INGMAR BERGMAN DIES; INGRID BERGMAN
APPARENTLY WAS SOMEBODY ELSE, ENTIRELY
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the
greatest artists in cinema history, died Monday at his home on
an island off the coast of Sweden. He was 89.
Apparently, Mr. Berman was an extremely famous movie director,
not at all the same person as another, extremely famous
movie actress, who had a similar-sounding name.
Martin Sauter of Birmingham, UK, had this to say
about Mr. Bergman:
"A master.
A true innovator.
A tireless explorer of the human soul.
Simply one of the most important filmmakers of all time.
My favourite film of his: Wild Strawberries, although I'd
have to include The Silence, Autumn Sonata, Fanny and
Alexander, Persona and The Seventh Seal as well as their
importance to me changes all the time, depending on my frame
of mind."
Some troll going by the name of "TWard Terry"- whoever that is-
offered this opinion, in contrast:
"Nobody outside of Sweden had the foggiest notion what he was
going on about.
[25] Posted by: TWard, Terry - 01 August 2007 2:28 am
"Pointless existential dreck."
News of Mr. Bergman's death came as a shock to the one-eyed
internet poet, Thomas Keske, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio.
Equally shocking to the obsure poet was the news that
"Ingmar Bergman" and "Ingrid Bergman" were two, completely
different people.
Said the poet, "Gosh, holy cow, I guess that shows something
about the funny, fleeting nature of fame and fortune.
Just as fickle as the fleeting nature of Life, itself.
These names seem so perfectly familiar to you-
you think that you know all about them. You never realize that
you DON'T really know who they are, until they are dead."
How embarrassing... but if you had asked, I know
what I probably would have said: "Ingmar Bergman?
Of course. She's very famous. A genuine, first-rate actress,
not just another pretty face.
I don't know exactly what she starred in, but I'm sure there
must have been a whole bunch of them- the kind of old movies
that my Mom used to have going constantly on the TV,
when was living in a retirement trailer park and dying
from congestive heart failure. She always had those
old movies playing, although I don't think that she was
really paying any attention. I think that it was really
just a kind of comforting, background noise. I guess the
old movies were like a familiar, old friend that she couldn't
quite remember very clearly, anymore."
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13. Ingmar Bergman is dead at 89 - International Herald Tribune
Ingmar Bergman practicing his craft with his son Daniel,
as Kibi Laretai, ... Ingmar Bergman, the "poet with the camera"
who is considered one of the ...
www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/30/arts/30cndbergman...
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3. Ingmar Bergman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(July 14, 1918 - July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and
opera director. Ingmar Bergman found bleakness and despair as
well as comedy and hope in his explorations of the human
condition. He is regarded as one of the most important masters
of modern cinema
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingmar_Bergman
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Ingrid Bergman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the age of 17, Ingrid Bergman auditioned for and was accepted
to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. During her first
summer break, she was hired at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman
In Swedish, but usually ['b?gm?n] in English, IPA notation)
(August 29, 1915 ? August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy
Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Swedish actress.
She also won the Tony Award for Best Actress in the first Tony
Award ceremony in 1947. She is ranked as the fourth greatest
female star of all time by the American Film Institute
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