The Making of Fanny and Alexander

1984 Swedish film
  • 16 September 1984 (1984-09-16)
Running time
110 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

The Making of Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Dokument Fanny och Alexander) is a 1984 Swedish documentary film directed by Ingmar Bergman which traces the making of his film Fanny and Alexander.[1] Its running length is 110 minutes and it is photographed by Arne Carlsson.[2] It debuted at the Swedish Film Institute on 16 September 1984, with Bergman in attendance to give a speech.[2] It then aired with a television repeat of Fanny and Alexander in Sweden on 18 August 1986.[2] In 2011 in Region A, The Criterion Collection released The Making of Fanny and Alexander on Blu-ray as part of their release of Fanny and Alexander.[3]

The film was awarded as "Best documentary" at Chicago International Film Festival 1986 and the Golden Gate Award as "Best film about film" at San Francisco International Film Festival 1987.[citation needed]

Storyline

It is a documentary chronicle of how Ingmar Bergman made an Oscar winning film.[4]

Cast[4]

References

  1. ^ "Dokument Fanny och Alexander". Ingmar Bergman. 24 January 1986. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Steene, Birgitta (2005). Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 332. ISBN 9053564063.
  3. ^ Cabin, Chris (10 November 2011). "Fanny and Alexander". Slant Magazine.
  4. ^ a b The Making of Fanny and Alexander, retrieved 10 March 2021

External links

  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Criterion Collection essay by Paul Arthur
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