JOLLY DAYS

Bergman

Bergman's frontal assault on Big Ideas would never have worked if he didn't have access to the intensely personal. It was an odd combination really, almost sophomoric psychoanalytic “symbolism” combined with the simplicity of strong feeling. Somehow avoiding the ponderous, he often pulled it off.

What the Times had to say…

Throughout his career, Mr. Bergman often talked about what he considered the dual nature of his creative and private personalities. “I am very much aware of my own double self,” he once said. “The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work — he is in touch with the child. He is not rational; he is impulsive and extremely emotional.”