Mike Gerber On Ingmar Bergman

Bergman was the last link to the golden age of foreign cinema, where themes like alienation, mortality and loss were considered awesome date movies. "What would you do if there was another Black Death? I know what I would do -- I'd have sex ALL the time..." Once you get somebody thinking about the fragileness and brevity of our time here on Earth, their bra strap practically unhooks itself.

The intellectual breeds seldom, if at all; Ingmar Bergman helped everybody get laid. And that, to me, is the true definition of genius.