tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post337869310334764552..comments2024-02-25T00:38:34.874+08:00Comments on Patrick Cowsill: Yes Ma'am: A Lot of Water under the BridgePatrick Cowsillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-66168324865556366192013-08-21T08:48:03.455+08:002013-08-21T08:48:03.455+08:00Currently, my favourite film is 'Algiers',...Currently, my favourite film is 'Algiers', released in 1938. I've viewed it half a dozen times over the past couple of years and I have to keep myself from viewing it again and again or else I wouldn't get anything else done lol! It's been said that this film influenced 'Casablanca' in a number of ways, including the title, some superficial plot elements and moody cinema photography. BTW, I like to tell people that this is the film where the line 'Take me to the Casbah' was NOT spoken!Philip Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-27230173642241040342012-06-23T09:49:37.811+08:002012-06-23T09:49:37.811+08:00Max is apparently still working, which I am very g...Max is apparently still working, which I am very glad to know. I haven't yet seen the recent movie with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock (forget the title), but I saw Max in the trailer for that one. I liked him in "Hannah and her Sisters".<br /><br />Besides Wild Strawberries, I can't say I am overly fond of Ingmar Bergman's work (and Swedish is my second language... so I HAVE tried!). <br /><br />OK-- I did kind of like Fanny and Alexander.<br /><br />The Swedish movies that I most often recommend are My Life as a Dog, Together and As it is in Heaven. And I think the three Dragon-Tattoo-Girl movies are quite well done.<br /><br />I think some of my own favorite bits of movies might be from Floating Weeds, directed by Yasujiro Ozu (about 1958?). Some great scenes in that one.John Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-38759647679794803922012-06-23T02:09:07.469+08:002012-06-23T02:09:07.469+08:00LOL, I've mixed up the Bergmans. The daughter ...LOL, I've mixed up the Bergmans. The daughter is great. Von Sydow is a great actor too; he had bigger roles in other Bergman, the director that is, productions.<br /><br />He was also terrific in "Pelle, the Conquerer," a Danish film based on a series of novels by the Danish writer Morten Andersen Nexo. There is a scene in the movie, if memory serves, of strawberries being planted, an obvious tip of the cap to Bergman's classic. <br /><br />At that time (turn of twentieth century), Swedish peasants and workers, regularly made their way to Denmark to do work; this is one of the ideas of Nexo's novels. Thus, Von Sydow is appropriately cast.Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-63244097583633873502012-06-23T01:25:27.796+08:002012-06-23T01:25:27.796+08:00Wild Strawberries is one of my favorites, too... e...Wild Strawberries is one of my favorites, too... even though Ingrid isn't in that one!<br /><br />The actress that plays the daughter-in-law IS drop-dead gorgeous, though, isn't she?<br /><br />Max Von Sydow has a small roll.John Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-8099127630323721052012-06-22T13:01:11.390+08:002012-06-22T13:01:11.390+08:00That sounds like work. I'm probably just going...That sounds like work. I'm probably just going to put up links now. But who knows? I might get inspired. Bergman is good though; my personal fav is "Wild Strawberries."Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-64448372616293805592012-06-22T11:50:17.150+08:002012-06-22T11:50:17.150+08:00You should compare the acting of Ingrid Bergman in...You should compare the acting of Ingrid Bergman in "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" 1964 movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com