Farewell, Ingmar

Ingmar Bergman, the “poet with the camera” who is considered one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died today on the small island of Faro where he lived on the Baltic coast of Sweden, Astrid Soderbergh Widding, president of The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, said. Bergman was 89.

The NY Times obituary continues here.

A nice assortment of online clips of the director's best films is available here.

A 2004 review of a Bergman retrospective, finely written by Anthony Lane of The New Yorker.

The best editions of Bergman's films, including this favorite of mine, are available from Criterion. Do yourself a favor and see all of them. No true fan of what film is capable of should be ignorant of this director and his incomparable work.