Ingmar Bergman Dies

This really sucks, at least in some ways.
Death is not a bad thing if someone is suffering and it is an end of it for them and their loved ones.
But, for fans, like myself, it reminds us of an end to that aspect of their lives that enriches our own... and he did enrich mine.
A LOT of what made me the actor, film maker, writer and artist that I am is because of the work he had done in his lifetime. Not only, directly his work, but the actors and other film makers he has influenced in more ways than there are words.

Report: Film Director Bergman Dies
Jul 30, 5:02 AM (ET)

(AP) Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman is seen in this Dec. 22, 2000 file photo in Stockholm. Ingmar...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman has died, local media reported Monday. He was 89 years old.

Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman.

Through more than 50 films, Bergman's vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden: the claustrophobic gloom of unending winter nights, the gentle merriment of glowing summer evenings and the bleak magnificence of the island where he spent his last years.

Bergman, who approached difficult subjects such as plague and madness with inventive technique and carefully honed writing, became one of the towering figures of serious filmmaking.

He was "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera," Woody Allen said in a 70th birthday tribute in 1988.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman has died, local media reported Monday. He was 89 years old.

Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman.