FANNY AND ALEXANDER Review II
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve in Fanny and Alexander
FANNY & ALEXANDER Review: Part I
It is only in the TV version that the depths and joys of the Ekdahls’ is plumbed fully. There are longer sequences at the opening Christmas Eve party; a deeper exploration of Carl Ekdahl and his put-upon German wife Lydia (Christina Schollin) — their marriage, his rages, and his own business failings and debts, which mirror the flaws of the Bishop; a deeper look at Emilie’s rationales, and her later hatred of the Bishop; more of life at the theater, especially a great sequence onstage with Bergman’s first film star, Gunnar Björnstrand, as actor Filip Landahl; and more of Alexander’s imagination, especially in two key scenes deleted [...]
by Dan Schneider | February 6, 2007
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Tags: Classic Movies, DVDs, Fanny and Alexander, Film Reviews, Ingmar Bergman, The Criterion Collection, The Making of Fanny and Alexander
FANNY AND ALEXANDER d: Ingmar Bergman
Fanny och Alexander / Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Direction and Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Börje Ahlstedt, Jan Malmsjö, Allan Edwall, Gunn Wållgren, Jarl Kulle , Erland Josephson, Pernilla August, Harriet Andersson, Stina Ekblad, Mats Bergman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lena Olin
Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin in Fanny and Alexander
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
Why Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman’s 1982 final ‘filmic film,’ Fanny och Alexander / Fanny & Alexander bears the appellation it does is a mystery — one of many in the film — since the first titular character, Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) is at best a third- or fourth-level supporting character. In fact, in the three-hour theatrical version she is not even mentioned by name for nearly an hour [...]
by Dan Schneider | February 6, 2007
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Tags: Bertil Guve, Classic Movies, Ewa Fröling, Fanny and Alexander, Film Reviews, Ingmar Bergman, Jan Malmsjö, Oscar 1983, Oscar Movies, Pernilla Allwin, Religion
