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The Silence (1963) Ingmar Bergman Why Silence Can Be Loud and Lonely

THE SILENCE
Ingmar Bergman (1963)
Why Silence Can Be Loud & Lonely

November 6, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Silence isn’t always golden. Not in Ingmar Bergman’s book. And, his various film treatises on silence speak to us loudly on many planes of emotional existence, and those planes are never smooth. Of course, silence can provide a necessary space for personal truths to appear. For imaginings to ripen and take hold. Or, a respite …

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Ingmar Bergman (1963)
Why Silence Can Be Loud & Lonely
Through The Glass Darkly Ingmar Bergman 1961 Can A Cold, Stony-Faced Father Drive A Girl Insane?

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
(Ingmar Bergman, 1961)
Can A Cold, Stony-Faced Father
Drive A Girl Insane?

May 29, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Can a cold narcissistic father drive a girl insane? The short answer is yes. Wilfred Bion defined psychosis as hatred of reality. And, what is there to love about the reality of a self-obsessed father who cares more about his own desires than his children? Facing that is horror. We see it in Through A …

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(Ingmar Bergman, 1961)
Can A Cold, Stony-Faced Father
Drive A Girl Insane?
summer with monika reality ends idyllic summer love

SUMMER WITH MONIKA
(Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
Reality & Childhood Trauma
Ends An Idyllic Summer Love

March 27, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Summer love on a deserted island isn’t real life. That’s the Gordian knot in Bergman’s 1953 Summer With Monika. This erotic and heartbreaking film tells the story of two adolescents caught in the throes of an idyllic love. It’s a love they both long for, given their troubled and sad early lives. And also an escape …

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(Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
Reality & Childhood Trauma
Ends An Idyllic Summer Love

Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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