Scenes from a Marriage

Bergman outlines in the introduction of the work, the six separate scenes of the marriage. The apparently perfectly adjusted and happy bourgeois couple with two - children go from unease with each other, to the husband's leaving his wife for another woman, to in the final scene an illicit reunion in which they reunite briefly while their respective new spouses are away. Bergman 's dialogue is riveting.It holds the attention throughout. However the kind of experiences involved go well beyond anything I have personal knowledge of. In a way there is just too much mature, sophisticated reevaluation and interpretation of the relationship. Nonetheless there are many brilliant passages and much insight into the impossible complexity of human relationships.

This book includes 3 screenplays by Ingmar Bergman: "Scenes From a Marriage", "Face to Face" and "Autumn Sonata". They are translated from Swedish by Alan Blair. The book includes black & white still photos from the three films.These translations are much better than the subtitles used in most versions of the Bergman films themselves, and they don't leave anything out (unlike subtitles)!