's the best!

[@madahad9]

I am glad that I finally aquired an appreciation for Bergman. They are not for the leisurely movie goer and I do not profess to understanding them in their entirity but that's a good thing that a piece of art does not yield it's secrets in a single viewing. Hour of the Wolf is amazing. It took me three false starts to finally get through Fanny and Alexander. Incredible.

[@theundergradanalysis]

Woody Allen's influence from Ingmar Bergman is the exact topic for my year long thesis at this stage so this video has been a great find! If anyone thinks they have some insights or would like to talk about Allen/Bergman please reply to this or PM me.

[@AndrewsApprentice]

Izaak Gray hi! I would really love to read your thesis. Is there any way that I can? Thanks :)

[@uriaz9355]

Hello! I would like to read your thesis. Is possible? Thanks!

[@Trudeau7900]

I can thank Woody Allen for introducing me to Bergman's work. I still think that "Cries and Whispers" is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. And I would put "Persona" right up there as well. His work is stunning.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

I found those two films horrible. Light in winter is great. The other ones are kitsch.

[@kurtpitt]

i love woody allen. he is my fav and i hv immensely enjoyed wtchin Annie hall,Hannah and her sisters, Manhattan and crime and misdemeanor. as for bergman i have beeen just introduced to him by woody interviews and even though i love his movies as well i still think i hv long way to go to comprehend its essence

[@MrRazorblade999]

Woody Allen, humble as always. Gotta love the guy.

[@lynnturman8157]

I saw Woody Allen's INTERIORS for the 1st time about a month ago. I thought it was really good & was obviously influenced by Ingmar Bergman. Then I saw Bergman's AUTUMN SONATA which was made the same year (1978). It was like comparing a forged copy to an original masterpiece. And it's not even considered one of Bergman's best films.

[@steve62482]

Persona and in particular cries and whispers stand out. The full cut of fanny and Alexander is one for the rainy Sunday afternoon whilst getting slowly toasted on wine lol. The seventh seal has been so parodied but visually it is completely extraordinary.

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

The Virgin Spring and Wild Strawberries

[@sdfghgtrew]

@@wimgrundyearth5753 summer with monika and through a glass darkly

[@wanlitan7406]

@@sdfghgtrew Winter Light and The Silence would like to join the party too.

[@MrPINHEAD123]

The serpants egg would also like to join the party hahahahaha

[@sdfghgtrew]

@@MrPINHEAD123 it's shit

[@65g4]

Cries and whispers is a great movie and The Seventh Seal

[@isakdahl7054]

Why only them?

[@65g4]

@@isakdahl7054 what did you want me to list off all his great movies we would be here all day i think all the movies ive seen of his are great

[@isakdahl7054]

@@65g4 No, didn’t mean any offence! Just glad to see another Bergman fan :)

[@Simon-gq8wn]

@@isakdahl7054 Fanny and Alexander is up there. Bergman is the goat.

[@isakdahl7054]

@@Simon-gq8wn Agree with you 100%

[@KosmosDream]

After watching Hannah and her Sisters, I saw the Bergman influence. Three sisters- Cries and Whispers; A couple breaking up over adultery- Scenes from a Marriage; A man facing possible death and examining his life- The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries; families getting together on the Holidays- Fanny and Alexander

[@samlawlor7898]

and Max Von Sydow

[@deedonnerramone4757]

And you have a dominant Swedish actor.

[@neongoblet]

Ingmar Bergman is the greatest director of all time, followed by Kurosawa

[@justpeelintheonion8039]

TARKOVSKY

[@MrRazorblade999]

ED WOOD

[@jared7303]

It's difficult to narrow it down to just one, but I think the list would have to include Hitchcock, Welles, Bergman, Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi, Bresson, Godard, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Fellini, and Dreyer. Love them all but Ozu is probably my personal favorite.

[@CarlDave853]

Exactly, that crown goes to Tarkosky! Bresson, Bergman, Kubrick, Fellini, and the rest can compete for the second and third place

[@MrRazorblade999]

Tarkovsky is too mainstream. Seymore Butts is the greatest. His masterpieces are Mission to Uranus and Erectnophobia.

[@moniquelacosta8522]

Woody Allen is one of the GREAT Screenwriters of all time. He writes Great characters for women by far. I became a die hard Bergman fan after I watched Scenes from a Marriage around the time I was also watching Star Wars films and Disaster Films from America. Bergman films are very Emotional to me and some of Woody Allen's Films I think are highly Influenced by Bergman. For example: Interiors. Bergman was asked in an interview: What Film Director is the Most Interesting and Bergman said Stanley Kubrick. I began to take a very deep look at Kubrick's work along with Robert Altman and I have collected the Top 4 Film Making Geniuses!!!!

