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July 30, 2007

RIP Ingmar Bergman

I have plenty of updates that are long overdue, and I'll get to them after I hit a few deadlines this week, but I wanted to take a moment to give thought to the life of Ingmar Bergman. Despite my appreciation for American pop culture and my disdain for pretentious crap (yes, I mean you, Mr. Cassavettes) and far-too-Nordic art (yes, I mean you, Mr. Strindberg), Bergman was the real deal. If he's new to you, start with The Seventh Seal or Wild Strawberries.

Then check out this tribute.

Like my innocence, pie gone.

July 5, 2007

New Wave Puritan?

Interesting. Not completely accurate, but not bad. And you get to click on lotsa pictures.