Enhance Your Quote Experience
Enjoy ad-free browsing, unlimited collections, and advanced search features with Premium.
Film has dream, film has music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room… - Ingmar Bergman
" "Film has dream, film has music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. A little twitch in our optic nerve, a shock effect: twenty-four illuminated frames in a second, darkness in between, the optic nerve incapable of registering darkness. At the editing table, when I run the trip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy sense of magic of my childhood: in the darkness of the wardrobe, I slowly wind one frame after another, see almost imperceptible changes, wind faster — a movement.
English
Collect this quote
About Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer whose unique cinematographic style made him one of the most notable directors of the twentieth century.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Also Known As
Native Name:
Ernst Ingmar Bergman
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Shorter versions of this quote
Additional quotes by Ingmar Bergman
Minus: Papa, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality burst open. Do you understand?
David: I do.
Minus: Reality burst open, and I tumbled out. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. Anything.
David: I know.
Minus: I can't live in this new world.
David: Yes, you can. But you must have something to hold on to.
Minus: What would that be? A god? Give me proof of God. You can't.
David: Yes, I can. But you have to listen carefully.
Minus: Yes, I need to listen.
David: I can only give you a hint of my own hope. It is to know that love exists as something real in the human world.
Minus: A special kind of love, I suppose?
David: All kinds, Minus. The highest and the lowest, the most absurd and the most sublime. All kinds of love.
Minus: And the longing for love?
David: Longing and denial. Trust and distrust.
Minus: Then love is the proof?
David: I don't know if love is proof of God's existence, or if love is God himself.
Minus: To you, love and God are the same thing.
David: That thought helps me in my emptiness and despair.
Minus: Tell me more, Papa.
David: Suddenly the emptiness turns into abundance, and despair into life. It's like a reprieve, Minus, from a death sentence.
Minus: Papa... If it is as you say, then Karin is surrounded by God, since we love her.
David: Yes.
Minus: Can that help her?
David: I believe so.
Minus: ... Papa, would you mind if I go for a run?
David: Off you go. I'll make dinner. See you in an hour.
Minus: ... Papa spoke to me.
Loading...