Bergman Obscure

Unknown Films, Strange Encounters

Torgeir Fjeld, Jytte Holmqvist (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

2026
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-13621-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This open access book presents a dozen academic essays that variously discuss obscure films by Ingmar Bergman, or hitherto hidden characteristics of his work. This collection features chapters on films that have often been overshadowed by the more celebrated masterpieces in his filmography, as well as chapters that highlight characteristics of his artistic production that have not yet the critical attention they warrant. The authors explore nuances of Bergman s troubled mindset, the socio-political context that shaped his artistic vision, as well as filmic and semiotic elements of his work to create a novel perspective on the filmmaker s oeuvre. Through rigorous analysis and critical examination, this collection aims to further develop the profound impact and lasting significance of these films, offering a fresh perspective on Bergman s contributions to cinema. Unravelling the hidden depths of Bergman s artistry and examining the socio-political and psychological significance of his work this collection makes a substantial contribution to a new, emerging perspective on the work of the canonical filmmaker.

Autor

Fjeld is a writer, publisher, and educational administrator, holding PhDs in Philosophy (EGS, 2017) and Cultural Theory (Roehampton, 2012). Latest publications include Introducing Ereignis: Philosophy, Technology, Way of Life (2022) and Rock Philosophy (2019) and articles in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, International Journal of Zizek Studies, and others. Presently serving as Head of Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts, Publisher at Tankebanen forlag, and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Inscriptions. Fjeld has taught at universities across North America, Europe, and Africa.

Holmqvist. Alma mater: University of Melbourne (PhD in Screen and Media Culture and Literature in Spanish, 2015). Lecturer at HBU-UClan School of Media, Communication & Creative Industries. Areas of interest: Screen/media studies/ film studies (with a particular focus on Italian film Pier Paolo Paolini, Bernardo Bertolucciand Federico Fellini, Spanish Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons, and Scandinavianfilm Ingmar Bergman and Nordic Noir), urban geography, cultural studies, translationstudies, sociology, philosophy (incl. existentialism), psychology, and medical science.Sole editor of The Patient-Doctor Dynamics: Examining Current Trends in the GlobalHealthcare Sector (2018).

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Ingmar Bergman The City.- Chapter 3: Summer Interlude.- Chapter 4: Summer with Monika Desert Island as a Figure of Impersonal Love.- Chapter 5: Ingmar Bergman The Magician.- Chapter 6: Get out of my womb Brink of Life and the vision of the Swedish Peoples Home.- Chapter 7: The Silence.- Chapter 8: The Unbearable Brightness of Being Surfaces Affect and Haptic Vision in Ingmar Bergmans All These Women.- Chapter 9: From Symbolic Space to Lived Reality Bergmans Farodokument and the Island of Faro.- Chapter 10: Existentialist cinema as a Swedish German connector in Ingmar Bergmans The Serpents Egg and TV film production drama From the Life of the Marionettes.- Chapter 11: Bergman, the prophet Saraband and the future of an illusion.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2026
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 280 p. 30 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Schlagworte: auteur cinema • biography and art • European cinema • Ingmar Bergman • Narratology • open access • philosophy and film • prophetic reading • Psychoanalysis and Film • Scandinavian studies
• ISBN-10: 3-032-13621-0 / 3032136210
• ISBN-13: 978-3-032-13621-3 / 9783032136213
• Zustand: Neuware