2008 The Ingmar Bergman Archives

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Complete with a DVD presenting some of Bergman's home movies, and a strip of 35mm film from 'Fanny and Alexander', cut from a reel that was played on his own projector. Housed in the publisher's original cardboard box.

Before his death in 2007, Bergman gave TASCHEN complete access to his archives at the Bergman Foundation, along with permission to reprint his writings and interviews, many of which had never been seen outside of Sweden.

Bengt Wanselius, who was Bergman’s photographer for twenty years, scoured photo archives to discover previously unseen images from Bergman’s films, and unpublished images from many photographers’ personal archives.

This work, chronologically arranged and containing images from many of Bergman's best known films - including The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Persona - contains an account of the life and work of this leading figure of International Cinema, whose career spanned over sixty years.

This wonderful celebration of the director won the 2008 August Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book, a prestigious Swedish literary prize voted on by booksellers and librarians.