Research On The Theme Films Of Ingmar Bergman Religious

Swedish director Ingmar Bergman is recognized as one of the most accomplished European Modern film-makers, and is also regarded as part of the holy trinity of 20 th century film makers with Federico Fellini and Andrei Tarkovski. He contributed a lot to the world’s filmdom.Ingmar Bergman’s firm character was deeply influenced by his Christian background. The son of a minister, Bergman was tied to religion.The work of his adult life reflects his keen interest in the relationship between Man and God, showcasing both Christianity and his own personalized audio-visual language, blending together to better reveal both.His films do not focus on Christian dogma nor on stories from the Bible,but rather on values passed by Christian society during his time. In a sense it is not about divinity, but rather the values and truths held by a society as seen by the skeptical son of a minister, so his works were curved by the unique culture of Christianity.The thesis is focusing on Ingmar Bergman’s religious films, started with the Christian culture, and then analyzing his film directing style by film art thought, drama foundation and art expression. The first: the influences by cultural environments: Major analyzing the culturebackground of Ingmar Bergman’s film-making, as these elements not only supplied ample materials to his film, but also is the root of his creation.Second: Drama foundation, to prove Ingmar Bergman’s film aesthetic view was based in the inherited of drama masters’ experiences. Third: shot and art style, analyzing his art style from long close-up shot, montage, colorful images, and dialogue and film music. His works are famous as the obscure philosophical topics. This thesis will explore the deeper religious emotions from brief shots, the way to convey deeper meanings by brief shots and reveal his unique charming film art.