Liv Ullman: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) (Paperback)

~ Robert Emmet Long (Editor) "LIV ULLMANN, FOUR MONTHS fresh from filming Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers, was in Los Angeles to perform in Ross Hunter's musical version of Lost..." (more)
Key Phrases: Liv Ullmann, Miss Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman (more...)

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Liv Ullmann (b. 1938) has played many roles over the course of her long life: actress, mother, activist, and author. Her lead performances in such Ingmar Bergman classics as Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, and Cries and Whispers kept her in close proximity to crafts involved in screenwriting, film direction, and production. In 1992, Ullman directed her first film Sofie and, with the quick succession of such recent masterpieces as Private Confessions, Kristin Lavransdatter, and Faithless, Ullmann has emerged as one of the most challenging, startling filmmakers working today. Tracing her artistic evolution, Liv Ullmann: Interviews reveals how her acting and her personal life have shaped her filmmaking. She also does not shy away from exploring her complicated relationship with Bergman. Ullmann candidly discusses how Bergman’s work—he wrote the screenplays for Private Confessions and Faithless—has influenced her own, but she also points out the ways in which she has diverged from his cinematic and moral vision. She talks about her feminist activism, her interest in Jewish culture, and her work as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and how all of these experiences have affected filmmaking.

The volume features interviews and profiles from the early 1970s through 2004, and closes with a long interview conducted by the editor specifically for this volume. Liv Ullmann: Interviews provides an unusually intimate look at how a major filmmaker has developed her craft, both in front of and behind the camera.

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These interviews with the actress of such Ingmar Bergman classics as Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, and Cries and Whispers and the director of such fine films as Sofie, Private Confessions, Kristin Lavransdatter, and Faithless

* Provide over thirty exchanges with the director of Faithless and Private Confessions, and the star of such classics as Cries and Whispers, Persona, and Scenes from a Marriage

* Cover Ullmann’s acting and directing

* Include a new interview conducted by the editor

* Expand our Conversations with Filmmakers Series

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Product Details

• Paperback: 229 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi (February 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157806824X
• ISBN-13: 978-1578068241
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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