Ingmar Bergman's favorite Muppet.
W. Magazine's article on the auctioning off of the late Ingmar Bergman's home and belongings confirmed what I'd long suspected: Animal was, in fact, his favorite Muppet. Bergman was also known to relish the odd blockbuster during his two daily film viewings at a screening room ten minutes' drive from his house. Watching "Jurassic Park," he exclaimed enthusiastically: "Those Americans know how to put on the pants!" That our masters of rigor often have a taste for the frivolous should no longer be a surprise. Very few haven't admitted, on the record, to some kind of cultural fondness that's, you know, unworthy of their work or whatever. In the '60s, Robert Bresson expressed great enthusiasm for "Goldfinger"; Stanley Kubrick was obsessed with beer commercials and had James Cameron come over and explain the effects in "True Lies" to him. Just as it's an axiom that musicians listen to way more...
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