But, most telling, I would have thought, is that Bergman himself thinks it was a failure, but he values the experience of making it as a "learning experience":
It didn't hit me until much later - The Serpent's Egg was a substantial failure. I made myself immune to the rather tepid reaction from the critics. I remained optimistic, refusing to see the film what it was. After the film release, my life began to calm down; then I painfully realized the serious extent of my failure. Still, I do not regret for a moment making The Serpent's Egg; it was a healthy learning experience. Ingmar Bergman in Images http://www.ingmarbergman.se/page.asp?guid=9985262E-C8C2-4851-92F2-4CFDE0D11CFB
It didn't hit me until much later - The Serpent's Egg was a substantial failure. I made myself immune to the rather tepid reaction from the critics. I remained optimistic, refusing to see the film what it was. After the film release, my life began to calm down; then I painfully realized the serious extent of my failure. Still, I do not regret for a moment making The Serpent's Egg; it was a healthy learning experience.
Ingmar Bergman in Images
http://www.ingmarbergman.se/page.asp?guid=9985262E-C8C2-4851-92F2-4CFDE0D11CFB
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/serpents_egg/?sortby=source&critic=columns
and Bergman's own view - do you think he was wrong that it was a failure ? Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience
do you think he was wrong that it was a failure ?
Of course I think he was wrong. that's the whole point of this diary. Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
But of course this isn't science - one cant' prove it's mistaken; if you got something from it, good for you. But in considering its general quality, it seems wise to take into account the film-maker's own opinion, if not the opinions of the majority of film critics. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience
