The Legends Are Gone !
Ingmar Bergman (1918 - 2007)IMDb Reports : "Ingmar Bergman, one of the world's most influential -- and revered -- directors of the century died today (Monday) on Faro Island, Sweden at the age of 89. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Woody Allen once called him "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera." In its obituary, the New York Times took note of the fact that critics regarded Bergman as "one of the directors -- the others being Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa -- who dominated the world of serious film making in the second half of the 20th century."
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912 - 2007)Just one day after the announcement of the death of Ingmar Bergman, officials in Rome announced the death at age 94 of another legendary director, Michelangelo Antonioni. "With Antonioni dies not only one of the greatest directors but also a master of modernity," Walter Veltroni, the mayor of Rome, said in the announcement. Antonioni directed both Italian- and English-language features, including the 1960 classic L'Avventura and the 1966 Oscar-nominated Blowup. Despite being largely incapacitated by a stroke in 1983, he continued directing films. In 1994, barely able to speak and appearing frail, he directed John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Irene Jacob and Fanny Ardant in Beyond the Clouds, often using a note pad to communicate with the cast and crew. In 1995, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an Oscar for lifetime achievement.
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I will never forget the Bergman's masterpieces "The Seventh Seal", "Wild Strawberries"& "Persona" and Antonioni's "Blow-Up". When I was a child, I learned the meaning of Artistic Cinematography by these masters specially by the mighty Bergman and his nightmarish, psychological drama movie "Wild Strawberries" that scared me too much with the bright and frightful opening sequence. With lots of Love & Respects to Them, God Bless Their Souls...
