The Cinema of Ingmar Bergman

Join Professor Tom Birnie for a series of discussions to explore a breadth of films by Swedish director and screen writer Ingmar Bergman, who was one of the most influential film directors of all time. This course will introduce participants to his major films, beginning with his early productions in the 1950s and culminating half a century later. Among the themes to be explored and discussed will be personal relationships, faith, identity, despair, alienation and redemption.

September 25 Sunday’s Children (1992)
October 2 A Lesson in Love (1954)
October 9 The Seventh Seal (1957)
October 16 Wild Strawberries (1957)
October 23 Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
October 30 Winter Light (1963)
November 6 Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963)
November 13 After the Rehearsal (1984)
November 20 Saraband (2003)

Note: all films will be shown with English subtitles