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 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingPhotos of the ‘techno sluts’ at Berlin’s all-day runway raveDesigner Damur Huang staged his SS27 collection in an industrial skatepark, bringing fashion, performance and partying together under one roofFashionBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers? NothingEventWhat Went Down at Club Nothing in New YorkBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaArt & PhotographyThe Japanese photographers finding beauty in what others overlookLife & CultureThe 10 best moments from a cursed World CupMusic‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationBeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to follow NothingMusicNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fundEscape 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