<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post7638080177735651135..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7270813635453880973</id><published>2007-07-31T17:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T17:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian, you&#39;ve reason to be scared. Hour of the Wolf ...</title><summary type='text'>Ian, you&#39;ve reason to be scared. Hour of the Wolf contains, in my opinion, one of the most frightening scenes in cinema. It involves a pier and is shot in very high contrast. That&#39;s all I&#39;ll say. Having someone nearby to grip during the film is highly advisable.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Virgin Spring: The build up scene with the toad. The felt tension and overwhelming sense of dread is fairly unbeatable. Also, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/7270813635453880973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/7270813635453880973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185917940000#c7270813635453880973' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18048458442561567603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344149813"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1741612324549440830</id><published>2007-07-30T23:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T23:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barnes, I’ve been putting off seeing Hour of the W...</title><summary type='text'>Barnes, I’ve been putting off seeing Hour of the Wolf - maybe I’m scared.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Virgin Spring is one of the few he didn’t write, and though it belongs firmly in the violent revenge genre it is unique in its way, with von Sydow’s rampage perhaps the best ever and the film crew evoking the medieval parable well.  It has the traditional values subtext of most violent films (or violent epic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/1741612324549440830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/1741612324549440830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185854340000#c1741612324549440830' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5071611892474441140</id><published>2007-07-30T23:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T23:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bill Walsh died today, too.  Of leukemia.  Walsh e...</title><summary type='text'>Bill Walsh died today, too.  Of leukemia.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Walsh engineered the return to respectability of the San Francisco 49ers, leading to five Super Bowl victories over a 13 year period, a record so far unmatched in the history of the league, except perhaps for the Steelers (who took 31 years to match it).  Walsh is credited with bringing the spirit of intellectual daring and experiment to a game</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/5071611892474441140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/5071611892474441140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185854160000#c5071611892474441140' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3423728248144405250</id><published>2007-07-30T15:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T15:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The dance of death scene in The Seventh Seal was c...</title><summary type='text'>The dance of death scene in The Seventh Seal was captured serendipitously. It was the end of the shooting day and the light was just so. Bergman ordered the crew up the hill. And so they went. And so it is. Splendid and unrehearsed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Virgin Spring and Hour of the Wolf are two other (not often talked about) amazing films. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bergman described the creative process as a form of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/3423728248144405250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/3423728248144405250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185825240000#c3423728248144405250' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18048458442561567603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344149813"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1074862524556046060</id><published>2007-07-30T13:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T13:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>btw I&#39;d never heard of Ousmane Semblene but viewed...</title><summary type='text'>btw I&#39;d never heard of Ousmane Semblene but viewed The Money Order the other day after your July 23 post and enjoyed it immensely.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/1074862524556046060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/1074862524556046060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185815280000#c1074862524556046060' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3203354532791819051</id><published>2007-07-30T12:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T12:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I was 14 I thought that the movies were a con...</title><summary type='text'>When I was 14 I thought that the movies were a consumerist diversion like video games.  Then the newspaper announced that Fanny and Alexander was in theaters by a legend named Bergman, the same theater where the Hollywood films were, and I was old enough to get in.  When I went the three + hours went by too quickly.  I hadn’t been to a serious play so this was a pivotal experience.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/3203354532791819051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/3203354532791819051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185811380000#c3203354532791819051' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-336692228349202683</id><published>2007-07-30T07:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T07:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A great loss.</title><summary type='text'>A great loss.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/336692228349202683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7638080177735651135/comments/default/336692228349202683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html?showComment=1185795960000#c336692228349202683' title=''/><author><name>Editors</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07411056504894017518</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7638080177735651135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7638080177735651135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-28822133"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2007"/></entry></feed>