Did Bergman like Tarkovsky?

The Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was quoted as saying: “Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [of us all], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream”.

Why did Ingmar Bergman stop making films?

After Bergman left Sweden because of the tax evasion incident, he became director of the Residenz Theatre of Munich, Germany (1977–1984). He remained active in theatre throughout the 1990s and made his final production on stage with Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2003.

What did Ingmar Bergman do?

Ingmar Bergman wrote or directed more than 60 films and 170 theatrical productions, and authored over a hundred books and articles. Among his best-known works are the films The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries and Persona, as well as his autobiography The Magic Lantern.

Which sound is heard in the Ingman Bergman movie that Tarkovsky likes?

The sound of water from the neighbouring stream is the only sound to be heard, filling the vacuum with a space to interrogate his protagonist’s spiritual crisis. Tarkovsky would use Bergman’s sound mixer Owe Svensson on his final, and most Bergman-esque film, The Sacrifice.

What did Kubrick think Tarkovsky?

For a true work of art, the fake must be eliminated.” However, Kubrick was a great admirer of Tarkovsky’s films and included 1972’s Solaris and 1986’s The Sacrifice in his list of 93 favourite films.

Why is Bergman important?

In over 60 films in a career spanning six decades, Bergman charted the harrowing cost of what he called “emotional poverty”. His work in all its variety is arrayed against the cynical, clinical, calculating, careless, and callous; he decries our lack of compassion and our “empty but clever” irony.

What is Tarkovsky’s best movie?

Poll: Best Andrei Tarkovsky Film

• Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
• Andrei Rublev (1966)
• Solaris (1972)
• Mirror (1975)
• Stalker (1979)
• Nostalghia (1983)
• The Sacrifice (1986)