Ingmar Bergman's time on the island

Last year, I spent a long time reading Ingmar Bergman's autobiography "The Magic Lamp", and I was often brought into the plots and pictures by his words, which was a bit like watching a movie. Speaking of which, this book is a bit difficult to read. In addition to my poor Swedish, the writing style of this book is "unfriendly" to a non-native reader. First, the rhythm is often jumpy, and secondly, the images are numerous and mixed. , If you are not familiar enough with the Sweden in which he lived and his films, you may not understand. (By the way, because I didn't understand some places, I looked at the Chinese version of this book, and it turned out to be even more incomprehensible. I can responsibly say that the Chinese translation from the English version is terrible, I did not I've read the English version, so I don't know which version this pot should be thrown for.)

A friend in the movie fandom mentioned Fårö the day before yesterday. This place, which is called Faroe Island in Chinese, is indeed inseparable from Bergman. He left Sweden after the tax scandal. When he came back, he chose to be free. The place to breathe is Fårö, a smaller island off the Swedish outer island of Gotland. Speaking of which, ö originally means island in Swedish, and får means sheep. It is conceivable that it should have been a small island with a dense flock of sheep. Like most place names in human societies, they are related to certain local characteristics, so the so-called The Faroe Island is the Isle of Sheep. When the British translated it, they translated it into Faro island, so it became the current name-Faro Island, which may sound taller than Sheep Island, but it is unknown.

In the 1960s, Bergman lived with his family in the large house he co-designed. According to the neighbors who lived closest to him, "He's a very hard person," spending a lot of time every day writing scripts and other stuff non-stop. Sometimes when a man goes out for a walk by the seaside or in the woods, he often wears a hat, and has no displeasure at the fact that his neighbors call him Fårögubbe ("Old Man of Sheep Island"), nodding in response from time to time. At that time, in order to protect the "Old Man of Sheep Island" who wanted to find peace on the island, the resident residents of the island were often reluctant to give directions when they encountered tourists who inquired about Bergman's address.

The islanders said that Bergman was like a new neighbor from the day he moved in, and he never showed his words or deeds as a person. An old man who lived not far from his house said that he saw Bergman. Like other neighbors, Manshi would chat casually, from weather to prices to flowers and plants, but almost never talked about movies. He recalled that Bergman had a strict schedule every day, because he spent most of the day writing scripts, and the mid-to-late 1960s was indeed his productive period.

Bergman was sure to be out between 3 and 4 pm every day, driving his red Land Rover straight to the ferry terminal, where there was a kiosk where he would buy the evening paper for the day, and Leif, who runs the kiosk, chats a few times, but sometimes it's just a hello. Leif recalls that Bergman would nod to people who came to buy things at the same time, and if he knew a few words, he was very proactive and never embarrassed others. Leif’s kiosk is usually closed on weekends, and Bergman takes a ferry to buy a newspaper at a year-round kiosk in Fårösund. At that time, there were not many people who regarded newspaper reading as a routine matter, which was very similar to the habit of the middle class in Sweden at that time.

Bergman's house on the island is very large. In addition to the daily home, there is also a library and a movie screening room. He will regularly invite a few neighbors on the island to come and watch movies together. There are new films. Kristina Dahlberg, who lived on the island at the time, was working as a nanny with the Bergmans, helping to look after Bergman's two children, Daniel Bergman and Linn Ullmann. She is also a movie fan. She recalled that Bergman would watch movies with everyone almost every time, but he rarely expressed his own comments. He often asked his neighbors to comment on the movie, and he listened and nodded at the same time.

Bergman, who had just moved to the island a few years ago, basically gave everyone the impression that he was polite and arrogant, but not friendly, because he stayed out of the house most of the time.

In his later years, Bergman's energy, physical strength, and ambitions were limited. He gradually left the film industry and began to participate in some activities on the island, and he appeared in the eyes of people for more time. Especially in the summer, "Old Man Sheep Island" held "Bergman Week" at a farm on the island at his own expense, and invited his friends in the film circle to meet with the islanders, and they were able to meet the Swedish film industry. These stars are either no longer dazzling, or they are getting old, but the joy they bring to the people on the island cannot be understood and imagined through the screen. At this time, Bergman is no longer the old man who was sitting and listening to everyone laughing before, but a member of the fun. The elderly residents of the island remember that "Old Man of Sheep Island" took their old friends. Funny scene. Perhaps this is the time when he truly integrates into the island community.

In the last few years on the island, Bergman, like all the twilight people, was plagued by chronic diseases of old age. This condition lived on a small island, in such a big house, and he needed all kinds of help. Neighbors became his strongest protection. Although I don't see him often going to buy evening newspapers, I can still see him "cruising" the island in that red Land Rover. Neighbor Bert Lundin was in high school at that time, and he often took Bergman's ride home. He said that the "Old Man of Sheep Island" drove very slowly, the old man and the young man didn't talk much, and the car moved forward at a constant speed with the sea breeze blowing. Call skip. He still remembers Bergman's hand holding the steering wheel and the clear age spots on the back of his hand.

After Bergman's death, the islanders felt a lot vacant, and the house looked bigger. One of Bergman's wills was to sell the house, and he probably wanted to leave without leaving a trace. But memory, like film, is not erased if you want to. Especially for those who have called Bergman "Old Man of Sheep Island" for many years.

Gotland is still so lively every summer, and Fårö is also a place where young, old, middle-aged and young people of literature and art in the film and fandom circles have to go. "Old Man of Yangdao" still can't be peaceful, but who made you so famous, you can't blame others. If someone wants to go, I'll teach you a greeting saying "Hej, Fårögubbe!" (Hello, old man of Yangdao!), and he will laugh when he hears it.