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Jane Magnusson was born on 6 April 1968 in Mölnlycke, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She is a director and writer, known for Cupcake (2014), Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria (2019) and Maddy the Model (2020).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Actress
- Mölnlycke, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- Jane Magnusson
- On Showing Bergman’s Dark Side
- On Bergman and Hitler
- On Bergman’s Brotherly Fued
- On Bergman’s Barbra Streisand Obsession
- On What Bergman Means to Modern-Day Sweden
“I never say anything bad about Bergman in my film. It’s him. He’s the one who is constantly badmouthing himself. He’s the one saying, ‘I was a horrible father’, ‘I was unfaithful’, ‘I was a Nazi’, ‘I neglected my friends’. He was always saying that. I just counter him and say, ‘Look at this great film’. He did all of these amazing things. I think ...
“Even though Bergman had all these dark sides, he was so honest about them. That’s very unusual. For example, the fact that he had sympathies with Hitler… he wanted to talk about them. And nobody else did. He was pretty much alone in Sweden when he came out in the ’80s and said, ‘I went to Germany, I was in Weimar during the parade and I yelled “He...
“It’s hard to verify anything that Ingmar or his brother, Dag, says. Even though he was a diplomat, Dag seems like a horrible sadist: even when they were young. I think the interview we show with Dag is him taking one last stab at his famous younger sibling. Maybe there’s some truth in what he says. I don’t think Alexander in Fanny and Alexander is...
“When Barbra Streisand was at the top of her career and Bergman was at the top of his, he wanted to make a film in Hollywood [The Merry Widow was mooted, but didn’t ultimately come to pass]. The head of the Swedish film industry called up her agent and said, ‘Bergman wants to make a film with Barbara Streisand’. She said ‘yes’ immediately and they ...
“Now that we’ve just had the centenary [of Bergman’s birth], and everything last year in Sweden was about him, everyone is so fed up of him again. This is kinda what it was like in the ’90s when he sucked all the funds out of the Swedish film institute and made these giant projects all about his parents [The Best Intentions, Sunday’s Children and P...
Bergman: A Year in a Life, Swedish: Bergman - ett år, ett liv, is a 2018 Swedish-Norwegian documentary film directed by Jane Magnusson. Journeying through 1957, the year Ingmar Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features ( The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries ), made a TV film ( Mr. Sleeman Is Coming) and directed four plays for ...
Jul 13, 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life: Directed by Jane Magnusson. With Ingmar Bergman, Lena Endre, Thorsten Flinck, Elliott Gould. Journeying through 1957, the year Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film and directed four plays for theatre, Magnusson has amassed a wealth of archive and ...
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- Documentary, Biography
- Jane Magnusson
- 2018-07-13
May 13, 2018 · Jane Magnusson, a prolific arts/entertainment critic who has successfully branched into scriptwriting and filmmaking – she wrote the hit comedy The Swimsuit Issue [+. ] (2008), a potential inspiration for this year’s Cannes-screened Sink or Swim [+.
- Jan Lumholdt
Dec 5, 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life trailer - new documentary in cinemas 25 January | BFI. Jane Magnusson's perceptive and penetrating centennial portrait of the great Swedish writer-director is...
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- BFI
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Jane Magnusson has an extensive career as cultural journalist and filmmaker. In 2013 she was given the Axel Liffner-award, for “twisting and turning cultural journalism in every media format imaginable, old as well as new.
