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Monday, July 30, 2007

Ingmar Bergman, One of Greatest Filmmakers in History of Cinema, Dies at 89

Swedish news agency TT on Monday reported that Ingmar Bergman – one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of cinema – died on Monday. He was 89.


Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (right) on Jan. 1, 1960.
Source: Associated Press file photo

Said to have changed the way the world perceived film, Bergman has been described as the Shakespeare of his age. Click here for more coverage of this story in the Chicago Tribune.

10:32 a.m. update on 7/31/07: Less than 24 hours later, Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni passed away, too. He was 94.

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