tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post2139759176320791081..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Ingmar Bergman has diedAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-81210949328166340542007-08-03T20:18:00.000-07:002007-08-03T20:18:00.000-07:00Who's next? Godard...? His retrospective at the Po...Who's next? Godard...? His retrospective at the Pompidou shows he's still being a good ol' pain in the ass.<BR/>http://www.liberation.fr/dossiers/godard/192917.FR.phpgbdfjshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02884246078882625922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-54762451267982789272007-07-31T23:24:00.000-07:002007-07-31T23:24:00.000-07:00Make that TWO of its greatest voices - Antonioni d...Make that TWO of its greatest voices - Antonioni died a few hours later. <BR/><BR/>A friend of mine asked today, "Who is next," and really, I couldn't come up with an answer - I couldn't think of anyone still alive with this sort of stature in the world of cinema (though I personally will mourn the passing of Peter Watkins, still alive and, to my knowledge, in retirement). The death of such great artists - largely unheralded in our trivial, um, "entertainment media" - truly lessens the world, leaves it an emptier place, and leaves humanity that much more in need of some sort of justification for our continued existence here. <BR/><BR/>Alas, most people are small enough already not to even notice the general diminishment...Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.com