Compelling viewing for any fan of Swedish master Ingmar Bergman.
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02/16/07
Bergman Island (2006)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: This documentary visits Ingmar Bergman, one of the 20th century's greatest film directors, in his home on Sweden's Fårö Island, where he ruminates on his own masterpieces, PERSONA and CRIES AND... [More]
Director: Marie Nyreröd
Reviews for Bergman Island
1 - 8 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticAt times, this could almost be the cineaste Cribs.
12/13/06
Marie Nyreröd's affectionate and revealing portrait of the legendary director functions as something of a last will and testament.
12/07/06
An amazing portrait of the great filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in his later years.
12/06/06
This version of Nyreröd's efforts tends to focus on the more familiar touchstones of Bergman's career, though it does go significantly in-depth on the guilt he feels over his many failures as a husband and a father.
12/05/06
Easily the world's most influential living filmmaker and one of the greatest in cinema history, Bergman reveals himself here in a manner previously available only through his movies.
12/05/06
An extraordinarily revealing documentary portrait of the Swedish director at his home on the desolate Baltic Island of Faro.
12/05/06
Top CriticAs little more than an extended interview, it remains hobbled by determinedly uninspired cinematography and a mundane televisual setup.
12/05/06
1 - 8 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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