Fanny Und Alexander

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This Swedish, not German, film is called "Fanny och Alexander".

>>By rationalist   (Tuesday, 2 Aug 2011 21:40)



Yes, Ingmar Bergman, who was Swedish and Fanny och Alexander's director, is one of the best directors of all time, a claim I substantiate by pointing to his contributions to the language or tradition of cinema and his influence on other directors. I am a little rusty as a Bergman advocate, but for examples I'll cite Fight Club and The Talented Mr. Ripley, both of which make heavy allusions to Bergman's Persona. There are tons more, many of which date much further back than these relatively recent releases.

Fanny & Alexander brings together all the many different themes that characterized Bergman's films, that dated back to the 1940s, and brings them together in a wonderful synthesis. F&A was originally produced in six parts for Swedish television, but later painstakingly (and, for Bergman, painfully) edited down to a three-hour film for release in American cinema. Only a couple of weeks ago did I have the joyous privilege of seeing the original Swedish television version, which brings out so many other wonderful details about the characters in the film--for example, Fanny and Alexander are apparently not their father's children: Emily had affairs, and, to me at least, I suspect one of the affairs she may have had was with the Bishop--did anyone else who has seen the original TV version get that impression?--and Fanny and/or Alexander may biologically actually be the Bishop's children.

>>By subversive   (Monday, 29 Aug 2011 02:27)



For another example of the abundant Bergman-influenced films see Interiors by Woody Allen, who himself was a big advocate of Bergman.

>>By subversive   (Monday, 29 Aug 2011 02:29)



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