34!

34 Followers! Wow! I'm so happy to have you all! I'm glad we can all find such great love and admiration for Ingrid Bergman. The network of fans has become so intertwined, interesting and Ingridly. I can't tell you all how much it means to me.

Thanks for all of your contributions and loyalty. I hope to continue to make things interesting-- and I hope you do as well!

Sincerely,

Alexis

PS

I'm working on some Ingrid film reviews-- A Matter of Time and Adam Had Four Sons-- Should I do a minute by minute or just a review? You pick!

A Matter of Time--In A Matter of Time

I'm working on watching A Matter of Time, which Kinga sent me so graciously.

Though this is an excuse ("make no excuses, play like a champion") I have been somewhat busy and haven't sat down to watch the whole thing. I plan on doing so and doing an analysis of the film.

Keep the Ingridly faith! lol.

Let me know how you like things around here and if anyone is participating in the graphic/logo contest!

Thanks :)

KINGA RULES!!

Kinga has sent me a copy of A Matter of Time! I'm incredibly grateful for this outreach and generosity. I haven't been able to locate this film and Kinga had a copy, made a copy and sent it to me duty free! The DVD works and I am just now beginning to watch this film for the first time in English! I had seen clips in Italian, but this is fantastic to finally get to see it as it was filmed and as Ingrid worked on it.

Though I am aware that this film wasn't well received and that it's probably going to be pretty silly, I am still pumped. I also can't wait to see Isabella in her premier as well as Ingrid Isotta's makeup job!

I'll let you know what I think about the film itself later--after I finish watching it!

Thanks again to your devoted readership...and kindness!

<3

Elena et les Hommes

I am watching An American In Paris right now with Sarah's parents, Susan and Claude. This movie is a fantastic post war musical. It's full of familiar tunes, Gene Kelly dances and Leslie Caron appears for the first time on the big screen. This film is directed by Vincent Minnelli and won 7 oscars.

Now onto the Ingrid connection:

I want to mention a 1956 Jean Renoir film that Ingrid starred in, Elena et les Hommes or Elena and Her Men. I love this film. It is constant hilarity. Ingrid co-stars with Mel Ferrer (Audrey Hepburn's husband at the time) and it is a must see.

I bring this up because it too takes place in France. It was actually shot in France toward the end of Ingrid's "Rossellini period"...if we want to call it that. Audrey Hepburn was starring in Funny Face at the same time. She actually required that the scenes in Paris be shot while her husband was shooting his film so they could be together.

Though Ingrid had no affiliation with An American In Paris or the studios in the States at the time, she later had an affiliation with Vincent Minnelli. Ingrid starred in (the less than successful) A Matter of Time with Liza Minnelli. Isabella Rossellini also makes an appearance in this film! The story apparently did not carry well and it was eventually looked as Ingrid's excuse to hang out with her daughters (Ingrid Rossellini did Ingrid Bergman's makeup for this film).

I have only seen snip-its of A Matter of Time and some of them were in Italian, but I hope to see it in its entirety some day.

Just thought I'd link some of my classic film watching to Ingrid--of course! It's kind of like 6 degrees of separation--just 6 degrees of Ingrid. Lol

I suggest you check out Elena et Les Hommes and if you find A Matter of Time, please let me know where to get my grubby-Bergman-lovin'- fan-hands on it! :)

A Matter Of Time

This is a (somewhat ridiculous) clip from A Matter of Time. It 's dubbed, so the voices and screaming and acting are all weirder than the original (which, I hate to say, was considered Ingrid's worst work...wtg Minnellis). It is still pretty cool to find a clip of this work. Check it out!
(PS as you can tell I like the idea of changing it up with some videos)