John Berger, at least as author, has accompanied me like a whisper since I was first introduced to his work min 80´s. And then the ebb and flow of life has thrown his work across my path, gently, gracefully. To this day. Once travelling a few years ago via Annecy I « impetuously » decided to visit the village of Quincy to try and meet him. Of course I went to the wrong Quincy and in any case at that late stage of his life he was already almost permanently outside of Paris. But I thing it was better as such. Because he continues to whisper in my life. There is an overwhelming « kindness » that i feel in his works, or in fact a « tenderness ». When he mentions about his father that he « carried his pain », it is I believe a central theme to much of his writing. Thanks for posting.
So long, John Berger. You were a brilliant storyteller, a true humanitarian, a unique seer that helped people see art and reality from a different point of view.
Goodbye, John Berger. I knew your last day wasn´t far away, but it hurts anyway. I listened to you as much as I could. I don´t agree with everything you said in your life, but it was very calming just to hear you speak. Not a nice start to 2017.
This is vital and alive thinking man of 87 when this was filmed! Imagine yourself in this age! This shows his superior mind and dedication to brain stuff which keep human alive and non ageing! Bravo to John Berger, you are my idol! :D
Gabriela Vasic Hi Gabriela, I am a great fan too, but this Face to Face interview dates from 1995! John Berger is in his late 60s then, but he is still as vital and alive now, aged late 80s, as you can witness in the more recent interviews on UA-cam. For people like John Berger you would wish him to stop ageing, so that we can continue to celebrate his wit and wisdom forever ;)
+Gabriela Vasic Actually, JB was around 69 at the time of this interview. At one point the interviewer, who, by the way is a very bad listener, talks of Bergers upcoming 70:th birthday.
The truth is expressed here sotto voce. Yes, we are human because we live with the dead. Please continue to speak through snails and "tongues lonely in their mouths" , dear and beloved Berger.
I had this same dream - it was about two rival gangs, Pizza Hut & Pizza Had - a bit like in the West Side Story - this dream comes to us all - if we are lucky. God rest his soul.
Subtítulos en castellano por favor. No lo pido imperativamente. Apelo al valor que le damos a Berger... tremendo, significativo es cada palabra dicha por este gigante del pensamiento humano. Please... please...
why are even the greatest interviewers unable to phrase a better question than, "how did you come to do that...?" as if there was nothing at all that an audience can call on in life experience that could allow us to imagine the mind of an artist, to share in the artistic, creative experience, beside hearing an impromptu description of it. In other words, doesn't everybody have some idea of why we create and why would the interviewer not be able to include that in the questions? why are the phrasing of questions so incredibly lifeless and lame?
On the contrary, I think the neutrality of the questions leaves the maximum room for each interviewee to answer in their own terms. Notice how similar the questions are across this series, and how different the answers.
"Does the peasant life ...endure or is that dying ?" at 12:32 "No it's dying." great of him to see how the demise of the peasant is the demise of another "variant' of human dignity. [NeoLiberalism must be stopped.].
@@tomwoolgar478 - Yes. I think that is the truth but not the whole truth. As an example of British " exceptionalism" the UK doesn't really see itself as being "Europe". Perhaps you have heard that ugly British expression, " Wogs* Begin at Calais" When traveling abroad, British subjects, in Agatha Christie novels refer to non-Brits as "Foreigners". * Wog" - racially offensive term for a person who is non white.
@@salamander981 ''The origin of the term is unclear. It was first noted by lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast." Many dictionaries say "wog" probably derives from the golliwog, a blackface minstrel doll character from a children's book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Florence Kate Upton, published in 1895... or from pollywog, a dialect term for tadpole that is used in maritime circles to indicate someone who has not crossed the equator. Suggestions that the word is an acronym for "wily Oriental gentleman", "Working On Government service", or similar, are examples of false etymology .'' ....Wikipedia
Berger seems quite critical of the dead hand of the EU. Wonder how he feels about Brexit ? He is an exemplary European, but the political machinations of Bruxelles and its consequences on national culture, that is very problematic.
