'How's it hanging Death?' Ingmar Bergman's effect on pop culture

The Muppets, French and Saunders, Bill and Ted and even an Oscar-nominated spoof: Ingmar Bergman's work has inspired the makers of TV comedies, cartoons and blockbusters that are worlds away from the director's style. Here filmmaker Nic Wassell examines how far the great Swedish director's influence stretched, with help from narrator Johan Hallström.
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[@thevoid99]

i love the fact that as intense and serious his films are, bergman manages to cross over in different places in pop culture. i always wondered what he thought of those parodies and does he have comedies that he just loves to watch? some of stanley kubrick's films have been comedies starring the marx brothers or something like "the jerk" and "white men can't jump". one of terrence malick's all-time favorite films is "zoolander".

[@hakanstorsater5090]

Likely. He had a massive VHS collection at his country house in Fårö. 1711 VHS tapes.

[@isakdahl7054]

Yeah, he liked to enjoy trashy B-movies just as much as anyone :)

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Still not deleted persona from my hard drive.... Mind bending....

[@GregNumber]

There were a series of Seventh Seal sketches on the 70s British TV show Dave Allen at Large.

[@pedterson]

I løve Monti Pittøn.

[@jrmrtn]

thank you for making this and thank you for keeping woody allen almost entirely out of it 🌺

[@zero-gj8ss]

I love 7 seal is like White Ribbon by Michael Haneke.

[@cl759]

Oooof Kurosawa dig