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The Welfare State Depicted: Post-Utopian Landscapes in Ingmar Bergman's Films

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Author

Editor

  • Maaret Koskinen

Summary, in English

This essay studies the depiction of landscape in Bergman's films in relation to traditional imagery in Swedish films. Bergman's landscapes are here regarded as an implicit criticism of the self-image of the Swedish model welfare state.

Department/s

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

180-193

Publication/Series

Ingmar Bergman revisited: Performance, Cinema and the Arts

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Wallflower Press

Topic

  • Arts

Keywords

  • landscape
  • Bergman's films as other
  • Swedish film
  • welfare state
  • Bergman

Status

Published

Project

  • (Movies and Welfare Institutions in Sweden)

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-905674-33-6