Woody admired Bergman's films so much that he later used Bergman's cinematographer for some of his movies.

I've always enjoyed Allen's interviews. He always speaks highly intelligently about films, to the point where a viewer can really learn something.

Three of my favourite people! Kermode, Bergman, and Allen THNX

Two of my favorite filmmakers and big inspiration for me

My favourite Bergman film is The Virgin Spring. I happened upon it on Film 4 one night. I don't think I have the words to adequately describe it. A starkly beautiful, simple and powerfully acted story. Beautiful I think is the best description.

Fascinating interview. Very informative as you would expect from Woody Allen and Mark Kermode. Two of my favourite directors - Allen and Bergman plus Hitchcock to make it three.

I saw Woody Allen's INTERIORS for the 1st time about a month ago. I thought it was really good & was obviously influenced by Ingmar Bergman. Then I saw Bergman's AUTUMN SONATA which was made the same year (1978). It was like comparing a forged copy to an original masterpiece. And it's not even considered one of Bergman's best films.

Woody Allen is such a genius and I can't get enough of his work. Thanks for posting!

Thank you so much for this wonderful interview! Woody's the best!

I am glad that I finally aquired an appreciation for Bergman. They are not for the leisurely movie goer and I do not profess to understanding them in their entirity but that's a good thing that a piece of art does not yield it's secrets in a single viewing. Hour of the Wolf is amazing. It took me three false starts to finally get through Fanny and Alexander. Incredible.

Woody Allen's influence from Ingmar Bergman is the exact topic for my year long thesis at this stage so this video has been a great find! If anyone thinks they have some insights or would like to talk about Allen/Bergman please reply to this or PM me.

After watching Hannah and her Sisters, I saw the Bergman influence. Three sisters- Cries and Whispers; A couple breaking up over adultery- Scenes from a Marriage; A man facing possible death and examining his life- The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries; families getting together on the Holidays- Fanny and Alexander

Hello Gulley. The Horses Mouth is my favourite novel of all time and Woodley Allen is my favourite film maker of all time.

i love woody allen. he is my fav and i hv immensely enjoyed wtchin Annie hall,Hannah and her sisters, Manhattan and crime and misdemeanor. as for bergman i have beeen just introduced to him by woody interviews and even though i love his movies as well i still think i hv long way to go to comprehend its essence

Persona and in particular cries and whispers stand out. The full cut of fanny and Alexander is one for the rainy Sunday afternoon whilst getting slowly toasted on wine lol. The seventh seal has been so parodied but visually it is completely extraordinary.

I can thank Woody Allen for introducing me to Bergman's work. I still think that "Cries and Whispers" is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. And I would put "Persona" right up there as well. His work is stunning.

Every fraction of a second is an encyclopedia of human passions and their visual effects. Even for the most disillusioned person on earth, the interest in life is renewed through them. Every time you see it, it is like a new creation. Not because they make you happy or sad, but because they contain such truths about us, our lives in a way only a skilled therapist, a near devine force can make you wonder and realize

Ingmar Bergman is the greatest director of all time, followed by Kurosawa

Mark Kermode interviewing Woody Allen about Ingmar Bergman? THIS IS HEAVEN

Cries and whispers is a great movie and The Seventh Seal

Woody Allen, humble as always. Gotta love the guy.

This interview took place in 2002 for those interested.

Great vid, I didn't realize how obsessed with Bergman he was.

Wonderful interview with Woody Allen by Mark Kermode.

Cries and Whispers is an extraordinarily painful film to witness. That's the only Bergman I probably couldn't stomach again. But not because it wasn't great. Bergman is, by a wide margin, my favorite director ever. And Wild Strawberries and Fanny and Alexander are two of my very favorite movies.