[@scottmackeen]

Cries and Whispers is an extraordinarily painful film to witness. That's the only Bergman I probably couldn't stomach again. But not because it wasn't great. Bergman is, by a wide margin, my favorite director ever. And Wild Strawberries and Fanny and Alexander are two of my very favorite movies.

[@sagarsaxena6318]

For me,Persona ranks very high up too.

[@dubbelhenke854]

Persona is a masterpiece of the highest order.

[@bernardhanlon]

Scott MacKeen i

[@yacovlevi]

I find it a very uplifting film myself.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Its horrible. Senseless.

[@theguywhomakesmovies]

Mark Kermode interviewing Woody Allen about Ingmar Bergman? THIS IS HEAVEN

[@waynej2608]

Agree!

[@dr.strange3956]

No it's actually hell.

[@antoniatejedabarros]

We love you, Woody! We love you, Ingmar!

[@dovestones]

Its the Bergman season on Film4. I'm enjoying them all. Next is Summer Interlude.

[@nickdryad]

Hello Gulley. The Horses Mouth is my favourite novel of all time and Woodley Allen is my favourite film maker of all time.

[@TheGlasgowGamer]

@idic5 2003, during the time Bergman was directing Saraband.

[@malvinderkaur541]

" we shall, always will, grasp the world around us created according to our level of growth of mind, sensibilties in mind and align and be part of those groups which we are comfortable in and understand them, this is the simplest way of being with somebody in longeivity without using force and all sorts of manipulations.

[@robertmcglinchey3347]

At the 1967 release of Persona a few walked out during the opening sequence. Three difficult clips. As the usher I directed a flashlight as they left the Art Film Theater. The Bibi/Liv interplay was historic. It’s funny that when Ingmar & Liv met Woody & Soon Yi in the couples NYC apartment - the two men didn’t speak at all. Woody may have thought he was getting the Elisabet treatment (Persona) ahhaha

[@nithyakalyanipub288]

Every fraction of a second is an encyclopedia of human passions and their visual effects. Even for the most disillusioned person on earth, the interest in life is renewed through them. Every time you see it, it is like a new creation. Not because they make you happy or sad, but because they contain such truths about us, our lives in a way only a skilled therapist, a near devine force can make you wonder and realize

[@bostonpictures6600]

Great vid, I didn't realize how obsessed with Bergman he was.

[@Rose-qd2bl]

Watch Interiors.

[@DerekLyons]

Wonderful interview with Woody Allen by Mark Kermode.

[@cessnaace]

I am enjoying the interview. Thanks for uploading it. It's a shame about the general lack of civility among those posting comments. A sad commentary on our times. STAY AWESOME! :)

[@SensationFilms]

This interview took place in 2002 for those interested.

[@AyaxTelemonio]

comparing two things very different to deny reality

[@clemdane]

I saw Fanny och Alexander aged 13 when it first came out and I became Bergmans' for life.

[@canoai]

00:34 No he is not :( I wish he was... So I could watch his amazing films. I love you Ingmar Bergman Rest in peace

[@matthaufan97]

this is very interesting and a really good interview

[@yacovlevi]

Woody is my idol.

[@ulfingvar1]

One genius about another

[@onezkyrideRO]

Nice.. ingmar bergman is one of my favorites directors yet i can't seem to get into Allen's movies..

[@victoriangirl83]

Yeah I don't like Allen but I love Bergman

[@waynej2608]

@@victoriangirl83 They're both Great!!

[@shelleyisom2639]

All of Bergman's black and white films (early work) were wonderful and often great (Wild Strawberries in my book is still the greatest film ever made, up there with Seventh Seal) but when he went to color he lost the magic ...

[@ILoveDavidLynch]

I haven't seen any of his colour films yet but Wild Strawberries is so incredible

[@TheRedHippie74]

@luomupunajuuri that doesn't mean nothing. The way to say the name changes from language to language.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Allen doesnt do bergman films at all. It is very contradictory.

[@antoniatejedabarros]

#WeLoveWoodyAllen

[@welshriver]

intro music ?

[@evanfrolov]

Bach's Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor BMV 1008: Sarabande

[@NovaJake360]

Can somebody please tell me when this was recorded?

[@thercoperator146]

Jack Torrance 2007

[@Johnconno]

Jack Torrance I wish it never had been...

[@spitshinetommy3721]

+jaye see no one asked you, shithead.

