Ingmar Bergman Is Dead

Ingmar Bergman Is Dead is a story written by Nijiiro Sumi and Tougyo. It ran in Issue 12 at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/63693.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/ingmar-bergman-is-dead/.

Summary

From pinboard.in: "this is like a twisted crazy mind boggling story. orta reminds me of the save me video by nickelback, where the guy almost dies and can see how people die/can read their minds now. Then he meets Mason, who helps him cross the street." From delicious.com: "a mentally deranged boy accidentally prevents another person's suicide. well, maybe mentally deranged -- maybe a ghost, a mind reader, an oracle, who knows? the story is told from his perspective, which makes for this fascinating beautiful deconstructed stream-of-consciousness ... thing, i don't even know, but it's genius. so, so, so good."

External Reviews

• http://ceanshinythings.livejournal.com/280739.html: "amazing and twisty and just generally wow."
• http://demoerin.livejournal.com/26896.html: '"Everybody loves the bit with the fish", or "The very best of cognitive dissonance"'.
• http://golden-bastet.livejournal.com/72977.html
• http://my-book-of-days.livejournal.com/3972.html
• http://facetsoftext.dreamwidth.org/902.html
• fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org
• http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=21536821: "It's definitly a bit weird to me, but i just love stories written in this style, all random-like."
• delicious.com: "Absolutely fantastic story which can easily be read again and again. This is how writing in first person and a crazy main character should be written. The concept is unique and well executed. Best of all, it's slash."
• delicious.com: "The one where he didn't die didn't die didn't die. (oh my god awesome)"
• pinboard.in: "a really interesting depiction of mental health deteriorating after the character was "supposed" to die"