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Pretty Pictures
Directed by: Stig Björkman
Featuring: Pia Lindström, Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini, Fiorella Mariani, Liv Ullmann, Sigourney Weaver, Jeanine Basinger, Alicia Vikander
Whether headlining films in Sweden, Italy, or Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman always pierced the screen with a singular soulfulness. With this new documentary, made on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of Bergman’s birth, director Stig Björkman allows us unprecedented access to her world, culling from the most personal of archival materials—letters, diary entries, photographs, and Super 8 and 16 mm footage Bergman herself shot—and following her from youth to tumultuous married life and motherhood. Intimate and artful, this lovingly assembled portrait, narrated by actor Alicia Vikander, provides luminous insight into the life and career of an undiminished legend.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78:1
Audio Options:
Swedish Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Home Movies, Deleted Scenes, Film Excerpt, Outtakes, Music Video, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- New interview with director Stig Björkman
- Super 8 home movies shot by Ingrid Bergman in the 1930s
- Two deleted scenes, showing Bergman’s daughters reading an essay she wrote at age seventeen and an interview with film historian and Bergman scholar Rosario Tronnolone
- Extended versions of scenes featuring interviews with actors Sigourney Weaver and Liv Ullmann and Bergman’s daughter Isabella Rossellini and with the three Rossellini siblings
- Clip from the 1932 film Landskamp, featuring Ingrid Bergman in her first screen role
- Outtakes from Bergman’s 1936 film On the Sunny Side
- Music video for Eva Dahlgren's song “The Movie About Us,” which is included on the film’s soundtrack
- Trailer
- An essay by film scholar Jeanine Basinger
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Artwork: F. Ron Miller
Producer: Kate Elmore
Release Notes on Restoration
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.78:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen televisions, the image should fill the screen.
The film’s new footage was shot in Super 35mm HD with a Canon C300 digital camera and on Super 8mm film. The majority of the archival 8mm and 16mm film footage obtained from the Wesleyan Cinema Archives in Middletown, Connecticut. This was sent to Prasad Corporation in Burbank, California, and scanned in 4K resolution. Other materials, archived at the Cineteca Nazionale in Rome, were scanned in 2K resolution. Ingrid Bergman’s 8mm home movies were obtained from her daughter Pia Lindström, having been previously transferred from film to video. The location of the original reels for this material is unknown. The production was completed in a fully digital workflow.
This film features a fully digital soundtrack. The 5.1 surround audio for this release was mastered from the original digital audio file using Pro Tools HD.
The film’s new footage was shot in Super 35mm HD with a Canon C300 digital camera and on Super 8mm film. The majority of the archival 8mm and 16mm film footage obtained from the Wesleyan Cinema Archives in Middletown, Connecticut. This was sent to Prasad Corporation in Burbank, California, and scanned in 4K resolution. Other materials, archived at the Cineteca Nazionale in Rome, were scanned in 2K resolution. Ingrid Bergman’s 8mm home movies were obtained from her daughter Pia Lindström, having been previously transferred from film to video. The location of the original reels for this material is unknown. The production was completed in a fully digital workflow.
This film features a fully digital soundtrack. The 5.1 surround audio for this release was mastered from the original digital audio file using Pro Tools HD.