A great director - check out netflix for the 2-DVD Swedish TV miniseries version of "Scenes from a Marriage" with Liv Ullman and Erland Josephson, and then "Saraband" from 2005, not really a sequel but the same actress & actor playing the same characters 30+ years later. Toegether, a striking and beautiful reflection on love, loss, aging, and imperfect humanity.
Vila i ro, Ingmar. Tack sa mycket.
Bergman was one of the greats.
“Vila i ro, Ingmar. Tack sa mycket” (Rest in Peace, Ingmar. Thank you.”)
- Thanks for these words on behalf of my home country, Sweden.
I agree he was a great director. He will be missed by many cineastes around the globe.
Personally, I don’t view myself as a cineaste, but like most people I like watching a film every now and then, even more artistic ones. They’ll probably show a lot of Ingmar Bergman films the coming months on Swedish TV, so I’ll get plenty of chances of watching his works. That’s the bright side of his decease from my own, egoistic perspective I guess.
To people who are not that much into artistic film, I’d recommend the Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander”. There are definitely a lot of deep, philosophical perspectives to be found in this masterpiece if one bothers to look, but it’s also a great (oscar awarded) drama that could be seen purely for the sake of entertainment unlike some of his other films.
About Fanny and Alexander:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083922/