Film director Bergman dies at 89

news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 07/30/2007 | news.bbc.co.uk

[WesternCulture]

Film director Bergman dies at 89

Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman has died aged 89, according to a Swedish news agency. One of the key figures in modern cinema, his 60-year career has spanned intense classics like Cries & Whispers, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.

He was nominated for nine Oscars himself, while his films won the best foreign film Oscar three times.

[WesternCulture]

““Did you see bergman’s last picture?....”

That was a setup line to an old joke, to which the punchline was “I didn’t know he was dead!”............”

- Ok, I see :-D

Actually, many of Bergman’s productions have been called “the last film Bergman will ever make”, at least by the media (which always know what they’re talking about, don’t they) and at least until people have found out he’s working on a new one.

[Red Badger]

If you keep saying the world will end tomorrow, eventually you will be right........

[Red Badger]

BTW, I think the joke came from Laff-In’s Cocktail Party segment..........

[WesternCulture]

“Yes, it is intentional. The whole thing is done in a mock Swedish with English subtitles. My favorite line is the chauffeur, after the dove craps on the car window and he gets out to clean it off: “Duva caca. Eil weipen.” The climax of the film is a badminton match with Death.”

- I gotta see this Bergman parody!

Again, thanks for the tip fellow FReeper.

[WesternCulture]

Thanks for the link to the article by Louise Nordstrom!

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Thanks for the link to the article by Louise Nordstrom!

You're welcome!

[nuconvert]

I’m with leadpenny. There are so many good foreign films and although these aren’t Bergman, Jean De Florette and Manon of the Spring would be a great place to start. See Jean De Florette first, as Manon of the Spring is the sequel to Jean De Florette.

[garyhope]

Funny, I just watched (or re-watched) “Wild Strawberries” last week.

Thank God for NetFlix.

[supremedoctrine]

Jean de Florette, to my mind , is at least one of the greatest 100 films ever made. To see the final moments, when Yves Montand realizes what he has done in bringing about the death of his own son, without having ever realized it was his son, and then prepares to take his exit from earthly life,because that is the only thing he can do with this knowledge , is to understand tragedy, once and for all. And no other film I can think of has ever been able to express it with this level of maturity.

[SuziQ]

Have you ever seen Babette's Feast? Truly a wonderful film! I can't remember if it's Norwegian, Swedish, or Dane, but it's in the language with English subtitles.

[GOP Poet]

Yep. Life can be depressing. I loved his mind and craft. God rest his soul. Notice he did not life out his last days in Hollywierd, in which I live. The greats generally have limited taste for this town.

[nuconvert]

?
some people might like to see the film

[puroresu]

Babette’s Feast is outstanding!

While we’re on the subject of foreign films, I’ll put in my usual plug for classic Japanese cinema: Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Stray Dog, Rashomon, Ikiru, Woman in the Dunes, Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu, Tokyo Story......

[supremedoctrine]

“Whoops!”-— I should’ve said, one of the greatest endings of any film......I am a terrible terrible person, but of course, I wasn’t actually describing Jean de Florette, but the last Adam Sandler film.

[Checkers]

Death: “Checkmate. This time...I win.”

(RIP Ingmar)

[Roscoe Karns]

.. I saw Death today, Val.

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.. He challenged me to a game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

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.. As we were playing, I had a vision. I saw a large
.. frog marching toward me. It spoke ominously, saying....

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"The tea! The tea!"...........................................................

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...........................................................Joska?

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"The sweet mint tea!" ...........................................................

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........................................................... Yes, Joska. Now
........................................................... I understand.

[leadpenny]

I fairly certain I did see “Babette’s Feast.” It’s been about ten years now but I was watching everything in the foreign films section of Blockbusters.

[leadpenny]

I think I watched them in reverse order.

BTW, it looks like TCM has adjusted their early morning schedule for tomorrow.

2:15am Dick Cavett Show, The: Ingmar Bergman (1971)
Director Ingmar Bergman appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired August 2, 1971.
C-54 mins, TV-G

3:15am Seventh Seal, The (1957)
A medieval knight challenges Death to a chess game to save himself and his friends.
Cast: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Bjornstrand. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. BW-96 mins, TV-PG

5:00am Dick Cavett Show, The: Ingmar Bergman (1971)
Director Ingmar Bergman appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired August 2, 1971.
C-54 mins, TV-G

[omega4412]

My first thought when I heard the news story was that Bergman had finally lost his badminton game with Death.