Woody Allen is one of the GREAT Screenwriters of all time. He writes Great characters for women by far. I became a die hard Bergman fan after I watched Scenes from a Marriage around the time I was also watching Star Wars films and Disaster Films from America. Bergman films are very Emotional to me and some of Woody Allen's Films I think are highly Influenced by Bergman. For example: Interiors. Bergman was asked in an interview: What Film Director is the Most Interesting and Bergman said Stanley Kubrick. I began to take a very deep look at Kubrick's work along with Robert Altman and I have collected the Top 4 Film Making Geniuses!!!!

Its the Bergman season on Film4. I'm enjoying them all. Next is Summer Interlude.

" we shall, always will, grasp the world around us created according to our level of growth of mind, sensibilties in mind and align and be part of those groups which we are comfortable in and understand them, this is the simplest way of being with somebody in longeivity without using force and all sorts of manipulations.

At the 1967 release of Persona a few walked out during the opening sequence. Three difficult clips. As the usher I directed a flashlight as they left the Art Film Theater. The Bibi/Liv interplay was historic. It’s funny that when Ingmar & Liv met Woody & Soon Yi in the couples NYC apartment - the two men didn’t speak at all. Woody may have thought he was getting the Elisabet treatment (Persona) ahhaha

comparing two things very different to deny reality

@matforsbon I appreciate your answer. Could you, please, identify the source of your info? Many thanks.

I saw Fanny och Alexander aged 13 when it first came out and I became Bergmans' for life.

We love you, Woody! We love you, Ingmar!

One genius about another

@idic5 2003, during the time Bergman was directing Saraband.

this is very interesting and a really good interview

@NYCBG Try faktoider.nu/swedicides.html You got to translate it, but there are means to get a understandable translation online.

En legend genom tiderna.

Interesting! I would love to see a much closer reading & translation of the scripts sometime, with annotations describing cultural points like you mention. This is definitely v. important with a lot of translated literature. I wouldn't say this particular metaphor is completely lost though. In the context of the film I would hope most see the title's thematic significance, it's not a huge leap nor an unprecedented one in the English language. Strawberry Fields Forever jumps to mind immediately.

I am enjoying the interview. Thanks for uploading it. It's a shame about the general lack of civility among those posting comments. A sad commentary on our times. STAY AWESOME! :)

Does anybody know what is the music from the beginning?

As swedish it's always weird seeing this much admiration for a swedish director

J. S. BACH -- Cello Music. Search On KZfaq . . .

00:34 No he is not :( I wish he was... So I could watch his amazing films. I love you Ingmar Bergman Rest in peace

intro music ?

Woody is my idol.

Alguém poderia adicionar legenda em português?

Can anyone tell me the name of the piece at the beginning of this video?

when was this interview recorded?

When I search for "woody allen ingmar bergman" or variations on Ipad, I can't find this video... what the hell?

Anyone know where that opening musical track is from?

Can somebody please tell me when this was recorded?

Can anyone tell me what song plays in the begining of the video?

persona. Masterpiece.

Whats the name for the music? :O

can anyone tell me when this interview was done? thanks!

Fun to hear some Swedish haha!!

Bergman is a legend

Superbe

@luomupunajuuri that doesn't mean nothing. The way to say the name changes from language to language.

Kermode - on naming Allen's Bergmanesque films - should have named Interiors and September (which is also pretty Chekhovian). Shadows and Fog wasn't truly Bergmanesque it seemed to be some sort of childlike fantasy that spiralled downwards.

During the scene of chess play on begining of the movie, realize wich the dark clouds take over of 80 per cent of photogram, the opression, the demise of human being belif wich will be domain you soul till the end of film.

@matforsbon There's all kinds of crap on the internet. Anyone can post anything. So, why is it so difficult to identify your source? Just say/write, "whatever. com" and you will have made your point.

Wild strawberries has a such lush fhotografh on noltagics scenes, fact.

1. Tarkovsky 2. Bresson 3. Bergman 4. Fellini 5. Bunuel

Nice.. ingmar bergman is one of my favorites directors yet i can't seem to get into Allen's movies..

nevermore a film made in black and with will be so sense.

