The Passion of Ingmar BergmanAcknowledged as one of the greatest filmmakers of this or any other time, Bergman has with few exceptions written his own screenplaysan uncommon practice in the film industryand for this practice critics refer to him as a "literary" filmmaker: In this work, Gado examines virtually the entire range of Bergman's literary output. While treating the matter of the visual presentation of Bergman's films, Gado concentrates on story and narrative and their