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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