Performing Arts/Film/Video
IMAGES: MY LIFE IN FILM.
Author: Bergman,Ingmar. Introduction by Woody Allen.
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1994
No. of pages: 442
Illustrations: 202 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 8 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 1559701862
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 3245
Price: $45.00
This book is Ingmar Bergman’s effort to “account for the sources” of his creation. It is at once a penetrating, unsentimental portrait of artistry and a fascinating self-portrait, a critical testament and a memoir. Because Bergman’s life and films are so intertwined, this book adds much to our knowledge of the man while offering countless insights into and a new understanding of the work.
INGRID BERGMAN A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY.
Author: Chandler, Charlotte
Country: New Jersey
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 334
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 39 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 9 1/2”x 6 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9780743294218
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Index.
Code: 6780
Price: $14.50
A personal portrait based on firsthand interviews as well as conversations with fellow stars, directors, and friends offers insight into the Hollywood Golden Age icon's professional achievements and scandalous decision to abandon her family for a life in Italy with Roberto Rossellini.
JEPPE OF THE HILL. And Other Comedies
Author: Ludvig Holberg, translated by Gerald S. Argetsinger and Sven H. Rossel
Country: Illinois
Language: English
Year Published: 1990
No. of pages: 328
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound w/ Jacket
Size: 9 1/2”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 809314819
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 3478
Price: $39.50
The collection opens with “The Political Thinker”, the first Danish play to be produced in the new Danish Theatre, and ends with “The Burial of Danish Comedy”, literally the funeral service for the bankrupt theatre. Three more of Holberg’s renowned character comedies follow, “Jean de France”, “Jeppe of the Hill”, and “Erasmus Montanus”, along with his literary satire “Ulysees von Ithacia”. The final two plays demonstrate his ability to write shorter comic works, “The Christmas Party”, a scathing comedy of manners, and “Pernille’s Brief Experience as a Lady”, a situation comedy that satirizes baby-switching.
JOHANSEN, JØRGEN CINEMATOGRAPHER TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1995. 2:30 PM. 42ND STREET. A visual narrative in 64 parts, with an essay by Mogens Rukow
Author: Rukow, Mogens; Johansson, Jørgen, Cinematographer
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/ English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 120
Illustrations: 63 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8798913875
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 5344
Price: $69.50
The book is a photographic narrative on New York, all pictures taken as handheld camera shots in the dark winter months of the year. They give a personal, filmic view of this famous metropole. Johansson explains his work this way: “Here there is no beginning, nor end. No manuscript. There is a rhythm. A sequence of scenarios. Each scene is comprised of various takes. Stills, fames from the great film reel, every picture is part of a narrative.” Also, the book has a postscript by Mogens Rukov, the famous script-author of many recent Danish films.
LAFONTAINE, MARIE-JO. Jeder Engel ist Schrecklich- We Are All Shadows- History is Against Forgiveness
Author:
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/ English/ German
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 78
Illustrations: 35 Color Illustrations. 3 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8788307328
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Bio.
Code: 3082
Price: $65.00
Video artist Marie-Jo Lafontaine is known primarily for her monumental video sculptures suggesting both passion and violence. The Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum in Aalborg featured her art at a 1992 exhibition, and this interesting catalog has an article in German, English and Danish. Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke has inspired Lafontaine, and the video images address among other topics the tragedy of political instability in contemporary Europe.