Film director Ingmar Bergman dies

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# Story Highlights
# Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman dies at home in Faro aged 89
# Bergman made more than 50 films and was a master of modern cinema
# Vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden
# He approached difficult subjects such as plague and madness

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday, the president of his foundation said. He was 89.

"It's an unbelievable loss for Sweden, but even more so internationally," Astrid Soderbergh Widding, president of The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, which administers the directors' archives, told The Associated Press.

Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman. A cause of death was not immediately available.

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.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/30/bergman.obit.ap/index.html

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1. Bergman was brilliant and the world is a little bit dimmer today. My thoughts go out

to his family.

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2. RIP

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3. Bergman was 89 and NPR said 'no cause was given for his death'

duh, he's 89.

RIP

[Hamlette]

4. The saw my first Bergman film when I was in college, The Virgin Spring

I couldn't get out of my seat when it ended. He made many great movies, if you've never seen a Bergman film you should. Today!

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5. I wish I had a DVD of "Persona" -- I would watch it today and remember how

it opened my eyes and split my brain into.

[RufusTFirefly]

6. Liked "Persona" but loved "Wild Strawberries"

More than any other movie (except perhaps Fellini's "8 1/2"), Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" turned me into a lifelong film nut. He wrestled with demons for much of his life and played out many of these battles onscreen. Here's hoping that they've made peace.