The Films of Ingmar BergmanThis concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema defines Ingmar Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out. After examining six existential themes explored repeatedly in Bergman's films judgment, abandonment, suffering, shame, a visionary picture, and a turning toward or away from others Jesse Kalin shows how these themes are expressed in eight of his films,