Now that Ingmar Bergman is dead, I am all the more grateful that those Chinese DVD pirates didn’t restrict their bootlegging to the usual suspects, i.e., Van Damme, Stallone and Mel Gibson, but included in their booty much of the world’s best cinema, including Mr. Bergman’s films. Except for the 5-disc Criterion Collection edition of “Fanny and Alexander” which I burned from an original copy, the other 12 Bergman titles I have are all courtesy of Makati Cinema Square…

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