etnobofin » gunn wallgren http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin A Kiwi in Paris, sweating on the metro Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:47:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Prolog http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2010/01/prolog/ http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2010/01/prolog/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:37:20 +0000 Richard http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/?p=3966 When I found this on YouTube, I knew I had to post it… it’s the opening sequence of Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander. I’ve never seen a film quite like it before or since, and the first 7 minutes set the mood perfectly – mysterious, subtle and playful, drawing you into Alexander’s world.

Alexander is played by Bertil Guve, and Grandma Ekdahl by Gunn Wållgren (who was suffering terminal cancer throughout the filming). The music at the start is the 2nd movement of Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44.

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