A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
Direction
Bergman directing Bergman directing—layers of artistic anxiety.
Writing
A script that hates scripts. Deliciously ironic.
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bergman later called this his 'first film of consequence' despite its tiny budget—he was basically bragging about making angst on a shoestring.
This predates 8½ by fourteen years, yet Fellini gets all the 'director making film about filmmaking' credit. Justice for Bergman's breakdown!
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