Monday, June 15, 2009

Bergman-Land

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Ingmar Bergman's "84-acre estate ... on the Baltic island of Faro" is for sale right now according to this article at WSJ. Some details:

"... the property would cost at least $2.5 million. There’s a 3,200-square-foot main house, built in 1967, a two-room writer’s lodge made of timber, a 19th-century farmhouse and a second three-bedroom home with a guest wing. Bergman, who died in 2007 and is known for such films as “The Seventh Seal,” lived on the island for four decades and filmed several movies there"

James Schamus (Focus Features CEO, Brokeback producer) is trying to get some rich film-types to buy the property to turn it into a film center. I have a better idea - a Bergman theme park! Thrill to the existential roller coaster that dives you deep into the horrors of your own soul! Chill to the endless hall of mirrors where your own identity crumbles around you into dust!


It's brilliant, I tells ya.
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1 comment:

J.D. said...

The game where you pop balloons with darts to win crappy cheap prizes needs to be Autumn Sonata.

I. don't. know. why.