Arts+Culture / Cult VaultCult Vault #39: Antonio Campos on The RiteAntonio Campos reveals why Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's 1969 film changed his lifeShareLink copied ✔️July 17, 2013Arts+CultureCult VaultText Carmen Gray Taken from the July 2013 issue of Dazed & Confused: New York director Antonio Campos’s stylishly menacing latest, Simon Killer, will screen at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic this month as part of a complete retrospective of the work of hot indie production collective Borderline Films, which he runs with Sean Durkin and Josh Mond. For Cult Vault, he picks Swedish maestro Ingmar Bergman’s lesser-known The Rite (1969): “I saw The Rite in a Bergman doublebill in New York almost ten years ago. It changed my life. It doesn’t have the dreamlike, poetic quality or elegance associated with his filmmaking, but it’s simple, raw and direct. Bergman imbues a sensuality that makes everything alive. The power play between the four characters unravels beautifully. The final set-piece – a masked pornographic show performed for a censor in an unnamed country – remains shocking even now. The film will convince you that Ingrid Thulin was the most underrated (and sexiest) of all Bergman’s actors.” Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 30,000+ creatives from around the world.TrendingOur Hero, Balthazar: A dark comedy on incel culture and gun violenceStarring Sex Education star Asa Butterfield as a violent, maladjusted loner, Oscar Boyson’s directorial debut is an unflinching examination of the dangers of online isolation Film & TVFashionWatch: Inside the world’s largest Helmut Lang archiveUnder ArmourFashionSkate Sounds is the crew bringing the noise to London’s roller skate sceneFashionThese were the wildest trends from the SS27 runwaysLife & CultureCalling US writers and photographers! Get your first byline at DazedFashionIn photos: The wildest Paris parties of the SS27 seasonMusic‘Suno is the new auto-tune’: Meet the artists using AI to go viralFashionParis Fashion Week SS27: Everything you missed from this season’s showsMusicA night at Girl Noise, an NYC festival ‘for girls by girls’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy