Rest in peace Ingmar Bergman. by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Ingmar Bergman died on July 30 at age 89, at his home on Faro, north of the bigger Baltic Sea island of Gotland. We've lost one of the greatest masters of cinema, director of classics like "The Seventh Seal" or the Oscar winning "Fanny and Alexander". His family didn't want to make too many statements and chose to keep privacy of the date and the place Ingmar Bergman will be buried. This is an understandable thing because Bergman put big price on his privacy and always praised his neighbors for respecting that. His neighbors continue to respect him and when asked about the date of the funeral, Kerstin Kalstrom, a primary-school teacher who has lived on the island for more than 40 years replied: "Even if we knew, we would never say," "The people of Faro would never, ever leak.". We should all respect these people and respect Ingmar Bergman's wish. Why do journalists feel the need to go to funerals and take pictures of the coffin, of the sad relatives and other celebrities present at the moment? Bergman had moved to Faro seeking privacy and silence in order to be able to work, rest and do whatever he wanted to do. Is the funeral much more important than his work? The media could do wonderful things in this sad situation. They could play the classic movies on TV and present it to the young generation. They could write quality columns about the artist's work, not about how many flowers there were at the funeral or what the man was wearing.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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