Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 9

1. 1. Ingrid Bergman's public image as a saintly, non-drinking, non-smoking star is a studio fabrication, and she fears the press would destroy her if the truth came out.
2. 2. Capa married a woman he hardly knew to gain US residency and avoid deportation back to Nazi-occupied Europe.
3. 3. Capa describes the visceral reality of combat photography, capturing a soldier's death in graphic detail to convey the horror of war.
4. 4. Ingrid proposes marriage to Capa, but he refuses, citing his commitment to war photography and inability to settle down.
5. 5. Capa's friend Irwin Shaw criticizes his rejection of Ingrid, calling him crazy for turning down the world's most beautiful woman and a chance at Hollywood.
6. 6. Ingrid's husband Petter uses their daughter Pia's loneliness to pressure her into returning to Hollywood, but Ingrid justifies her absence as necessary for her career and personal fulfillment.
7. 7. Watching the Italian neorealist film 'Open City' inspires Ingrid to desire more authentic, meaningful work over Hollywood's glossy productions.