The Demons of Modernity: Ingmar Bergman and European Cinema

By John Orr

Book Overview

First book length study of Ingmar Bergman in a specific European context - political, philosophical and aesthetic. Dispels commonly held myth of Bergman as a culturally isolated Swedish auteur. Use of the unusual concept of demonic materialism to distinguish and discuss Bergman's key loss of faith and the carnal physicality of his vision.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785332031
• ISBN13: 9781785332036
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"