Rest in Peace: Ingmar Bergman

[Heid the Ba]

Ingmar Bergman if for no other reason than the games Bill and Ted played against Death.

[troubleagain]

"The three big directors for me were Kurosawa, Fellini and Bergman," August said. "The two others had already passed and now Ingmar has also left us. He leaves a big vacuum behind."

I wonder who'll inherit the vacuum.

Am I likely to know any of his movies?

[Мастер]

"The three big directors for me were Kurosawa, Fellini and Bergman," August said. "The two others had already passed and now Ingmar has also left us. He leaves a big vacuum behind."

I wonder who'll inherit the vacuum.

Am I likely to know any of his movies?

They are usually rather dark and depressing. I'll guess you don't like that sort of film? :)

[Heid the Ba]

You might not have seen his films but they have influenced many other films. If you watched The Seventh Seal you would just keep thinking "so that is where Speilberg/Carpenter/Woody Allen got that shot/scene/idea.

The most famous homage to Bergman is in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey where their Death looks exactly like Death in The Seventh Seal, but instead of playing him at chess to save their lives, B&T play him at Battleships, Cluedo and Twister etc.

Most of the films are pretty bleak, I've watched some of them but not all.

[troubleagain]

"The three big directors for me were Kurosawa, Fellini and Bergman," August said. "The two others had already passed and now Ingmar has also left us. He leaves a big vacuum behind."

I wonder who'll inherit the vacuum.

Am I likely to know any of his movies?

They are usually rather dark and depressing. I'll guess you don't like that sort of film? :)

Whatever would give you that idea?

[Blue Monster 65]

Flashing back to film classes and late-night discussions of foreign film! Too bad - while his films were not ones I'd care to add to my library, they are masterworks that all film buffs should see.

Woof! - Scott

P.S. - The Bill & Ted bit was played for me on video, long after the films had had their run. I can honestly say that after that, I watched them both and enjoyed them immensely, but Death playing BattleShip was way over the top! I wonder if Bergman ever saw that? He probably would have laffed, too.

[Enzo]

vacuum behind

Is that like "sucks ass?"

[Heid the Ba]

Flashing back to film classes and late-night discussions of foreign film!

To some of us Hollywood makes foreign films. :D

[Blue Monster 65]

You need to visit the place and you'd find out how foreign it really is!

Woof! - Scott