A cura di Fiammetta Girola e Bruno Fornara. Edito nel 2003 e rieditato nel 2014 con la filmografia aggiornata, che comprende anche A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, il film, vincitore della 71ma Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.«La vita è piena di momenti triviali e banali. Devo dire che li amo molto. Voglio occuparmi proprio di questo nei miei film, voglio parlarne... Certe volte mi pongono la domanda su cosa io pensi che sia il mio stile. È surrealismo, assurdismo, o ...

Obwohl Roy Andersson (*1943) seit seinem Debüt mit "Eine schwedische Liebesgeschichte" (1970) gerade einmal fünf Langspielfilme realisiert hat, gehört er zu den großen Stilisten und Philosophen des europäischen Kinos. Ein Paar schwebt am Wolkenhimmel in enger Umarmung, unter ihnen eine zerbombte Ruinenlandschaft. Ein Vater bindet der kleinen Tochter im strömenden Regen die Schnürsenkel. Ein Priester hat seinen Glauben verloren, er sucht Hilfe beim Arzt, aber die Praxis hat bereits geschlos...

Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson’s celebrated and enigmatic film Songs from the Second Floor, his first feature film in twenty-five years, won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. The “songs” of the film’s title refer to Andersson’s artistic ruminations on the state of mankind from his office on the second floor of Studio 24 in Stockholm. The film presents a series of forty-six tableaux—long, deep-focus shots with a still camera, mostly in studio settings, us...

Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader gives a wide and yet concise presentation of the history of Swedish film through a number of articles by Swedish and international film scholars. The book draws upon a rich tradition of research on Swedish cinema, and it offers a varied and inspiring introduction to the history – from the very first film screenings to contemporary works.Combining in-depth studies with contextualizing introductions, Swedish film: An Introduction ...

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