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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-24-2006, 06:31 AM:
 
Sven Nykvist, who was legendary director Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer of choice, died on Sept. 20 after a long illness. He was 83. Nykvist died at a nursing home where he was being treated for aphasia, a form of dementia. Nykvist won Academy Awards for best cinematography for the Bergman films "Cries and Whispers" in 1973 and "Fanny and Alexander" in 1982.

Nykvist’s name is routinely coupled with Bergman, one of the masters of modern cinema. Their collaboration stretched over much of three decades. It included such classics as Persona, The Magic Flute, The Hour of the Wolf, Scenes From a Marriage, Winter Light, and Blue Moon.

But his Bergman films comprise just a small part of his life’s work. Nykvist compiled around 100 other credits with many other visually oriented directors, including Louis Malle, Paul Mazursky, Allan Pakula, Roman Polanski, Norman Jewison, Phil Kauffman, Lasse Hallstrom and Woody Allen. His work with these and other directors includes Agnes of God, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Pretty Baby, Willie and Phil, Cannery Row, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Sleepless in Seattle, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, With Honors, Something to Talk About and Kristin Lavransdatter.

In 1996, Nykvist earned the American Society of Cinematographer's Lifetime Achievement Award, after marking his 50th anniversary as a cinematographer. Nykvist shot his first narrative film in Stockholm, Sweden in 1945, when he was 23. The title was 13 Chairs. His work played a large role in redefining the art of contemporary cinematography.

(compiled from numerous reports)
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 09-24-2006, 11:46 AM:
 
Let's see if the aholes can turn this thread into the shit fest like the Irwin one.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 09-24-2006, 11:56 AM:
 
Some great films in there. "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "Gilbert Grape" in particular for me.

RIP Sven Nykvist and thanks for the years of memorable work.
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 09-24-2006, 03:22 PM:
 
I was always impressed with DPs who use natural light. For me it always added that extra dimension that truly distinguishes film art. Beyond the Bergman films to the stark realism in "Ivan Denisovich" and the dim interiors in "Kristin Lavransdotter", Sven's work always helped draw me in. He was one of the greats, and he'll be missed.
 

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Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 09-25-2006, 06:13 AM:
 
Very sad to lose one of the masters. Bergman is one of my favourite directors and his work with Sven Nykvist is often incomparable.

Bergman's films were some of the first I projected on my first solo projection shifts at a repertory theatre. Those prints were sooooo sharp - amazing.

Thanks for the images, Sven.
 

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Posted by Cameron Glendinning (Member # 3516) on 09-26-2006, 04:16 AM:
 

quote: Michael Barry

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Thanks for the images, Sven.

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