Ingmar Bergman, the Swede who launched a thousand artsy student films, is widely recognized as the greatest director of avant-garde and even modern cinema. Apart from directing the deadly VHS tape in the Ring (psych!) he has made billions of films synonymous with existentialism, bleakness, and creepy soundtracks.
On a side note, black and white seems to be a very popular choice for existentialist work (See my last post on the new Camus book covers).
French and Saunders are widely recognized as the greatest satirists of all time (in my household), so it's only natural that these two titans of spoofery would take on the Thor of cinema.
For an annotated guide to Bergman films and a good laugh, watch this clip:
10 January 2008
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