I think John Berger would see himself pragmatically more European than British, having lived so long on the continent, he would be more concerned with fighting for the citizens inside Europe than being a pro- or anti-European Brit
From an interview he did with the Guardian in October www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/30/john-berger-at-90-interview-storyteller “And what does he think about Brexit? He leans back on the sofa (we have now shifted from the overheated study into a cooler parlour, a sofa crawl in operation) and admits it has always been important to him to define himself as European. He then attempts to describe what he sees as the bigger picture: ‘It seems to me that we have to return, to recapitulate what globalisation meant, because it meant that capitalism, the world financial organisations, became speculative and ceased to be first and foremost productive, and politicians lost nearly all their power to take political decisions - I mean politicians in the traditional sense. Nations ceased to be what they were before.’ In Meanwhile (the last essay in Landscapes) he notes that the word ‘horizon’ has slipped out of view in political discourse. And he adds, returning to Brexit, that he voted with his feet long ago, moving to France.”
Thinking hard before one answers. It'll never catch on.
John Berger, at least as author, has accompanied me like a whisper since I was first introduced to his work min 80´s. And then the ebb and flow of life has thrown his work across my path, gently, gracefully. To this day. Once travelling a few years ago via Annecy I « impetuously » decided to visit the village of Quincy to try and meet him. Of course I went to the wrong Quincy and in any case at that late stage of his life he was already almost permanently outside of Paris. But I thing it was better as such. Because he continues to whisper in my life. There is an overwhelming « kindness » that i feel in his works, or in fact a « tenderness ». When he mentions about his father that he « carried his pain », it is I believe a central theme to much of his writing. Thanks for posting.
So long, John Berger. You were a brilliant storyteller, a true humanitarian, a unique seer that helped people see art and reality from a different point of view.
A man who knows himself and his context. Rare, humble and amazing man. We need more spirits like John Berger on this earth.
it is amazing to watch John Berger just thinking without hurrying. so natural...
His voice is pure ASMR
Olive Seraphim I agree it most definitely is
Immigration and displacement have been a huge chunk of the history of humanity. What a person! Our world misses people like John.
R.I.P!
Cannot get enough of John. Amazing.
Goodbye, John Berger. I knew your last day wasn´t far away, but it hurts anyway. I listened to you as much as I could. I don´t agree with everything you said in your life, but it was very calming just to hear you speak. Not a nice start to 2017.
This is vital and alive thinking man of 87 when this was filmed! Imagine yourself in this age! This shows his superior mind and dedication to brain stuff which keep human alive and non ageing! Bravo to John Berger, you are my idol! :D
Gabriela Vasic Hi Gabriela, I am a great fan too, but this Face to Face interview dates from 1995! John Berger is in his late 60s then, but he is still as vital and alive now, aged late 80s, as you can witness in the more recent interviews on UA-cam. For people like John Berger you would wish him to stop ageing, so that we can continue to celebrate his wit and wisdom forever ;)
+Gabriela Vasic Actually, JB was around 69 at the time of this interview. At one point the interviewer, who, by the way is a very bad listener, talks of Bergers upcoming 70:th birthday.
69 actually
A man of great callable and intelligence.A beautiful fusion of wisdom and innocence of inquiry.
wonderful to have access to these conversations. I appreciate having the voice of the person behind the writings of his that I have read.
Such a fascinating and profound speaker and thinker. Always compelling.
Very grateful, just wonderful man, wonderful interview. So human in "his Humanity"!
Thank you dear John Berger!
monsieur berger et un grand personne ...qu'il repose en paix .......9️⃣2️⃣🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🌴
Very much impressed by the talk given by Johan Berger. Truly amazing. I came to know about him quite recently.
The truth is expressed here sotto voce. Yes, we are human because we live with the dead. Please continue to speak through snails and "tongues lonely in their mouths" , dear and beloved Berger.
