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in memoriam:bergman and antonioni

I’ve been so busy reading all the obituaries about Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman and Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni that I forgot to post anything here about their deaths.  Here’s a sampling of some of the tributes:

• The New York Sun says that Bergman was more than a filmmaker
• The New York Post says that Bergman “punished his audiences”
• The New York Times’ blog ArtsBeat asks readers to share their favorite Antonioni films
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s film critic Christopher Kelly picks his five favorite Bergman films
• Listen to Neda Ulaby’s tribute to Antonioni and watch clips of his film Blow-Up on NPR here
• Final thoughts on both directors from Entertainment Weekly’s blog Popwatch
• Steve Persall, St. Pete Times film critic, wonders if anyone cares anymore about Bergman or Antonioni