Translated by Keith Bradfield from the Swedish

Bergman brings together in one volume two of his searing film scripts, both of them studies in human decay and erosion. Persona follows the gradual degeneration of two distinct personalities: Alama, an apparently well balanced and extrovert nurse, and Elisabeth, an actress in the throes of a nervous breakdown. Shame charts the collapse of humane social values in a war-ravaged country.

This edition contains Ingmar Bergman's autobographical statement, 'The Snakeskin', written for the presentation of the Erasmus prize in Amsterdam in 1965.

'He shows cinema at both its most humane and its cruelest' Guardian

Price: £9.95/$12.95
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0-7145-0757-1
Cinema
Publication date: March 2002