The British actor (and caustic wit) Kenneth Williams, was often waspish about his co-stars, but he appeared in a stage play in the early 70s with Ingrid and he adored her. Apart from her talent she was the warmest most kind human being he had ever met. For a huge star, such as she was, her humility and empathy he found quite staggering. He wrote in his diary (a fascinating read in its own right) that at the end of run party he told her how wonderful she was and he was certain he would never work with anyone quite like her again. Typically she said ‘Oh Kenneth my darling there will be others’ Ten years later on the day news of her death broke he referenced in his diary what she had said to him at that party and simply added ‘There weren’t’
I wonder if Ingrid, in mentioning that she was instructed for _Autumn Sonata_ not to make expansive movements in mimicking a serious pianist, was making subtle reference to her much earlier portrayal in _Intermezzo_ , in which she, by contrast, moved her head and body quite dramatically. She is known to have researched her roles extensively, so I'm sure that in '39 she was simply given different guidance. Golden Hollywood, we mustn't forget, liked everything to be outsize.
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How you seen "Autumn Sonata" starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann?
One of both Bergmans' greatest films
The British actor (and caustic wit) Kenneth Williams, was often waspish about his co-stars, but he appeared in a stage play in the early 70s with Ingrid and he adored her. Apart from her talent she was the warmest most kind human being he had ever met. For a huge star, such as she was, her humility and empathy he found quite staggering. He wrote in his diary (a fascinating read in its own right) that at the end of run party he told her how wonderful she was and he was certain he would never work with anyone quite like her again. Typically she said ‘Oh Kenneth my darling there will be others’ Ten years later on the day news of her death broke he referenced in his diary what she had said to him at that party and simply added ‘There weren’t’
I wonder if Ingrid, in mentioning that she was instructed for _Autumn Sonata_ not to make expansive movements in mimicking a serious pianist, was making subtle reference to her much earlier portrayal in _Intermezzo_ , in which she, by contrast, moved her head and body quite dramatically. She is known to have researched her roles extensively, so I'm sure that in '39 she was simply given different guidance. Golden Hollywood, we mustn't forget, liked everything to be outsize.
One of the best Bergman films.
Yes
Ingrid Bergman is the closest that we humans will ever come to the embodiment of a Greek goddess. You just want to fall at her feet.
I asked before but do you have Federico Fellini's interviews with Dick Cavett in your archive? I can't find them anywhere else.
For the newcomers.. her daughter is Isabella Rossellini.
There are great directors and then there's Bergman. Nobody like him before or since.