One of the greats is dead.
Ingmar Bergman died in Sweden today. He will be hailed as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th Century. I buy that, and I also don't. Mark Twain defined a classic as a book which everyone praises but nobody reads. Bergman probably falls into this category. I doubt that many of the movie buffs that whisper his name as if it were a vesper have seen too many of his films, if any.
In any event, happy trails Ingmar Bergman. My pick for a Bergman film you must see before the week is over is The Seventh Seal. Watch it, if only to sound cool at the weekend party when a movie junkie mentions Bergman's name.
Ingmar Bergman died in Sweden today. He will be hailed as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th Century. I buy that, and I also don't. Mark Twain defined a classic as a book which everyone praises but nobody reads. Bergman probably falls into this category. I doubt that many of the movie buffs that whisper his name as if it were a vesper have seen too many of his films, if any.
In any event, happy trails Ingmar Bergman. My pick for a Bergman film you must see before the week is over is The Seventh Seal. Watch it, if only to sound cool at the weekend party when a movie junkie mentions Bergman's name.
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