Each Film is My Last by Ingmar Bergman. Translated from the Swedish by P.E. Burke and Lennart Swahn
first edition
n.d
by BERGMAN, INGMAR
n.d. First Edition. Staplebound pamphlet, 6 1/2” x 9 1/4”, 8 pages. Very good lightly handled copy with some minor offsetting and a 1/2” tear at the fold. A transcript of an essay on film making by Ingmar Bergman. The title comes from one of his personal directives about developing his craft from page 7: “In order to strengthen my will so that I do not slip off the narrow path into the ditch, I have a third good and juicy commandment, which runs: THOU SHALT MAKE EACH FILM AS IF IT WERE THY LAST.”. The first two are “THOU SHALL BE ENTERTAINING AT ALL TIMES and THOU SHALT OBEY THY ARTISTIC CONSCIENCE AT ALL TIMES”. (Inventory #: 22571E)