Ingmar Bergman's Persona / Edition 1

by Lloyd Michaels

Overview

Long held to be among the world's greatest filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman shaped international art cinema from the 1950s to the 1980s. Among his many works, Persona is often considered to be his masterpiece and is often described as one of the central works of Modernism. The essays collected in this volume use a variety of methodologies to explore topics such as acting technique, genre, and dramaturgy. Also included are translations of Bergman's writings that have never before been available in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521656986
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/13/1999
Series:	Cambridge Film Handbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction Lloyd Michaels; 1. Bergman's Persona through a native mindscape Birgitta Steene; 2. Persona and the 1960s' art cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon; 3. Bergman's Persona Susan Sontag; 4. Scenes from the class struggle in Sweden: Persona as Brechtian melodrama Christopher Orr; 5. Persona and the seduction of performance Steve Vineberg; 6. Feminist theory and the performance of Lesbian desire in Persona Gwendolyn Audrey Foster.