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The Important Cinema Club

#13 - The 'Bergman is Boring' Camp

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7577 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Gather round, drink an extra shot of espresso and get ready to talk about the Grandpa of European Art Film. Justin and Will are joined by Ingmar Bergman ‘expert’ Dan Berube as they talk about the grumpy director’s career, discuss the classic The Seventh Seal and the terrible The Serpent’s Egg, and recommend some good Bergman starter films. Look, we have to talk about this eventually, so lets get it over with.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, my name is Justin the Clue, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

0:12.6

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

0:14.9

And today, we're talking about a very important filmmaker.

0:19.4

We're talking about...

0:20.7

Oh! a very important filmmaker. We're talking about... Oh, Ingmar Bergman.

0:26.8

Ingmar Bergman. Oh, wow. I like to...

0:29.1

Well, not saying... That was a bit of... No, I love Ingmar Bergman.

0:31.5

Okay.

0:32.4

I'm just saying, you know, I think that's what a lot of the kids out there today are going to think.

0:38.1

Well, I think that people are listening for us to re-energize them.

0:41.3

And to do that, we brought in a special guest.

0:44.1

Amar Bergman expert.

0:45.4

Dan Barubei.

0:46.5

Yeah.

0:47.1

And guys, I just wanted to say on behalf of all of your listeners, finally.

0:52.4

Finally, a white guy with glasses is here to speak truth to power about the canon of

1:00.2

European and American arts.

1:01.5

It feels like a Trinity, like we're all going to hold hands and like a beam of light.

1:05.1

We'll shoot us.

1:05.5

Well, and it's not just that, too.

1:06.6

We're finally recognizing a Swedish director.

1:09.7

Yeah.

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