-A commanding portrait.- Total Film
-Indispensable . . . rich, engaging, thorough.- Sight & Sound
-Bergman-s films stand alone as beacons in film history.- Wim Wenders
A chronicle of the life and career of one of film''s defining figures, God and the Devil draws on exclusive extracts from Bergman-s diaries, letters and production workbooks. Peter Cowie brings us close to the man and the artist, as he wrestled with themes of love, sex and betrayal - with the figure of Death always hovering overhead.
-Cowie-s meticulously researched book maps the details of Bergman-s eventful personal life onto his characters and themes.- Barney Horner, New Statesman
-Scrupulous, accurate and trustworthy.- Tom Shone, Sunday Times
-Brings us as close to the man - and the artist - as we-re likely to get . . . Sure to become the definitive Bergman biography.- Paula Hammond, Film Juice
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