Author: Ingmar Bergman
Translator: Issac
Proofreading: Easy two three
Source: Criterion (June 7, 2012)
This self-interview with Ingmar Bergman was first published in filmnyheter, a promotional magazine published by Swedish production company Svensk Filmindustri, at the time of the release of Monica bad girls. Brigitte Sting, professor emeritus of film studies at the University of Washington, translated the interview, and she has written several books about Ingmar Bergman.
Ask yourself: What was it like to create "Monica"?
Self-answer: I didn't create her. Foggström (original author and co-writer Forgars Foggsrom) nurtured her in me, and then, like an elephant, I was conceived for three years, and last summer she was born and there was a lot of movement. Today, she is a beautiful and mischievous child. I hope she can cause emotional uproar and all sorts of reactions. I'm going to duel anyone who doesn't care!
"Bad Girl Monica"
Ask yourself: What a wild fatherly love!
Self-answer: For most people, a movie is like soap, matches, polished dentures, a short-lived product. But that's not the case for film directors. He lived with his work (like a devil) until the night of the premiere, when he reluctantly handed it over to the audience.
Ask yourself: Does it have to be this way?
Self-answer: For me it is so. A movie brings me so much worry, so many reactions, I have to like it to get over it and forget about it.
Ask yourself: There are also very rational directors.
Answer: Of course, sir. I've heard of a couple of people who are smart and reasonable and act like decent people even when making movies.
Masterpiece "Married Life"
Ask yourself: Then would you despise them?
Self-answer: I don't envy them. Although we have lost or even never had the warmth of the body, the gold-rimmed glasses of critical reason, or the rustling shirts of the philosopher's juices after the fact, their lives are more difficult than ours.
Ask yourself: bad movies, bad actors, bad...!
Self-answer: Not at all. If you look closely, you'll see a small thing sticking out of my head.
Ask yourself: Sir, do you mean the sharp corners on your beret?
Answer: Berets! Sir, what you call the sharp horns on my berets are not the sharp corners on the berets, but the radar. With this radar, I can make my films that will never compare to the previously mentioned underwear, glasses, or pulp shirts.
Ask yourself: dangerous reefs... In the misty water... Several stranded... Well!
Answer: Remember, technology improves over time. In addition, radar has always had a stubborn problem. But let's talk about Monica bad girl!
Ask yourself: As far as I know, it has a nude swimming scene that Swedish movies would have.
A: I haven't heard that nude swimming has become a must in Swedish cinema. But I think it should be.
Ask yourself: Aha!
A: Because of the climate, in Sweden people often bathe, ice bath or sauna, but rarely swim – maybe once or twice a year – in a country where we should see through movies some fantasies from poetic places, and see young girls of good shape created by God splashing water without getting goosebumps.
Ask yourself: So, Mr. Bergman, didn't the nude swim in your film pique the attention of production management?
Self-answer: Dr. Demlin (Carl Anders Demling, Bergman's producer at Svensk Filmindustri) did not raise any objections to these scenes. Pey Anders Foggström found these scenes in keeping with the spirit described in his book. Actually, we thought it was fun to make these scenes (except perhaps Harriet Anderson, who was so cold the whole time, as if she was about to be sawn off or thawed, but she sacrificed herself for the sake of art).
Ask yourself: Is there anything you'd like to say about this movie?
Answer: If we have to annoy the reader with the message conveyed by the so-called movie, let this message be short. In four words and Vogelström...
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Ask:?
Answer: Get out! But, come back!
Ask yourself: Mr. Bergman, you seem to think that film and literature should not have anything to do with each other. But "Bad Girl Monica" is a novel! Isn't it?
Self-answer: Now, if I feel that my words and deeds are inconsistent, it is my own business, and I don't want to anger others. In this case, the novel is actually a story synopsis of a movie long before it became a novel. In addition, Foggström was an empathetic, loyal, and great colleague in every way. Fogstrom may not have the ambition to pursue immortality when he wrote, but whoever says anything disparaging to him (a popular writer), I dare to confront him—
Ask yourself: Are there any beautiful moments during the filming process?
Self-answer: As always, at that moment I forgot the hard work and remembered the fun. In this movie, that moment is when Iwashima was on. We --
Ask yourself: Long story short!
Answer: One morning at six o'clock in the morning, we set out for our destination, and the engine of our little boat, the Viola of Orno, rumbled across the calm waters. The water and sky meet, and the island stands like a floating octopus in a soft white. Overhead, the blazing sun was burning. The weather was warm and unusually calm; there were no waves, not even ripples. It's like eternity. It's like being in eternity. The breath of the sea, the trembling of the hull, the whispers around the bow, and the boundless silence—the eternal summer.
Ask yourself: And then what happened?
Answer: Nothing happened. That's it.