3HD Film Production in Scandinavia–Case Studies

3.1 Ingmar Bergman Meets Hi-Tech, By Lasse Svanberg

It looks simple when you read it. But I can promise you that it will be very trying. My demands on you will be very high.As high as the demands I put on myself in reaching the maximal expression. This is the absolutely last thing I do, I will never direct again. And when you say that, there is only one consideration, one loyalty that really counts–that towards the work itself.

(Ingmar Bergman, talking to actors and crew, 6 September 2002, two days before shooting commenced on Saraband)

Pre-production and Production

At the end of November 2002 I got a phone-call: ‘Hi, it’s Ingmar Bergman. The old one. I want to raise hell.’ He wanted to discuss, ...

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