tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post525292146420718434..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Ghost of Sweden PastSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-61528015210249445782016-06-08T14:55:01.259-05:002016-06-08T14:55:01.259-05:00It's definitely there, even if only as a way f...It's definitely there, even if only as a way for me to approach the film!SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-84690301253824593162016-06-08T13:32:16.447-05:002016-06-08T13:32:16.447-05:00I love your comparison with A Christmas Carol! I ...I love your comparison with A Christmas Carol! I had not thought of it, but it is perfect.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49835649698024065862016-04-18T23:18:02.127-05:002016-04-18T23:18:02.127-05:00I agree. It's one I should revisit.I agree. It's one I should revisit.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-4711040569011838272016-04-16T12:49:31.253-05:002016-04-16T12:49:31.253-05:00Good call on the quarreling couple they pick up. I...Good call on the quarreling couple they pick up. I had not connected it with Isak's own marriage. There is a lot left to understand in this movie.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-86591514806934765862014-12-06T08:55:02.970-06:002014-12-06T08:55:02.970-06:00This is a great film, and one of Bergman's bes...This is a great film, and one of Bergman's best. It's also one of the great influences from Bergman on Woody Allen. You can find a lot of this film in a lot of his movies. <br /><br />In many ways, this is the crystalization of Bergman's philosophy. I'm looking forward to watching it again.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-4419230237822815792014-12-04T17:00:51.901-06:002014-12-04T17:00:51.901-06:00For a very long time, this was my favorite Bergman...For a very long time, this was my favorite Bergman film and even now it's still in the running because I have a five- or six-way tie for picking Bergman's best. I watched it last night on TCM and that viewing reminded me of numerous reasons why I considered it my favorite film of Bergman. Mostly, it's just so darned entertaining at the same time it is thoughtful and funny and charming and even a bit morose.<br /><br />It's been more than twenty years since the last time I saw it, and I think I need to make it one of those films - like Yojimbo and La strada - that I try to watch every three or four years.<br /><br />Victor Sjostrom is really amazing, both funny and sentimental at the same time he is also crabby and irritable. And I also think Ingrid Thulin is great in this, very natural, and also stunningly beautiful.<br /><br />But the real heart of this movie is Bibi Andersson, not as flashback Sara, but as beatnik Sara. She's hilarious! A lot of that is based on her naivete, but there is also a lot of (almost unintentional) wisdom in what she says. An awful lot of her dialogue makes me smile. <br /><br />So glad I saw this again after several decades.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15188615758709519162011-11-01T21:08:02.151-05:002011-11-01T21:08:02.151-05:00Heh. I am old, though. I claim to have stopped agi...Heh. I am old, though. I claim to have stopped aging at 35--now I count anniversaries of my 35th birthday. Next year, that hits double digits.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-23648242111503600022011-11-01T16:23:48.234-05:002011-11-01T16:23:48.234-05:00I didn't mean you are old, sorry! Just that ol...I didn't mean you are old, sorry! Just that older people in a general sense might identify (like "The Straight Story", which my grandparents enjoyed)<br /><br />As teenagers identify with teenage characters, and so on.<br /><br />introspection, yes, it can be an ageless feeling.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41449506249541966052011-11-01T11:42:21.288-05:002011-11-01T11:42:21.288-05:00I'm not sure I qualify as "old" in a...I'm not sure I qualify as "old" in a general sense, although I do seem to qualify in terms of movie bloggers. <br /><br />That said, I wonder if it's more simply a case of introspection--if you tend to turn internally, I think this film will resonate a lot more.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34494447057120817082011-11-01T08:07:54.883-05:002011-11-01T08:07:54.883-05:00He's not one of my favourite directors, but I ...He's not one of my favourite directors, but I remember thinking Wild Strawberries was one of the best of the Bergman films I had seen. Somehow worked both on a visual and psychological level, and you can't ask for much more than that. And as you say, the use of flash-back was interesting. <br />I don't know if it works better for old people who can mirror themselves in the character?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-23653102694500441642011-10-30T22:03:08.987-05:002011-10-30T22:03:08.987-05:00That would make a great double feature, actually.That would make a great double feature, actually.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-12359824001777613852011-10-30T20:00:03.915-05:002011-10-30T20:00:03.915-05:00Seeing the title written out as »Smultronstallet« ...Seeing the title written out as »Smultronstallet« looks kind of funny since »stallet« in swedish means »the stable« while »stället« means »the place« ;-)<br /><br />Otherwise, an interesting read as always – got me thinking about the similarities and differences of »Smultronstället« when compared to Woody Allen's »Deconstructing Harry«.nicolas krizanhttp://1001movies.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-59215682200671244772011-10-30T10:40:31.998-05:002011-10-30T10:40:31.998-05:00Thanks, Joel. I'll have to consider exactly wh...Thanks, Joel. I'll have to consider exactly what that name means in the context of the film--but it certainly adds a new dimension.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-30032631650323568192011-10-30T06:49:36.452-05:002011-10-30T06:49:36.452-05:00The opening dream sequence is awesome and I totall...The opening dream sequence is awesome and I totally agree on the Christmas Carol resemblance. <br /><br />One note for foreign viewers is that Isak Bork kind of translates into Ice Castle. That was of course an intentional choice of character name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68127425246408285722011-10-28T21:37:27.519-05:002011-10-28T21:37:27.519-05:00Yeah, but in some senses, I think the memories tha...Yeah, but in some senses, I think the memories that I do retain are quite sharp and vivid.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-69087773010439444982011-10-28T12:50:09.391-05:002011-10-28T12:50:09.391-05:00I have a sense that with age, for me at least, a l...I have a sense that with age, for me at least, a lot of my memories are getting cleared out. Perhaps I could retrieve them, but from this perspective they don't seem to matter so much anymore. Except to my wife during an argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-38841587209329950802011-10-28T11:47:46.509-05:002011-10-28T11:47:46.509-05:00I think that first impression is pretty accurate. ...I think that first impression is pretty accurate. There is a sense of the off, of things being skewed and upsetting in this film. I get that from Bergman a lot, actually. There's a sense of things not fitting together correctly, of not being right, and that creates a vague sense of the strange. It's hard to pin down. I felt the same way watching <i>Vargtimmen</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-61875845384919569822011-10-28T05:20:31.707-05:002011-10-28T05:20:31.707-05:00I have a strong childhood memory from watching thi...I have a strong childhood memory from watching this movie. I probably didn't watch it all, I guess I just threw a glance at it as the grown-ups watched on TV. But I remember the scene ever so cleary: the dream with the clocks without pointers. It was so creepy, nightmarish, and I couldn't get it out of my head. <br />I've watched it when I was older too, but somehow that first impression lingered. I still found it unsettling.Jessicahttp://www.thevelvetcafe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com