https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/07/30/ingmar-bergman-the-hero-of-my-youth-dies/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:06:41 -0400<![CDATA[I will never forget when I first saw Wild Strawberries at the age of sixteen. It changed my life because from that day on I wanted to work in the movies. Little did I know that the kind of movies Bergman made would be inaccessible to me just not because of the obvious insufficient talent on my part, but because the American film industry would not allow for Bergman-style film making, only for Woody Allen parodies.]]>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:45:26 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2007/07/30/ingmar-bergman-the-hero-of-my-youth-dies-n214265