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Ingmar Bergman changed the face of filmmaking -- and may have been the 20th century's greatest artist.
  • "What the hell are you saying?" II

    "Simon is a contentious and disagreeable fellow, and no doubt the remark struck some people as fatuous even then."

    In the context of Simon fawning over Bergman, what in the world does "contentious and disagreeable" have to do with anything?