tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post6204252142880570336..comments2024-03-29T01:46:41.340-07:00Comments on DREAMS ARE WHAT LE CINEMA IS FOR...: FANNY & ALEXANDER 1982Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-72099528437224157772020-11-10T00:55:34.469-08:002020-11-10T00:55:34.469-08:00I feel the same. It's a masterwork and wholly ...I feel the same. It's a masterwork and wholly deserving of a Best Film Oscar win. Being decades apart, nothing about a win for Bergman would have changed anything about PARSITE's much-deserved win save for the folks who like statistics. In fact, had this film broke the foreign-language block surrounding the Best Picture category, perhaps there would be many more deserving film to follow, rather than waiting until the almost embarrassing late-date of 2019 for Oscar to recognize global contributions.<br /><br />Thanks for citing and sharing all those factoids about Bergman's ideal cast concepts. Many years after seeing the film I caught a "making of" feature on The Criterion Channel that revealed these details. Taking nothing from the cast assembled, it would have made this film that more nostalgically perfect for me had Ullmann, Bergman, and Van Sydow been possible.<br /><br />Glad you've mentioned this for those for the readers who weren't aware and come to this blog reveling in all the extra things they learn about the films I highlight when they read the comments section. Thanks!Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-55912805994286984572020-11-06T19:24:39.835-08:002020-11-06T19:24:39.835-08:00This is hands down my favorite foreign movie ever....This is hands down my favorite foreign movie ever. As much as I enjoyed PARASITE, this should have been the first foreign language film to win the best picture Oscar.<br />I obviously wouldn't change a thing, but did you know the grandmother role was conceived for Ingrid Bergman (who died in 1982) after her triumph in AUTUMN SONATA, that Emilie was offered and turned down by Liv Ullmann, and the evil bishop was supposed to be played by Max Von Sydow, but his agents insisted on a cut of the profits and were turned down without telling Von Sydow anything about it! They say he was not happy and would have done it for nothing.KIPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-66055708071342256132012-01-10T14:32:25.507-08:002012-01-10T14:32:25.507-08:00Hi Andrew, Thank you very much for your comment. I...Hi Andrew, Thank you very much for your comment. I really love that you have integrated this film into your holiday like that! Each year I always think I'm just going to watch the film's Christmas sequence, but I invariably get caught up with the characters and settle down for a long evening's entertainment. Can't resist it. LOL at your Gustav reference...I can so identify.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-60927799330510415072012-01-10T12:22:21.885-08:002012-01-10T12:22:21.885-08:00Hi Ken, Thanks for a great post. This is my favou...Hi Ken, Thanks for a great post. This is my favourite film as well; we show "Fanny och Alexander" every year around Christmas, with a feast at intermission (this year we did a roast goose), though its spell cannot help but spill over into the rest of the year (often I can't help but insert Gustav Adolf's proud & angry "Jajajajaja..." when I encounter a messy situation).Andrew Schirmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-45869510489299110452011-07-05T18:16:05.745-07:002011-07-05T18:16:05.745-07:00Hi Kathrynnova
Hmmm...I've never seen "St...Hi Kathrynnova<br />Hmmm...I've never seen "Stardust & Tinsel". I've put it on my Netflix list. Thanks for the inadvertent recommendation. <br />I hope you check out "Fanny & Alexander", even if you don't go as ga-ga for it in toto as I have, there are just so many isolated passages and scenes that shouldn't be missed by anyone who loves movies.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-19708334333344846742011-07-04T13:49:28.139-07:002011-07-04T13:49:28.139-07:00PS - 'wild strawberries' is one of my favo...PS - 'wild strawberries' is one of my favorites. that and 'sawdust and tinsel'kathrynnovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925059701467213291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-77764050588262489812011-07-04T13:48:27.856-07:002011-07-04T13:48:27.856-07:00i haven't seen this one yet! in fact, i'v...i haven't seen this one yet! in fact, i've never seen bergman's color films. that's what i love so much about the movies - there are no shortages of the magical art. when one is viewed, twenty more are revealed.kathrynnovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925059701467213291noreply@blogger.com