I found the NY Times obit itself inspiring -- it reminded me that subjectivity, emotionality, vulnerability, ambiguity are valuable too, along with objectivity, analysis, political passion, etc.
The writer who reminds me most of Bergman is Italo Calvino, though he's lighter and funnier than Bergman.
And there's a gem of a recent Swedish film everyone should know: Elling.
BobW
--- Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "farmelantj at juno.com" <farmelantj at juno.com>
> >
> >Ingmar Bergman, Famed Director, Dies at 89
> >
> >By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN
> >
> >... Mr. Bergman dealt with pain and torment, desire
> and religion, evil and
> >love; in Mr. Bergman’s films, “this world is a
> place where faith is
> >tenuous; communication, elusive; and
> self-knowledge, illusory,” Michiko
> >Kakutani wrote in The New York Times Magazine in a
> profile of the
> >director. God is either silent or malevolent; men
> and women are
> >creatures and prisoners of their desires. ...
>
> He will be missed. No one could make gloom more
> enjoyable than Bergman.
>
> Carl
>
>
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