"The Virgin Spring" still devastates. Sydow searching the sky for God. Unleashing his wrath. Anguish as contemplates his violence. And yet hope springs forth.
Man, I'm so jealous of John Landis getting to work on the backlot as a kid and meeting all these greats through his career. Imagine back then at the height of the studio system, you could just walk around and there'd be monsters and dancers and celebrities just walking around like they're going to work, and you can just sit down at lunch with Alfred Hitchcock an a guy who holds a boom mic.
Landis COULDN'T have seen "Hour of the Wolf" at 13. It wasn't even made until he was 17, and likely played America sometime after that. So, he'd have been 18 or 19.
Knowing a lot about my native Bergman there is just no way a meeting with Bergman would take place the way Landis is describing. He is entertaining but I would take everything he says with a grain of salt.
I'd believe him. You wouldn't believe how many filmmakers that wanted to make the "pilgrimage" to Fårö and meet the master. Bergman was a film buff and had films shipped to him weekly that he could watch at his private cinema. If John Landis was in Stockholm to promote a film, it was probably "Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places" and I bet you Bergman knew perfectly well who Landis was if he hadn't already seen the film, but put on a face about not knowing anything about it.
"The Virgin Spring" still devastates. Sydow searching the sky for God. Unleashing his wrath. Anguish as contemplates his violence. And yet hope springs forth.
Glad you got to meet favorite directors. Like when I got to talk with Joe Dante & yourself at the '93 Famous Monsters Con.
I'll never forget it! 😃
I remember seeing an SCTV parody of Hour of the Wolf on Monster Chiller Horror Theater with Count Floyd.
john landis is awesome
no he isn't.
Like many Bergman MOVIES. "Smiles on a Summer's Night"...is LOVELY.
Great interview.
Danke für dieses Video
Habe bisher nicht viele Interviews von John Landis gesehen.
Ein sehr sympathischer und cooler Regisseur.\m/
There is no expire date for bergman films. It stands until the art ends in films.
The hour of the wolf is a heck of a movie for a starter
at 13 lol
Is that someone giving John 'Head' below the camera?
No wonder he's always such a 'Happy Fellow' in his interviews...
Man, I'm so jealous of John Landis getting to work on the backlot as a kid and meeting all these greats through his career. Imagine back then at the height of the studio system, you could just walk around and there'd be monsters and dancers and celebrities just walking around like they're going to work, and you can just sit down at lunch with Alfred Hitchcock an a guy who holds a boom mic.
Landis COULDN'T have seen "Hour of the Wolf" at 13. It wasn't even made until he was 17, and likely played America sometime after that. So, he'd have been 18 or 19.
he's a criminal. they lie.
Knowing a lot about my native Bergman there is just no way a meeting with Bergman would take place the way Landis is describing. He is entertaining but I would take everything he says with a grain of salt.
I'd believe him. You wouldn't believe how many filmmakers that wanted to make the "pilgrimage" to Fårö and meet the master. Bergman was a film buff and had films shipped to him weekly that he could watch at his private cinema. If John Landis was in Stockholm to promote a film, it was probably "Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places" and I bet you Bergman knew perfectly well who Landis was if he hadn't already seen the film, but put on a face about not knowing anything about it.
bergmans movies are overrated and outdated
Very funny
hey im saying this as a swede, and we dont tae bergman lightly.
+asdfghjkl9260 ...outdated in what way?
I'm saying this as an American: As a Swede, you are a moron with no taste.
his works are great not overrated at all and his views on film are ridiculously useful.