
The Demons of Modernity
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"Orr's analysis offers consistently fresh comparisons, tracing ways that... represent rich and subtle cinematic conversations. Orr's reach is broad, detailed, and informed by both current critical conversations and the perspective of intervening decades. Highly recommended." ? Choice"A reader who has viewed and scrutinized the numerous films discussed in Orr's contribution will benefit from the thoughtful insights of an accomplished film scholar in this virtuosic etude." ? Scandinavian Studies
"...one of the most remarkable features of the book is the emphasis, usually forgotten, on contextualizing Bergman among other film traditions, taking into consideration not only subject matter criteria, but historical or socio-economic issues... Precisely at a time that increasingly advocates for interdisciplinary approaches and contextualization of cultural phenomena, this book provides the necessary material and insight and opens the opportunity for addressing important issues on the impact of modernist European films in the history of cinema and for us to move forward into further discussion on theoretical and methodological questions." ? Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
"On the evidence of this brilliantly allusive study of Ingmar Bergman, John Orr, had it not been for his premature passing, would have become one of the world's most influential of film analysts. Even beneath the shadow of the plethora of books on Bergman, Orr's approach is distinctive... He emphasizes the maestro's courageous leap into Modernism in the early 1960's, and the profound influence he exerted on his contemporaries. It is a pleasure to read Orr's elegant prose, which eschews the obtuse terminology of semiotics in favor of a lucid, almost passionate approach to the material. Bergman, one feels, would have enjoyed this book." ? Peter Cowie, author of Ingmar Bergman, A Critical Biography.
"The Demons of Modernity hits the ground running. We travel around the sociology, aesthetics and demonology of Ingmar Bergman with John Orr's great speed of thought and agility. The book is bracing, challenging, beautifully judged, fair minded, unstinting, and exhilarating." ? Mark Cousins, filmmaker and director of The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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List of Illustrations
Foreword
Maaret Koskinen
Chapter 1. Ingmar Bergman: The Demons of Modernity
Chapter 2. The Shadow of Transcendence: Dreyer-Bergman-Tarkovsky
Chapter 3. Lure of the Archipelago: Bergman-Godard-New Wave
Chapter 4. Existential Stoicism: Bergman-Antonioni
Afterword
Anne Orr
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
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