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Susan Sontag noted the “calculated frustration” of the ending of a film by this director that depicts a woman boarding a bus alone. That film by this director opens with a boy caressing the image of a woman’s face and the image of a crucified hand interrupting a distorted film reel. (10[1])This director (-5[1])compared some of his films to “chamber music,” including one in which a priest comforts a fisherman about his fear of nuclear war. A film by this director ends with people dancing behind a man with a scythe. In a film by this director, the faces of a mute actress and her nurse merge together in a mirror. This director of Winter Light created a 1957 film in which a knight played by Max von Sydow (10[1])loses a chess game to Death. For 10 points, name this Swedish director of Persona and The Seventh Seal. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Ingmar Bergman [or Ernst Ingmar Bergman; reject “Ingrid Bergman”]
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