i am ingmar bergman""

i am ingmar bergman. you may or may not know my films. you may or may not know anything about me as a person. still

the strange events following the warm and unexpected

reception to my film smiles of a summer night are something

that no one has known about - until now. good

evil

god

the devil

life

death - these were my usual

concerns. this film

though

was a comedy. a comedy! how far

from a comedy the events to follow would be. have you ever felt compelled to do something against your will?

i have. i have. you see

i have a total disdain for escapist art

and yet why

on

that cold may afternoon in stockholm in 1956

did i feel the need

to enter that movie theater to see escapist art of the worst sort

a typical american action film.well

the title is not what is

important. what is important is that i felt compelled to watch

that film

against my will

for 90 long minutes. why?

was it the urge to partake of something mindless?

was it the urge to indulge in something vacuous?

was it the urge to do something.unlike ingmar bergman. and

as the film finally ended

i walked to the exit as quickly as i

could and onto the street - but not the street i expected. what is this? where am i?"