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Jane Magnusson was born on 6 April 1968 in Mölnlycke, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She is a director and writer, known for Cupcake (2014), Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria (2019) and Maddy the Model (2020).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Actress
- Mölnlycke, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- Jane Magnusson
For director Jane Magnusson, who previously explored Bergman’s legacy with Bergman’s Video (2012) and Trespassing Bergman (2013), such excessive productivity seemed like fertile ground for a new documentary: Bergman: A Year in a Life.
Jane Magnusson (SE) Director, screenwriter, journalist. Born 1968 in Mölnlycke, Sweden. Holds a bachelors degree from Brown University, 1992. Foto: ©DFM AB. Contact via editor. Jane Magnusson has an extensive career as cultural journalist and filmmaker.
- On Showing Bergman’s Dark Side
- On Bergman and Hitler
- On Bergman’s Brotherly Fued
- On Bergman’s Barbra Streisand Obsession
- On What Bergman Means to Modern-Day Sweden
“I never say anything bad about Bergman in my film. It’s him. He’s the one who is constantly badmouthing himself. He’s the one saying, ‘I was a horrible father’, ‘I was unfaithful’, ‘I was a Nazi’, ‘I neglected my friends’. He was always saying that. I just counter him and say, ‘Look at this great film’. He did all of these amazing things. I think ...
“Even though Bergman had all these dark sides, he was so honest about them. That’s very unusual. For example, the fact that he had sympathies with Hitler… he wanted to talk about them. And nobody else did. He was pretty much alone in Sweden when he came out in the ’80s and said, ‘I went to Germany, I was in Weimar during the parade and I yelled “He...
“It’s hard to verify anything that Ingmar or his brother, Dag, says. Even though he was a diplomat, Dag seems like a horrible sadist: even when they were young. I think the interview we show with Dag is him taking one last stab at his famous younger sibling. Maybe there’s some truth in what he says. I don’t think Alexander in Fanny and Alexander is...
“When Barbra Streisand was at the top of her career and Bergman was at the top of his, he wanted to make a film in Hollywood [The Merry Widow was mooted, but didn’t ultimately come to pass]. The head of the Swedish film industry called up her agent and said, ‘Bergman wants to make a film with Barbara Streisand’. She said ‘yes’ immediately and they ...
“Now that we’ve just had the centenary [of Bergman’s birth], and everything last year in Sweden was about him, everyone is so fed up of him again. This is kinda what it was like in the ’90s when he sucked all the funds out of the Swedish film institute and made these giant projects all about his parents [The Best Intentions, Sunday’s Children and P...
Jan 23, 2019 · Claims Jane Magnusson’s mesmerising documentary, the Swedish film-maker sucked the blood of many people he worked with — metaphorically — and was a terror figure of almost gothic dimensions...
May 13, 2018 · Jane Magnusson, a prolific arts/entertainment critic who has successfully branched into scriptwriting and filmmaking – she wrote the hit comedy The Swimsuit Issue [+. ] (2008), a potential inspiration for this year’s Cannes-screened Sink or Swim [+.
Jane Magnusson was born on 6 April 1968 in Mölnlycke, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She is a director and writer, known for Cupcake (2014), Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria (2019) and Maddy the Model (2020).
