“Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever.”

— Ingmar Bergman

Source: The Magic Lantern

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Swedish filmmaker 1918–2007

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