Bergman Quotes

“Actually it deals ("as usual" I was about to say!) with Life, Love and Death. Because nothing in fact is more important. To occupy oneself with. To think of. To worry over. To be happy about. And so on.”
― Ingmar Bergman, Face to Face: A Film

“The spring evenings had grown long, and it was hard to darken the room. They sat in their separate chairs and waited for Fassbinder, their silence a respectful preparation. They had waited this way for their meetings with Truffaut, Bergman, Visconti, Renoir, Wilder, and all the other honored guests that Jonna had chosen and enthroned–the finest present she could give her friend.”
― Tove Jansson, Fair Play

“Lives—even the most carefully managed— are voids filled with echoes”
― Vincent Canby, The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made: An Indispensable Collection of Original Reviews of Box-Office Hits and Misses

“o bergman, explicou-lhe ele, só quer saber do interior das pessoas, mais nada. o resto é tudo acessório, só lhe interessa o retrato intenso do ser humano, por isso é o mais valioso dos realizadores. atente sobretudo no modo como dilacera as atrizes e as deixa perecer diante da câmera. vão-se destruindo, por dentro, consomem-se.”
― Valter Hugo Mãe,