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" Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. "
Ingmar Bergman
Deep
Music
Dark
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" Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother. "
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" I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. It has been like having a toothache, without the conscientious dentist having been able to find anything wrong with the tooth or with the person as a whole. "
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" People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct. "
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" I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect. "
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" There hasn't been anyone with whom I can discuss my scripts. Even when the film is done, there is no one I can show it to who gives his sincere opinion. There is silence. "
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" I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful. "
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" I am extremely suspicious of dreams, apparitions and visions, both in literature and in films and plays. Perhaps it's because mental excesses of this sort smack too much of being 'arranged.' "
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" I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere. "
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