[@PaulMcGDev]

Interesting! I would love to see a much closer reading & translation of the scripts sometime, with annotations describing cultural points like you mention. This is definitely v. important with a lot of translated literature. I wouldn't say this particular metaphor is completely lost though. In the context of the film I would hope most see the title's thematic significance, it's not a huge leap nor an unprecedented one in the English language. Strawberry Fields Forever jumps to mind immediately.

[@deedonnerramone4757]

All the chitter chatter is useless when you have the only film maker that matters! Mel Brooks! "Roger that dress is you" and "Never take a personal check."

[@waynej2608]

Put the candle back!

[@NYCBG]

@matforsbon I appreciate your answer. Could you, please, identify the source of your info? Many thanks.

[@gstone8255]

One of the best things about Bergman is one of his movies inspired the musical masterpiece A Little Night Music .

[@zedisnotdead]

Whats the name for the music? :O

[@innernoiise]

Bach sarabande in d minor

[@zedisnotdead]

@@innernoiise lol thanks

[@robertgiles9124]

Interviewer here says Seventh Seal is about Death. Nope. It's about faith in God vs nothing beyond death. It's also about why does God allow evil to exist. Woody kind of corrects him with an accurate description. Most kids now don't have the old Revival Movie houses we had and often have no clue about the history of great films. Society just gets dumbed down every generation. We had Max von Sydow, Toshiro Mifune, Brando. Now it's Tom Cruise and Fast and Furious nonsense.

[@alanmccarthy2285]

GIANMARCO GROPPELLI: MOVIES REVIEWER-POET-WRITER-NOVELIST. G.G ♤♤♤♤♤

[@idic5]

when was this interview recorded?

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

July 2008

[@ryssen339]

En legend genom tiderna.

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

@NYCBG Try faktoider.nu/swedicides.html You got to translate it, but there are means to get a understandable translation online.

[@videoedy]

Alguém poderia adicionar legenda em português?

[@funtimeslondon]

Kermode - on naming Allen's Bergmanesque films - should have named Interiors and September (which is also pretty Chekhovian). Shadows and Fog wasn't truly Bergmanesque it seemed to be some sort of childlike fantasy that spiralled downwards.

[@coolanxiety]

Bergman is a legend

[@dbnovaro]

Wild strawberries has a such lush fhotografh on noltagics scenes, fact.

[@jlmurrel]

Gunnar Fischer, Director of Photography on WILD STRAWBERRIES was one of the greatest black and white cinematographers of all time.

[@damianpardo9127]

Does anybody know what is the music from the beginning?

[@mrac94]

It's the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No.2 (also found on the beginning of "Through A Glass Darkly").

[@margaretfannigan9708]

jesus fucking christ woody allen does no justice talking about the awesomeness of the films of ingmar bergman

[@lpasepok]

I've always found the Seventh Seal to be more of a comedy than anything else.

[@samhynninen]

lpasepok me too. A very dark one though.

[@windstorm1000]

mange tak for those nuances! I thought that might be the case. what is the solution, then? better translations--or would they be impractable? I've heard of a different take--that the strawberries, represent, ahem, losing one's virginity--what do you think? we just watched this at our scan. club meeting this afternoon--marvelous film, entertaiing and full of life's lessons.

[@radishhousepictures]

in The Seventh Seal, there is a scene where the main characters eat some wild strawberries and drink milk from a bowl. The protag says a small soliloquy about ephemeral beauty and presentness. Possible that this could be shedding light on the symbolism in WS. I'm sure the symbol is somewhat of an open signifier, there are several potential meanings but it's never as simple as A = B.

[@Erc112]

When I search for "woody allen ingmar bergman" or variations on Ipad, I can't find this video... what the hell?

[@adrienbenson]

Anyone know where that opening musical track is from?

[@victoriangirl83]

Bach cello suite 5

[@lorenzoramon1636]

@@victoriangirl83 no it’s suite 2 - sarabande

[@hack3rTrUsT]

Can anyone tell me what song plays in the begining of the video?

[@victoriangirl83]

Bach cello suite 5

[@x3Sora]

Can anyone tell me the name of the piece at the beginning of this video?

[@victoriangirl83]

Bach cello suite 5

[@luomupunajuuri]

It's a pity neither men, despite having sat through hours of Bergman's movies, have taken a minute or two to find out how to pronounce the director's name properly.

[@SomethingReal1119]

can anyone tell me when this interview was done? thanks!

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

July 2008

[@65g4]

@@sameerahmed-gx8js that cant be right because Mark said at the beginning the Bergman at the time was still working and he died in 2007. So it had to have been before that.

[@NYCBG]

@dbnovaro Sheltered??? WTF?

