Two weeks ago, July 30, legendary Swedish film maker, Ingmar Bergman, died peacefully in his sleep. He was 89. For me, he will always be remembered as a great cinematographer who was not afraid to explore the darker questions of life - in fact, I suspect that he was obsessed with questions about life, death, mortality, and endlessly sought answers to his existential struggles. Woody Allen, incidentally another of my favorite, looked up to him as a mentor of sort and this is evident in Allen's movies - the themes, casting of actors, etc.
Here's CNN's report on Bergman: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/30/bergman.obit.ap/index.html
Bergman's movies which impacted me most are Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. The world of art will miss you, Ingmar Bergman.
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