Ingmar Bergman, one of the great filmmakers of the 20th century passed away today at
his home in Sweden. His work influenced many contemporary filmmakers including Woody Allen who described Bergman as “probably the greatest film artist … since the invention of the motion picture camera.” Many of his films [IMDB info] dealt with existentialism, faith and death.
His earliest memories, he [Bergman] once said, were of light and death: “I remember how the sunlight hit the edge of my dish when I was eating spinach and, by moving the dish slightly from side to side, I was able to make different figures out of the light. I also remember sitting with my brother, in the backyard of my flat, aiming with slingshots at enormous black rats scurrying around. And I also remember being forced to sit in church, listening to a very boring sermon, but it was a very beautiful church, and I loved the music and the light streaming through the windows. I used to sit up in the loft beside the organ, and when there were funerals, I had this marvelous long-shot view of the proceedings, with the coffin and the black drapes, and then later at the graveyard, watching the coffin lowered into the ground. I was never frightened by these sights. I was fascinated.” [Excerpt from the NY Times article by Mervyn Rothstein]
will highlight the first category in filmmaking and list useful resources available for it on the Net. I will list a few samples with a brief description – the first being an obvious and well known site and then move to more obscure/less known sites.
In the process of producing my first feature film, 