[@Ulvenok]

I wonder what a ingmar bergman movie would look like if it was made today by him with a big budget. With the special effects of Holywood behind him. It would be THE movie wouldn't it...

[@iguanasdf563]

Probably Bergman would despise the Hollywoodian approach on making films

[@dbnovaro]

nevermore a film made in black and with will be so sense.

[@dbnovaro]

During the scene of chess play on begining of the movie, realize wich the dark clouds take over of 80 per cent of photogram, the opression, the demise of human being belif wich will be domain you soul till the end of film.

[@ThaSubzstance]

persona. Masterpiece.

[@antoniatejedabarros]

Genius. Genius. Genius.

[@RonAlmeida]

@reallyfullofmyself Reminds me how as a kid I used to first read the end of the book and went back to the begining only if it had a happy end. Yes the world is getting shallower all the time, I wonder why? I suppose its partly due to the fact that we are getting to be clones of the lowest common denominator. Why do we not revolt against it instead of being manipulated by it? I find it extreme in the English speaking world, a characterless, monolingual melting pot of mediocrity.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

Fun to hear some Swedish haha!!

[@sdfghgtrew]

I'ts really great to watch Bergmans films if you're a native speaker =)

[@0981462]

A genius talking about another genius. How to dislike it???

[@NYCBG]

@matforsbon There's all kinds of crap on the internet. Anyone can post anything. So, why is it so difficult to identify your source? Just say/write, "whatever. com" and you will have made your point.

[@nahnvmdante]

I'm sorry that you have that opinion.

[@NYCBG]

Jesus, Swedish language has this incredible lilt... up and down, up and down... Still, it always ends on the "DOWN". Maybe that has something to do with the generally depressive mood in Bergman's and other Swedish authors' films? Or the high rate of suicide in Sweden, despite one of the best living standards in the world? Up and down... up and down... and then DOWN.

[@albums8825]

WHY, why the hell every fucking Woody Allen interview feels like a fake interview to Woody Allen in a Woody Allen film? Have I seen too many Allen movies? I'm dying laughing right now at this interview and there's nothing funny about it what is wrong with me

[@soioioioioioio34]

he adopted his wife :)

[@cococourtois1936]

il ne dit pas ce qu'il pense du cinéma japonais, Ozu, Naruze, etc etc etc

[@yacovlevi]

The Seventh Seal was not one of my favourite movies from Bergman.

[@ishmyl99]

Quite. Jejuneness, jejunity... I think I like "jejeunosity" better. ;-)

[@Johdesmamba]

Superbe

[@paxwallacejazz]

Nostalgia literally means pain from an old wound in ancient Greek.

[@iguanasdf563]

I found another etymological source for the same word: algos- pain, wretchedness and nostos- homecoming or to return safely home. Watch Tarkovsky's ''Nostalghia'' for a more metaphorical approach on the subject of alienation and spiritual extraneity.

[@waynej2608]

@@iguanasdf563 Wow, thanks for putting my existential dilemma, into perspective. I haven't felt this elightened, since the day I quit sniffing glue.

[@filbunk]

I saw "Wild Strawberries" in school with my film-teacher and really liked it as he explained the thoughts and meanings of the scenes. But years after and no memories of what my teacher said: I find it very boring and disliked it!

[@ferociousgumby]

Soon-Yi! Quiet, sweetheart, Daddy's doing an interview.

[@FirstPlace97]

rallehockey?

[@Johnconno]

Always puzzled by Allen's worship of Bergman, the best he's been able to manage are hideous pastiches of Bergman. He's a creepy, frightened, neurotic little man, perhaps Bergman is the father he never had.

[@Yankeefan2807]

Do you not have anything better to do than flood this comment section.

[@SpookyApparition]

I kind of agree with jaye see on this. I do like quite a few of Allen's films, but I can't deny that he's only a shadow of Bergman, when he perhaps sees himself as an acolyte.

[@DetroitSquirreL]

Im not a fan of Woody Allen at all but I can appreciate his views of Ingmar Bergman

[@victoriangirl83]

Same

[@yacovlevi]

I love Bergamn and Allen but cannot stand Kermode

[@HAL--gb6uf]

why? any particular reasons?

[@yacovlevi]

@@HAL--gb6uf I just find him dull, boring and uncouth.

[@jdiemert999]

@alexjones2016 i don't know what that means but ill thumb it up

[@paracel72]

liv ullman was hot

[@waynej2608]

Bibi Anderson. 😍

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Persona is horrible. I wonder why Allen likes Bergman in general.

[@pretorious700]

@furryfreak contrarians are so self absorbed, and well, boring.

[@1898Paul]

@Adrien = Bach

[@Senhook]

56k viewer =)