R.I.P. Ingmar Bergman

[tazber]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 6:45am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_en_mo/obit_bergman

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 7:06am

Okay -- anyone who is a true Broadway afficionado will immediately go out and rent SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT and thank whatever god you worship for Bergman.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 8:52am

One of the true film greats. Rest in peace.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 9:06am

Oh no! I went to see a screening of Saraband in Chicago, and found it to be so moving. A few weeks ago I was in NYC and saw on screen "Wild Strawberries" Bergman was one of the greatest masters of Cinema history! R.I.P.

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 9:14am

Tragic. He was one of the few true geniuses ever.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 9:52am

He changed the way we look at the world--certainly the way we look at film.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:04am

Sooo passionate. New filmmakers need to get over their Scorcese/Altman/Ashby fixations and rediscover him.

Great Bergman's even the fans may have missed:

SHAME
FROM THE LIVES OF THE MARIONETTES
THE PASSION OF ANNA

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:11am

Oh no, this is so sad. What a tragic loss. Fanny and Alexander is one of my favorites. But if you have never seen a Bergman film perhaps this will inspire you to explore this master's works. Rest in Peace and thank you for so many brilliant and moving films.

(And just WHO is fixated on Ashby?)

Updated On: 7/30/07 at 11:11 AM

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:15am

Although I am not a huge fan of his style, I do appreciate it. My faves:

1. Winter Light
2. Fanny and Alexander
3. The Magician
4. The Virgin Spring
5. Cries and Whispers

[bschneid76]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:17am

I loved Autumn Sonata and Wild Strawberries. I'd really love to see Face to Face with Liv Ullmann

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:20am

FACE TO FACE has been MIA for too, too long.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:37am

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 12:13pm

This is further proof that the coolest people alive are dead.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 2:23pm

This is awful news. Easily my favorite film director of all time, Sean- i OWN Smiles of a Summer Night. Along with Fanny and Alexander (my favorite film of all time) and The Seventh Seal.

I think this calls for a movie night. in memorium.

this is just terrible news. it's sad to see a great talent go, but at least he was getting up there in the years, and he's already given us so much.

I'll miss him...

leSIGH

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 2:38pm

He sure needs and deserves to be rediscovered!

But he's had a long and very productive life, so I'm grateful for everything he's done.

[Chloe]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 2:53pm

Don't forget his film of Mozart'sThe Magic Flute, which led me to an appreciation of all of Mozart's music. I was really struck by this quote in the NY Times obit:

“I want to be one of the artists of the cathedral that rises on the plain,” he said. “I want to occupy myself by carving out of stone the head of a dragon, an angel or a demon, or perhaps a saint; it doesn’t matter; I will find the same joy in any case. Whether I am a believer or an unbeliever, Christian or pagan, I work with all the world to build a cathedral because I am artist and artisan, and because I have learned to draw faces, limbs, and bodies out of stone. I will never worry about the judgment of posterity or of my contemporaries; my name is carved nowhere and will disappear with me. But a little part of myself will survive in the anonymous and triumphant totality. A dragon or a demon, or perhaps a saint, it doesn’t matter!”

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 6:15pm

For me, this remains one of the most indelible images from any film, ever...

Cries and Whispers also touched me deeply. He had a way...

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 7:17pm

Casablanca is one of my favorite films of all time.

[Andante]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 8:40pm

May this truly amazing and genius man rest in peace.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 8:41pm

different Bergman, Ivan darling.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 8:45pm

Thank you, Ingmar Bergman, for the years of magic.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 11:03am

I finally found the excellent 15 minute Bergman parody, Da Duva! Enjoy!
Da Duva

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 11:08am

Seeing Fanny and Alexander when I was young made SUCH an impression on me.

Rest in Peace!