Antioni and Bergman die on the same day, and while some suggest cinephilia is dead, but I don't know. I'd imagine every college coffeeshop in America will be in a month long state of mourning.

Although the majority of the college students who will be wearing black to honor these passed auteurs at the end of the month will return to wearing black just because, we shouldn't view them as culturally irrelevant. In fact,

I'm fascinated because Antioni and Bergman have reached beyond merely the people who understand their movies, and even beyond the people who have even seen their movies. As far as I know, a poster of Blow Up or the Seventh Seal just comes with a college dorm room.

These two artists have become cultural institutions, and even if it is just momentary, it is them and their art that lends temporary meaning to an entire cultural identity. The ability to do this seems to me one of the most transcendent powers of art.