INGMAR BERGMAN (1918-2007)

Has any director been as accomplished in theater and motion pictures as Ingmar Bergman? He is very much associated with treating "serious" themes with "serious" imagery, but I think his manner with cast and crew might also set him apart as a creative force. (And, yes, he was noted for his intimate relationships with actresses....)

Here Bergman speaks with Dick Cavett.



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I'm hesitant to write much about Bergman's large body of work because I've still got a lot to see. Out of what I have seen, two very different films stand out in my memory: the allegorical and austere (but not humorless) The Seventh Seal...




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...and the warm and very sympathetic family portrait Fanny and Alexander.



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And, of course, there are the parodies of and tributes to Bergman that turn up in many places including Woody Allen's work and the short De Duva. I didn't find De Duva on YouTube, so here, perhaps appropriately, is the end of Allen's Love and Death.



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