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'Bergmans Banaliteter' is published by Farozonen Förlag in an edition of 100 hand-numbered copies, with a risograph-printed inlay in a hot-foiled cover. The book is bound with an archival clip made from tempered steel. Each copy is packaged in a hot-foiled cardboard box, closed with a cotton string.
Publisher Note
1948 saw the publication of Ingmar Bergman's 'Moraliteter' (/Moralities, Bonniers), and in 2024, 'Bergmans Banaliteter' (Bergman's Banalities, Farozonen) presented by A-FL, was released. The Swedish director was widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Despite significant international success, Ingmar Bergman's self-image was characterized by a sense of being misunderstood. The director, who claimed to have been rejected from birth, may have been his own harshest critic.
In Bergman's Banaliteter by A-FL, a heavily annotated original manuscript for a series of previously unpublished interviews, conducted by the critic and Bergman connoisseur Henrik Sjögren (1926-2020) during the autumn of 2001, is being processed. The text is completely omitted, and all that remains are Bergman's extensive deletions; frenetic lines dancing across the pages in red and green ink. Taken out of context, these resolute strokes transform into abstract formations that manifest Bergman's relentless self-censorship. On the 32nd page of the original manuscript, the director writes in a desperate note: "I feel like I'm practically always stating banalities about my productions. It's too miserable, Henrik!"
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Release Place | Stockholm, Sweden |
Edition | 1st edition |
Release Date | 24th May 2024 |
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Printrun | 100 |
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978-91-531-0535-0
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Inscription | numbered, Numbered with red fineliner on colophon page |
Original Price | 75.00 EUR |
Availability | Available |
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Subform | Artist's Book |
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Format | Softcover |
Dimensions | 21.2 × 29.7 × 1.4 cm |
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Pages | 63 |
Technique | Axidraw, Hotfoil, Risography |
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