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[...]the film is far from being a slavish home movie, as we get to hear from many of Nykvist’s closest collaborators, including, of course, the single figure he is most identified with, Ingmar Bergman, and Swedish performers Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Bibbi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Stellan Skarsgård, along with international directors (Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Sir Richard Attenborough) and performers (Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Griffith, Gena Rowland) that he has worked with. From a biographical standpoint, the film touches on some of the most traumatic and dramatic moments in Nykvist’s life: his childhood experiences in the Congo with his missionary parents; the divorce with his wife of 16 years; the tragic suicide of his first son Johan, which occurred during the shooting of Pretty Baby (1978), his romance with Mia Farrow, and the onset of aphasia (a disease which effects the speech) in 1998. In the director’s forward, a text included as a special feature on the DVD, Carl-Gustaf Nykvist writes of the relationship between Bergman and Nykvist, “Together they were pioneers in the art of sculpting in light [my emphasis].” First Run Features DVD Bonus Features: First Run Features Coming Attractions [1]Graham Petrie, Vida T. Johnson.