{"product_id":"ingmar-bergmans-face-to-face-9780231176538","title":"Ingmar Bergmans Face to Face","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1976 premiere of \u003ci\u003eFace to Face\u003c\/i\u003e came at the height of director-screenwriter Ingmar Bergman's career, yet today \u003ci\u003eFace to Face\u003c\/i\u003e is a largely overlooked and dismissed work. This book tells the story of its rise and fall and presents a new portrait of Bergman as a political artist exploring a new medium with huge public impact: television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngmar Bergman's Face to Face seems to be one of those films that dwell in the shadows, as if patiently waiting to be found by a discerning eye. Enter Swedish critic and scholar Michael Tapper, who in throwing his sharp torchlight virtually revives this film, which for so long has remained a blind spot neglected by critics and scholarship alike. Most of all Tapper succeeds in delineating how Face to Face lends itself to a rich contextualization of the sort not generally found in mainstream Bergman studies, be it the sexual revolution of the 1970s, second-wave feminism, the growing importance of television as producer of feature film, or the (in)famous 'primal scream' therapy promoted by Henry Janov. Face to Face superbly mirrors the times in which it was made, yet is saturated with issues that remain relevant today. An added feature of this book is that it includes never before published material, for instance the director's diaries in the Ingmar Bergman Foundation Archive, which would otherwise not have seen the light of day. -- Maaret Koskinen, Stockholm University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Prelude: The 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder Fire\u003cbr\u003eCrisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Bergman Goes TV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of the Ivory Tower\u003cbr\u003eMass-Market Bergman\u003cbr\u003eThe TV Medium and Bergman’s Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Bergman’s Modernism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttack of Second-Wave Feminism\u003cbr\u003eThe Strindberg-Ibsen-Bergman Connection\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersona\u003c\/i\u003e: War on Idealism\u003cbr\u003eThe Making of Ingmar Bergman\u003cbr\u003eOne Man, Four Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. The Djursholm Trilogy Plus One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lie\u003c\/i\u003e: A Tragi-Comedy of Banality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScenes from a Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife in the Beige Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCries and Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e: Into the Belly of the Idealism Beast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Face to Face\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the Orgasm and Beyond: Ingmar Bergman and the Sexual Revolution\u003cbr\u003eArthur Janov Conquers Sweden – and Bergman\u003cbr\u003eWorkbook No. 29, Part I: Everything is a Dream\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraum \u003c\/i\u003eand Trauma\u003cbr\u003eWorkbook No. 29, Part II: Jenny the Psychiatrist\u003cbr\u003eWorkbook No. 29, Part III: The Primal Scream\u003cbr\u003eThe Screenplay\u003cbr\u003eThe Production\u003cbr\u003eThe TV Series\u003cbr\u003eThe Film\u003cbr\u003eOverture to the Release\u003cbr\u003eReception\u003cbr\u003eA Success and a Failure\u003cbr\u003eCoda: The End of Art?\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036790915415,"sku":"9780231176538","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231176538.jpg?v=1750932574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ingmar-bergmans-face-to-face-9780231176538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}