Bergman and Love - Valentine's Day Special

In this essay, Bergman's complex relationship with love is explored, in an attempt to seek the sources for the cynical and sarcastic tone found in most of his films, a defining characteristic of the Swedish director's oeuvre.

This analysis resorts to the ideas and questions found in A Lesson in Love, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal and Winter Light, as well as thoughts and experiences shared in the director's autobiagraphies The Magic Lantern and Images.

Books:

The Magic Lantern:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/...

Images:
https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/97...

Chamfort - The Cynic's Breviary:
https://www.amazon.com/cynics-breviar...

La Rochefoucauld - Maxims:
https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...