Didn't know the guy at all. He is a movie director....was a movie director. Pretty well known if you are into movies. For me, he connected so clearly to what it is to be human. Several of his movies touch on themes that all humans can relate to. The professor in Wild Strawberries who reflects on his long empty life with great regret and dazes into dreams and memories as he grows older. The daughter in Autumn Sonata who one night, rails against her mother unleashing a torrent of repressed resentment for a lifetime of neglect. The priest in Winter Light who questions his faith. Viewing the world with wonderment and amazement as children do in Fanny and Alexander.
I spent a lot of time watching his movies and they have affected how I look at life. Reason enough to feel the loss of a someone I never met.
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