I had this same dream - it was about two rival gangs, Pizza Hut & Pizza Had - a bit like in the West Side Story - this dream comes to us all - if we are lucky. God rest his soul.
Subtítulos en castellano por favor. No lo pido imperativamente. Apelo al valor que le damos a Berger... tremendo, significativo es cada palabra dicha por este gigante del pensamiento humano. Please... please...
What a mind to have lost!
Riveting interview. You can read volumes in the lineaments of his face. Eminently re-readable. At a slow speed.
Regrettably I have come to know about JB in recent days.
why are even the greatest interviewers unable to phrase a better question than, "how did you come to do that...?" as if there was nothing at all that an audience can call on in life experience that could allow us to imagine the mind of an artist, to share in the artistic, creative experience, beside hearing an impromptu description of it. In other words, doesn't everybody have some idea of why we create and why would the interviewer not be able to include that in the questions? why are the phrasing of questions so incredibly lifeless and lame?
On the contrary, I think the neutrality of the questions leaves the maximum room for each interviewee to answer in their own terms. Notice how similar the questions are across this series, and how different the answers.
"Does the peasant life ...endure or is that dying ?" at 12:32 "No it's dying."
great of him to see how the demise of the peasant is the demise of another "variant' of human dignity. [NeoLiberalism must be stopped.].
You answered your own question Mando Peru.
It seems to me displacement is the operative principle in transmission
Arda yı görünce Türkçe yorumlar vardır sandım, yanılmışım. Burası Uluslararası olmuş
Is the music from a Gluck opera? Alceste maybe?
Berlioz
Aren't The British Isles also Europe??
If it isn't, What continent does it belong to?
they are - but in the uk we often refer to europe and mean it as a short-hand for mainland europe
@@tomwoolgar478 - Yes. I think that is the truth but not the whole truth.
As an example of British " exceptionalism" the UK doesn't really see itself as being "Europe". Perhaps you have heard that ugly British expression, " Wogs* Begin at Calais"
When traveling abroad, British subjects, in Agatha Christie novels refer to non-Brits as "Foreigners".
* Wog" - racially offensive term for a person who is non white.
@@renzo6490 "Wog" Western Oriental Gentleman ?
@@salamander981
''The origin of the term is unclear. It was first noted by lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast."
Many dictionaries say "wog" probably derives from the golliwog, a blackface minstrel doll character from a children's book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Florence Kate Upton, published in 1895...
or from pollywog, a dialect term for tadpole that is used in maritime circles to indicate someone who has not crossed the equator.
Suggestions that the word is an acronym for "wily Oriental gentleman", "Working On Government service", or similar, are examples of false etymology .''
....Wikipedia
Never realized that Berger was a Marxist.
Berger seems quite critical of the dead hand of the EU. Wonder how he feels about Brexit ? He is an exemplary European, but the political machinations of Bruxelles and its consequences on national culture, that is very problematic.
I think John Berger would see himself pragmatically more European than British, having lived so long on the continent, he would be more concerned with fighting for the citizens inside Europe than being a pro- or anti-European Brit
From an interview he did with the Guardian in October www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/30/john-berger-at-90-interview-storyteller
“And what does he think about Brexit? He leans back on the sofa (we have now shifted from the overheated study into a cooler parlour, a sofa crawl in operation) and admits it has always been important to him to define himself as European. He then attempts to describe what he sees as the bigger picture: ‘It seems to me that we have to return, to recapitulate what globalisation meant, because it meant that capitalism, the world financial organisations, became speculative and ceased to be first and foremost productive, and politicians lost nearly all their power to take political decisions - I mean politicians in the traditional sense. Nations ceased to be what they were before.’ In Meanwhile (the last essay in Landscapes) he notes that the word ‘horizon’ has slipped out of view in political discourse. And he adds, returning to Brexit, that he voted with his feet long ago, moving to France.”