Ang Lee and six other filmmakers on how Ingmar Bergman inspired them
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Lee travelled to the Ingmar Bergman film festival held every summer on one of Sweden’s most remote sea islands, Fårö, in 2006.
Key Points:
- Lee travelled to the Ingmar Bergman film festival held every summer on one of Sweden’s most remote sea islands, Fårö, in 2006.
- What could he possibly have in common with Ang Lee, director of blockbuster action hits such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) and Hulk (2003)?
- Canadian director Atom Egoyan confirmed that he too was inspired by Bergman when starting out as a young director.
- Bergman and power
But the aim of our book was not to simply pay Bergman (yet more) accolades.