Distance and Depth (Pictures in Ingmar Bergman's films) Cover Image

Távolság és képmélység. Egy beállítás képei Ingmar Bergman filmjeiben
Distance and Depth (Pictures in Ingmar Bergman's films)

Author(s): András Murai
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Pannonhalmi Főapátság

Summary/Abstract: While the emblematic shot of the Bergman-movies is the close-up on faces, it cannot remain unnoticed that there is another technique to depict distance between the figures: the depth of the set. The expressive composition of the picture is achieved by the different settings of the characters in close correspondence to their current emotional attitudes. Based on the films Wild Strawberries, Winter Light, The Silence, and Autumn Sonata, the essay examines human relationships, especially the paradoxical simultaneity of desire for and inability of closeness.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 120-125
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian