Woody Allen was famously Ingmar Bergman's number one fan. His influence is highly visible throughout Allen's films (most hilariously with that white-clad Grim Reaper in Love and Death). You can watch Woody Allen talking about Bergman's films in this audio interview for Channel 4.
Allen, Michael Winterbottom, Terence Davies, Sally Potter and other film-makers working today also talked to the Guardian a few years ago about what Bergman meant to them. They talk of the simplicity of his films, his insight into human psychology, and the sexual impulse that determined his film-making. As Winterbottom said, "You just can't beat his films."
