Fårö-Dokument 1970

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Eye Filmmuseum seen across the river IJ © Marcus Koppen

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still from Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve, FR/BE 2019)

still Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve, FR/BE 2019)

still from The Touch (Beröringen) (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1971)

still The Touch (Beröringen) (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1971)

still from Fårö Document (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1970)

still Fårö Document (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1970)

poster Fårö Document (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1970)

still from Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)  (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1968)

still Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)  (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1968)

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Max von Sydow plays a painter/hermit with dementia on a remote island who is invited to dinner brilliantly. The sinister aristocrats only hasten the artists psychological collapse.

Ingmar Bergman lived on the Swedish island of Fårö for over 40 years and shot multiple films there. Bergman first visited Fårö in 1960, whilst scouting locations for Through a Glass Darkly. It was love at first sight. “I cannot imagine my life and its course without Fårö," he said in a 2003 interview.

Hour of the Wolf

On the Swedish island Fårö you can go on a 'Bergman Safari'; a tour of the locations where director Ingmar Bergman shot his films. In Bergman Island, where a filmmaking couple are attending a writing residency, the posthumous influence of the Swedish legend runs far deeper.

There can hardly be a better holiday destination for film-lovers than the Swedish Fårö island, where filmmaking maestro Ingmar Bergman shot several of his most well-known films. Married couple Chris and Tony are seduced a pilgrimage to this magical place with the idea of working on their respective screenplays. They even move into just the kind of house Bergman used as a location.

Bergman Island

Ingmar Bergman’s seldom screened film about a passionate affair is a major rediscovery. A housewife falls for archaeologist David, however her new relationship proves less liberating than she had hoped  as she is torn between David and her husband and children.

To her great surprise, Karin (Bibi Andersson), a married mother of two, falls for the vivacious American David (Elliot Gould), an archaeologist befriended by her surgeon husband Andreas (Max von Sydow) currently visiting Sweden. However, her double life and David’s changing moods take their toll.
The poorly dubbed versions and mixed reviews led to The Touch seldom being screened for dozens of years. The new restoration underlines what a shame that is. Bergman’s script excels in psychological precision, the acting is subtle and intense, and Sven Nykvist’s polished camerawork is chock full of suggestive autumn colours. The BFI called the rediscovery of Bergman’s refined character study, entirely filmed from Karin’s perspective ‘A revelation’.
Screening accompanies the premiere of Bergman Island.

The Touch

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Ingmar Bergman interviews the local population on the Swedish island of Fårö, which he loved very much, spent a long time living and shot several of his most famous films. A generation gap becomes apparent on the remote island.

Ingmar Bergman discovered the grim, windswept island of Fårö in 1960, whilst scouting for locations for Through a Glass Darkly. Almost a decade later, the director wished to create an homage to the island’s inhabitants. In Fårö-Dokument, shot using a handheld 16mm camera by Sven Nykvist, Bergman interviews all sorts of locals whilst exposing the generation gap between the young inhabitants desperate to leave and the older islanders who are steeped in island traditions. The film reveals that Bergman was also a sensitive, masterful documentarian.

Fårö-Dokument 1970

Ingmar Bergman / SE, 1970 / 59 min.

Ingmar Bergman interviews the local population on the Swedish island of Fårö, which he loved very much, spent a long time living and shot several of his most famous films. A generation gap becomes apparent on the remote island.

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Bergman Island

The Touch

Hour of the Wolf

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