"He's done two masterpieces, you don't have to bother with the rest. One is Blow-Up, which I've seen many times, and the other is La Notte, also a wonderful film, although that's mostly because of the young Jeanne Moreau. In my collection I have a copy of Il Grido, and damn what a boring movie it is. So devilishly sad, I mean. You know, Antonioni never really learned the trade... He concentrated on single images, never realising that film is a rhythmic flow of images, a movement. Sure, there are brilliant moments in his films. But I don't feel anything for L'Avventura, for example. Only indifference. I never understood why Antonioni was so incredibly applauded. And I thought his muse Monica Vitti was a terrible actress."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
AgnosticsPeople from UppsalaFilm directors from SwedenFilm producers from SwedenScreenwriters from Sweden
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 β 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer whose unique cinematographic style made him one of the most notable directors of the twentieth century.
68 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Ingmar Bergman β
Related Quotes
"Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours tβ¦"
"When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make wayβ¦"
"People ask what are my intentions with my films β my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually giβ¦"
"In this profession, I always admire people who are going on, who have a sort of idea and, however crazy it is, are puβ¦"
"I think he's a very good technician. And he has something in Psycho, he had some moments. Psycho is one of his most iβ¦"
"I want very much to tell, to talk about, the wholeness inside every human being. It's a strange thing that every humaβ¦"
"I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images."
"I make all my decisions on intuition. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army β¦"
"I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and verβ¦"
"Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death β this infantile fixation of mine β was, at that momβ¦"