Bergman has died

[Undesired Walrus]

I hope you play the game of chess, and return to us one day :(

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/iospooks/bergman_seventh_seal.jpg

http://www.matthewawilkinson.com/images/bergman1.jpg
1918-2007

[jenspen]

The most magical of directors/writers. A really individual take on things and loads of imagination. You also had to think. He chose great cinematographers too.

My favourites of his are The Seventh Seal and Fanny and Alexander. Actually, they're just about my favourite films.

[Diamond]

Apparently he didn't like watching a lot of his films as they made him depressed.

No, I'm not kidding.

[hgc]

From the New York Times obit:

At the age of 9, he traded a set of tin soldiers for a battered magic lantern, a possession that altered the course of his life. Within a year, he had created, by playing with this toy, a private world, he later recalled, in which he felt completely at home. He fashioned his own scenery, marionettes and lighting effects and gave puppet productions of Strindberg plays in which he spoke all the parts.


Now, you might be concerned if your young child is putting on puppet productions of Strindberg, but then you might have another Bergman on your hands. In any case, Diamond, you can see that he was well steeped in depressing material from an early age. Nice to see that he wasn't inured to it.

[rymdman]

Strindberg is not that depressing. Not Bergman either, just that the humour might be very subtile and dry. i love Bergmans humour, but I also understand that it sometimes might be hard to get it. The same with Strindberg. :)

[boloboffin]

Now, you might be concerned if your young child is putting on puppet productions of Strindberg, but then you might have another Bergman on your hands. In any case, Diamond, you can see that he was well steeped in depressing material from an early age. Nice to see that he wasn't inured to it.

I'll never have kids, but the idea of having a kid that would put on puppet productions of Strindberg makes me wish for it a little.

[Mercutio]

Bergman's version of "The Magic Flute" is an all-time favorite. I saw it first in college, over 2 decades ago, and have had to search it out and watch it several times since then.