All of Bergman's black and white films (early work) were wonderful and often great (Wild Strawberries in my book is still the greatest film ever made, up there with Seventh Seal) but when he went to color he lost the magic ...

One of the best things about Bergman is one of his movies inspired the musical masterpiece A Little Night Music .

mange tak for those nuances! I thought that might be the case. what is the solution, then? better translations--or would they be impractable? I've heard of a different take--that the strawberries, represent, ahem, losing one's virginity--what do you think? we just watched this at our scan. club meeting this afternoon--marvelous film, entertaiing and full of life's lessons.

I wonder what a ingmar bergman movie would look like if it was made today by him with a big budget. With the special effects of Holywood behind him. It would be THE movie wouldn't it...

Allen doesnt do bergman films at all. It is very contradictory.

All the chitter chatter is useless when you have the only film maker that matters! Mel Brooks! "Roger that dress is you" and "Never take a personal check."

jesus fucking christ woody allen does no justice talking about the awesomeness of the films of ingmar bergman

GIANMARCO GROPPELLI: MOVIES REVIEWER-POET-WRITER-NOVELIST. G.G ♤♤♤♤♤

@reallyfullofmyself Reminds me how as a kid I used to first read the end of the book and went back to the begining only if it had a happy end. Yes the world is getting shallower all the time, I wonder why? I suppose its partly due to the fact that we are getting to be clones of the lowest common denominator. Why do we not revolt against it instead of being manipulated by it? I find it extreme in the English speaking world, a characterless, monolingual melting pot of mediocrity.

I've always found the Seventh Seal to be more of a comedy than anything else.

@dbnovaro Sheltered??? WTF?

Genius. Genius. Genius.

It's a pity neither men, despite having sat through hours of Bergman's movies, have taken a minute or two to find out how to pronounce the director's name properly.

Quite. Jejuneness, jejunity... I think I like "jejeunosity" better. ;-)

#WeLoveWoodyAllen

I'm sorry that you have that opinion.

Interviewer here says Seventh Seal is about Death. Nope. It's about faith in God vs nothing beyond death. It's also about why does God allow evil to exist. Woody kind of corrects him with an accurate description. Most kids now don't have the old Revival Movie houses we had and often have no clue about the history of great films. Society just gets dumbed down every generation. We had Max von Sydow, Toshiro Mifune, Brando. Now it's Tom Cruise and Fast and Furious nonsense.

he adopted his wife :)

Nostalgia literally means pain from an old wound in ancient Greek.

rallehockey?

il ne dit pas ce qu'il pense du cinéma japonais, Ozu, Naruze, etc etc etc

Jesus, Swedish language has this incredible lilt... up and down, up and down... Still, it always ends on the "DOWN". Maybe that has something to do with the generally depressive mood in Bergman's and other Swedish authors' films? Or the high rate of suicide in Sweden, despite one of the best living standards in the world? Up and down... up and down... and then DOWN.

@alexjones2016 i don't know what that means but ill thumb it up

A genius talking about another genius. How to dislike it???

Soon-Yi! Quiet, sweetheart, Daddy's doing an interview.

56k viewer =)

I saw "Wild Strawberries" in school with my film-teacher and really liked it as he explained the thoughts and meanings of the scenes. But years after and no memories of what my teacher said: I find it very boring and disliked it!

The Seventh Seal was not one of my favourite movies from Bergman.

liv ullman was hot

Im not a fan of Woody Allen at all but I can appreciate his views of Ingmar Bergman

WHY, why the hell every fucking Woody Allen interview feels like a fake interview to Woody Allen in a Woody Allen film? Have I seen too many Allen movies? I'm dying laughing right now at this interview and there's nothing funny about it what is wrong with me

@Adrien = Bach

I love Bergamn and Allen but cannot stand Kermode