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Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007
Ingmar Bergman, one of cinema’s greatest directors, has died.
From the Guardian:
The legendary Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman died this morning at his home on the island of Faro. According to his daughter, Eve, the director of The Seventh Seal and Persona died peacefully in his sleep. He was 89.
Having initially trained on the stage, Bergman went on to direct nearly 50 feature films, beginning with Crisis in 1946. His breakthrough came in 1957, courtesy of an extraordinary double-headed triumph of Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal. He would go on to win three best foreign language film Oscars, for The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly and Fanny and Alexander….
A colossus of world cinema, Ingmar Bergman influenced a generation of film-makers who were inspired both by his effortless command of the medium and his high-minded sense of its moral and artistic possibilities. In 1988, Woody Allen hailed him as “probably the greatest artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera.”
An official site and news from Venice…
… at the Yankee Racers forum!
Wes to unveil new short film at Venice…?
A new Wes Anderson short film, Hotel Chevalier, will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, 29 August-8 September 2007 (URL). The film is a 12-minute “out of competition special event” starring Jason Schwartman and Natalie Portman, according to the site. The Darjeeling Limited will also premiere at the event. More soon… (Thanks to MissPortman.com for this lead).
Darjeeling Limited trailer, part trois
The trailer is now available on YouTube as well.
URL: The Darjeeling Limited trailer on YouTube
We continue to discuss the trailer and the film over on the Yankee Racers forum.
URL: “Trailer News” thread
Oh, and the two songs in the trailer are both by the Kinks. “This Time Tomorrow” (from Lola vs. the Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part I) and “Strangers” (from the same album).
Some trailer captures posted…
I have posted some trailer captures. Enjoy!
All images (c) 2007 American Empirical Pictures and Fox Searchlight
Darjeeling Trailer is Online!
TDL trailer premieres tomorrow with Sunshine?
Rumor has it that The Darjeeling Limited trailer will show with the film Sunshine, to be released Friday 20 July 2007. Please e-mail edwardappleby @ yankeeracers.org (no spaces) to confirm or deny this rumor.
Update: It’s true! And, the poster has been released. Enjoy!
Variety: The Fox scheduled for 6 November 2009
According to Variety.com, the current release date for The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson’s sixth full-length (and first fully animated) film, is 6 November 2009. They have a good article (URL) about such ‘farsighted’ release planning.