The Cinema of Ingmar Bergman with Professor Thomas Birnie

Cost for all sessions bundled:

Member $100

General Admission $150

REGISTER FOR ENTIRE SERIES

Cost per session:

Member $15

General Admission: $20

Arts for All: $5

Event Tagline

Join Professor Tom Birnie to explore a breadth of films by Ingmar Bergman.

Event Description

Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director and screen writer was one of the most influential worldwide film directors of all time, and his works have inspired many other filmmakers, including Woody Allen, whose reverence for Bergman is reflected in his own works.  Bergman’s films evolved in several distinct stages over five decades and reverberate with psychological and philosophical themes that explore the depths of the human psyche. This course will introduce participants to the major films of Ingmar Bergman, beginning with his early productions in the 1950s and culminating half a century later.  Among the themes to be explored and discussed will be personal relationships, faith, identity, despair, alienation and redemption.

Our course will be conducted as a series of informal workshop sessions in which we view, learn about and discuss the works below:

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September 25         Sunday’s Children (1992)            REGISTER

October 2                A Lesson in Love (1954)                REGISTER

October 9                The Seventh Seal (1957)              REGISTER

October 16              Wild Strawberries (1957)              REGISTER 

October 23              Through a Glass Darkly (1961)               REGISTER

October 30              Winter Light (1963)             REGISTER

November 6            Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963), directed by Vilgot Sjöman            REGISTER

November 13         After the Rehearsal (1984)          REGISTER

November 20          Saraband (2003)                REGISTER

Note: all films will be shown with English subtitles

About the Instructor

Thomas Birnie holds a Ph.D. in German Literature, with a doctoral minor in Scandinavian Studies, from the University of Washington.  He has taught Scandinavian subjects at Portland State University since 1990 and is actively engaged in Nordic events locally.