Reply #114: The great Ingmar Bergman dies at age 89.

[CBHagman]

:cry:

Here's a link to the Swedish paper Aftonbladet, which my co-worker provided to me:

Woody Allen's thoughts on the director:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1130143,00.html

The Guardian newspaper's tribute:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/07/swedish_film_director_ingmar_b.html

This newspaper recently reprinted what it published when Henrik Ibsen died, just over 100 years ago: "Isolated as he seemed, his mind was yet in more vital touch than that of anyone else in Europe with the mind of this generation." That certainly applies to the great Swedish film director and dramatist Ingmar Bergman, who has died, at the age of 89 - or certainly, and literally, the part about isolation applies. Since the 60s, Bergman lived mostly on the Island of Faro: secluded, like Shakespeare's Prospero, yet without having broken his staff. In his late eighties, he gave us a rewarding, and uncompromisingly emotional and difficult movie for TV, Saraband. His great masterpiece The Seventh Seal - much discussed, much adored, much spoofed - was re-released last week in a new print and it looks as fresh as a daisy, its power if anything increased.

IMDB list for those of you who need to hit the DVD shop or rental place:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000005/