Some respect for two filmmakers who passed away last week. BTW: The New York Times articles will require registration (well worth it IMO!).
LINKS:
Antonioni
New York Times's Antonioni Obit.
Via R. Ebert. "In Memory: Antonioni."
UK Gaurdian: Antonioni's Best Scenes.
Bergman
New York Times's Bergman Obit.
Via R. Ebert. "In Memory: Bergman."
Via R. Ebert. "Artists Paying Tribute to Bergman."
UK Gaurdian: Bergman's Greatest Scenes.
UK Gaurdian: "How the Muppets made us all Bergman experts"
And now for some discourse...
J. Rosenbaum's "Scenes From an Overrated Career." A full on Op-Ed debunking of Bergman's work and importance?
Leading on to a response from R. Ebert Defending Ingmar Bergman.
Via Guardian Unlimited.
A look back at the differences between the filmmakers.
I also think that Antonioni has somehow aged less well than Bergman. Perhaps it is the fate of all "modernists" to eventually turn antique, or even retro. Through no fault of his own, Antonioni seems to have been almost too fashionable, too much an index of his age. For many contemporary viewers his cool inquiries can now look a little too mannered and clinical.
Update 8/14: Rosenbaum responds to Ebert in another article.
Woody Allen and Marty Scorsese both chime in for Bergman and Antonioni respectively with articles for the New York Times.
On other news:
Oldest Living Directors
1911(Via Movie City Indie)
Jules Dassin, December 18, Circle of Two (1980)
1915
Kon Ichikawa, 20 November, The Inugamis (2006)
1920
Eric Rohmer, 4 April, Les amours d’Astree et de Celadon (2007)
1921
Chris Marker, 29 July, The Case of the Grinning Cat (2004)
1922
Alain Resnais, 3 June, Private Fears In Public Places (2006)
Jonas Mekas, 24 September, Elvis (2001)
1923
Seijun Suzuki, 24 May, Princess Raccoon (2005)
1924
Stanley Donen, 13 April, Love Letters (1999)
Sidney Lumet, 25 June, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
1925
D. A. Pennebaker, 15 July, Addiction (2007)
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