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BY GEORGE DICKIE The fire scene in the first episode looked like it was fun to shoot. Was it? (Laughs) That was very fun to shoot. (It was also) very real because we were actually working with fire and it was fun to burn (the memos). And you never know when you're going to do something like that, the idea is to just be alive to the impulse of the moment because it will be truthful. And I found as I was dropping each piece in the waste paper basket, I just said "Choo! Choo!" It was just something that spontaneously happened in the moment. At my age as an actress, I have a certain confidence that whatever I do is going to be a true impulse and I'm not going to hurt any scene by responding to it. So I pretty much do what occurs to me. ... Amanda (Peet, the series' creator and executive producer) would love it when I would do things like that. She would say, "Oh my God! Keep doing it!" Whatever little gracenotes get added come out of your natural response, your natural behavioral response to the situation. And it's very different to actually light something on fire from imagining lighting something on fire. You know, whatever comes out is worth having. Did you do that scene in one take? I think we had to do two or three to get enough coverage of it. It's sort of different angles or you try something a little different or do it the same. But since you're going to be jumping cameras, it doesn't matter. It was jumping angles so it could all be included. OF 'THE CHAIR' ON NETFLIX Holland Taylor 10 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • August 29 - September 4, 2021 BEST INGRID BERGMAN MOVIES "Intermezzo" (1939) Bergman made her Hollywood debut by re-creating one of her earlier Swedish roles as a pianist who shares a forbidden romance with a famed violinist (Leslie Howard). This version is included in Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under the Stars" Bergman tribute day Sunday, Aug. 29. "Casablanca" (1942) Well, of course. Bergman has one of the all-time legendary female roles – and will "always have Paris" – in this Oscar winner as Ilsa, club owner Rick's (Humphrey Bogart) former flame who needs his help in getting herself and her husband (Paul Henreid) out of the war-torn title location. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943) The Ernest Hemingway story casts Bergman as the love interest for Gary Cooper, who plays a soldier during the Spanish Civil War. "Gaslight" (1944) The George Cukor-directed melodrama with a title that helped inspire a phrase still used today – for the act of plotting to drive someone insane – features Bergman as the intended victim and Charles Boyer as her highly suspect husband. "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945) A hugely moving Bergman stars opposite Bing Crosby in this holiday-season-staple sequel to "Going My Way." "Notorious" (1946) Reteaming with Hitchcock, Bergman plays a novice government spy who becomes close to one of her investigation subjects (Cary Grant). "Joan of Arc" (1948) Bergman excels as the military leader who literally guides her army on faith. "Under Capricorn" (1949) In another round with Hitchcock, Bergman plays a landowner's (Joseph Cotten) wife reunited with an old friend (Michael Wilding). "Anastasia" (1956) A superb Bergman plays the object of a scheme to bilk the Bank of England, by having her pose as a long-absent Russian royal. "Indiscreet" (1958) Reunited with Cary Grant, Bergman plays an actress who falls for a banker even though he's married. "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (1958) Bergman is quite touching as a British missionary in China. "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964) In one of three stories revolving around owners of the title vehicle, Bergman plays a socialite who becomes caught up in wartime upheaval in Yugoslavia. "Cactus Flower" (1969) In this film of a hit play, Bergman has fun – as should viewers – as a receptionist enlisted to help her dentist boss (Walter Matthau) steer his girlfriend (Oscar winner Goldie Hawn) away from marital thoughts. "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) Bergman won an Oscar as a missionary who may not be who she seems ... which goes for virtually every character in director Sidney Lumet's superbly elegant version of the Agatha Christie mystery. "Autumn Sonata" (1978) In her last theatrical film, Bergman teamed with another famous Bergman – writer-director (and fellow Sweden native) Ingmar – to play a renowned pianist who has an extremely unsettling family reunion. "The Bells of St. Mary's" "Casablanca" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" BY JAY BOBBIN