[UHlVExs7]

Ingmar Bergman, one of the world's greatest and most influential directors, died yesterday. The old curmudgeon held out until all the others (Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Fellini, Bresson et al) shuffled off. He was 89. A towering artist and intellect.

The end of an era in film and theatre.

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[unmalryAlalry]

This is sad. He is a truly great director. I've seen and own Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence, and Wild Strawberries. I recommend them to any other film afficionados. Great movies.

The film community will really miss him. He stands alongside all other great film directors of his time like Kurosawa, Cocteau and many others ben mentioned.

-Jordan

[HornyMolly]

I wasn't aware he was still alive prior to today. Sad for his fans, his family, and his friends.

[lrUyiva1]

I wasn't aware he was still alive prior to today. Sad for his fans, his family, and his friends.

I dont think you're alone. He seemed to belong to another era. But he was still writing screenplays and directing theatre until the end. Kurosawa also kept going until the end. Giants of the cinema the both of them. The conditions for such artists to arise have disappeared with them.

Sadly Bergman's favourite camerman, Sven Nykvist, probably the greatest cinematographer there was, did not stay so lucid in his old age. He developed Alzheimers and had to stop working. All that knowledge about light, gone, just like that.

I've been acutely aware of Bergman and what he was doing, the fact that he was still alive, for a long time. Mainly because he was the last representative of a special time in cinema. I knew this day would come, but I wish it didn't have to.

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[k1ePRlda]

One of the major Swedish newspapers produced a special article-section on Bergman including articles in English. Here is one english article for those interested: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2712&a=675578

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And this one: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2712&a=675560