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My recollections of the same venue in the same epoque include Swedish, German and Italian films, as well as French, all contributing to the broadening of one's education. -
One Swedish film I have been meaning to watch but haven’t is The Seventh Seal. I wonder if it still makes sense today.Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostLast edited by doversoul1; 17-03-15, 20:02.Comment
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I am not sure that it made sense when I first saw it. It is available on YouTube if you want to watch it ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgiWPJLSsM ).Originally posted by doversoul View PostComment
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Thank you!! After all these years of thinking about it, I’m almost too afraid to watch it (but I certainly will watch it)
I suppose 'making sense' isn’t exactly the point of Bergman’s films.Comment
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It makes wonderfully rare sense, doverfishfeel... in a way that, if you fear it, will surprise you....Originally posted by doversoul View Post
And you should follow it with that sublime Bergman intertext, Woody Allen's Love and Death...
Just trust me, OK?Comment
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I've never fancied the 'classics' by him - the grainy gloomy ones (too "sought into", my granny would have said).Originally posted by doversoul View Post
But I'm a huge fan of the sublime Fanny & Alexander which I saw in the cinema in its original 5 hour version. Totally captivating. I have the 3 hour mainstream cinema release on blu-ray but the full version is more difficult to find in HD - it was released in the US but I've never been able to get a straight tale as to whether that is 'region-free' or restricted to US/Canada.
Apart from everything else, a magical soundtrack inc. the Schumann piano quintet.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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... yesOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
Fanny och Alexander was my introduction to the Schumann chamber repertoire
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Gone With the Wind springs to mind, plus Lord of the Rings et al."Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
And you should follow it with that sublime Bergman intertext, Woody Allen's Love and Death...
Just trust me, OK?
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Mine too. And colours it to this day. The Quintet was on the other morning, I always see the running stream near the insane bishop step-father's house...Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... yes
Fanny och Alexander was my introduction to the Schumann chamber repertoire"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Is The Matrix worth seeing? Big reputation, but I've not seen it.Comment
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Bergman's film of The Magic Flute is a delight. OK it's sung in Swedish, but it was filmed in the theatre in Drottlingholm and is a must for anybody who has not discovered it yet.Comment
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Stunningly inventive visually, less emotionally gripping thriller, which for me wears its philosophical ambitions a little too heavily...Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
Bit of a Keanu-vehicle of course...
, & not much wit or depth in the script.
But if you enjoy the dystopian scifi of Bladerunner etc. you'll get a lot out of it for one viewing at least... not so sure about the sequels (ever thus etc...)
If you truly want an emotionally-wrenching, savagely original & allegorical sci-fi-with-a-heart experience, see Neil Blomkamp's DISTRICT 9... not an easy watch, often a bit squalid, but if someone as squeamish as me can bear it, well...
A wonderful piece.Comment
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