#828: BJÖRKMAN, Stig: Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words (2015)

BJÖRKMAN, Stig (Sweden)
Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words [2015]
Spine #828
Blu-ray


Whether headlining films in Sweden, Italy, or Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman always pierced the screen with a singular soulfulness. With this intimate and artful documentary, made to mark the one hundredth anniversary of Bergman's birth, director Stig Björkman allows us unprecedented access to her world, lovingly culling from the most personal of archival materials — letters, diary entries, photographs, and home movies the actor herself shot — and following her from youth to tumultuous married life and motherhood. Narrated by actor Alicia Vikander, Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words provides luminous insight into the life and career of an undiminished legend.

114 minutes
Color/Black & White
5.1 Surround
in Swedish, English, Italian, and French
1:78:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writers


Björkman was 77 when he directed Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words.

The Film

A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Eight-panel foldout poster featuring an essay by film scholar Jeanine Basinger.

Commentary

None.

Interview

With director Björkman.

Selection

Of 8 mm home movies shot by Bergman.

Deleted and extended scenes

Clip

From the 1932 film Landskamp, featuring Bergman in her first screen role.

Outtakes

From Bergman’s 1936 film On the Sunny Side.

Music video

For Eva Dahlgren’s song The Movie About Us, featured on the film’s soundtrack.

Trailer

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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