17. Wild Strawberries

My guest for this month is Patrick Gibson, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1957 drama film Wild Strawberries. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.

Show notes:

My original review of Wild Strawberries
This film was the last role by legendary Swedish actor Victor Sjöström, who directed The Phantom Carriage
You can’t fly directly from Stockholm to Lund these days, you have to go to Malmö and drive. It takes about two hours total
A flight from Stockholm to Sydney, Australia takes almost 24 hours, so a bit longer
Ingmar Bergman was having an affair with his leading lady Bibi Andersson during the making of this film
Norwegian Black Metal and Swedish Death Metal are two things that I associate with Scandinavia
A Mitzvah is a good dead, and a Mensch is someone who does them
Virtually every Bergman film was produced by Svensk Filmindustri
Akira Kurosawa made loooong films. Seven Samurai is 207 minutes for instance
Bergman getting to work with both Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist is almost unfair to other filmmakers
The Seventh Seal’s portrayal of death is famously parodied in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
I loved the brilliance of Persona, and highly recommend it to anyone who liked this film
Patrick’s wife Maja appeared in two great episodes of this very show
If you haven’t checked out Firewatch yet, what are you waiting for? The tone feels similar to this film
Patrick works for one of my all time favorite companies, Portland’s Panic, which also employees our last guest Neven Mrgan
I highly recommend anyone technical out there to read Patrick’s website, it’s really good stuff
Patrick and Maja are currently traveling around the world, while writing about it. It’s an awesome way to learn about a bunch of interesting places, and see a bunch of cool photos

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