list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Scenes from a Marriage on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Scenes_from_a_Marriage/30211/default.aspx Title: Scenes from a Marriage
Year: 1974
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Plot: Originally created as a six-part series for television, this film -- widely regarded as one of Ingmar Bergman's most powerful later works -- offers a close-up examination of a relationship as it slowly falls apart, and investigates the toll it takes on both parties. Johan and Marianne (Erland Josephson and Liv Ullmann) are a seemingly successful professional couple who have juggled careers as (respectively) a doctor and an attorney with marriage and children; when we first encounter them, they're being interviewed by a television reporter about what makes their marriage a success, an event contrasted by a later meeting with an openly bitter and combative couple (Bibi Andersson and Jan Malmsjö). But things are not always what they seem on the surface, and Johan announces he has become involved with a younger woman. Johan seems to give little thought to the harm he has done to Marianne, while she is devastated by his abandonment of her. After a stay in Europe, Johan returns to Sweden and visits Marianne; eventually, the divorced couple briefly comes together, but the damage done is too severe to mend. Focusing less on narrative than on a deep-focus portrayal of the thoughts and emotions of two characters, Scenes From a Marriage originally ran nearly 300 minutes in its original television edition; Bergman later edited the film to 168 minutes for theatrical release in Europe and North America. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:10:11 GMTScenes from a Marriage1974Ingmar BergmanOriginally created as a six-part series for television, this film -- widely regarded as one of <a href="/players/P____81548/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ingmar Bergman</a>'s most powerful later works -- offers a close-up examination of a relationship as it slowly falls apart, and investigates the toll it takes on both parties. Johan and Marianne (<a href="/players/P____96422/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Erland Josephson</a> and <a href="/players/P___114863/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Liv Ullmann</a>) are a seemingly successful professional couple who have juggled careers as (respectively) a doctor and an attorney with marriage and children; when we first encounter them, they're being interviewed by a television reporter about what makes their marriage a success, an event contrasted by a later meeting with an openly bitter and combative couple (<a href="/players/P_____1469/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bibi Andersson</a> and Jan Malmsjö). But things are not always what they seem on the surface, and Johan announces he has become involved with a younger woman. Johan seems to give little thought to the harm he has done to Marianne, while she is devastated by his abandonment of her. After a stay in Europe, Johan returns to Sweden and visits Marianne; eventually, the divorced couple briefly comes together, but the damage done is too severe to mend. Focusing less on narrative than on a deep-focus portrayal of the thoughts and emotions of two characters, Scenes From a Marriage originally ran nearly 300 minutes in its original television edition; Bergman later edited the film to 168 minutes for theatrical release in Europe and North America. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)13233http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t39754jen96.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Scenes_from_a_Marriage/30211/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Friends_of_Foreign_Flicks/Re_Foreign_Film_Name_Game/591/28042/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: gambrel83
Post To: Friends of Foreign Flicks
Post Date: 5/1/2008 1:52:51 AM
Body: Scenes from a Marriage
]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:52:51 GMTgambrel83Friends of Foreign Flicks5/1/2008 1:52:51 AMScenes from a Marriage http://www.spout.com/groups/Friends_of_Foreign_Flicks/Re_Foreign_Gems/591/28010/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: gambrel83
Post To: Friends of Foreign Flicks
Post Date: 4/30/2008 1:06:08 PM
Body: I agree with the recommendation for The Terrorist. It's a great film, sort of along the lines of The Battle of Algiers, which I also recommend. Here are so more: Il Postino L'Auberge Espagnole Scenes from a Marriage - Watch the extended TV version, the acting by Ullman and the dialogue are amazing! The Return Wings of Desire
]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:06:08 GMTgambrel83Friends of Foreign Flicks4/30/2008 1:06:08 PMI agree with the recommendation for The Terrorist. It's a great film, sort of along the lines of The Battle of Algiers, which I also recommend. Here are so more: Il Postino L'Auberge Espagnole Scenes from a Marriage - Watch the extended TV version, the acting by Ullman and the dialogue are amazing! The Return Wings of Desire http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/19/25328.aspx Post By: Karina
Post To: Karina on SpoutBlog
Post Date: 2/19/2008 1:03:09 PM
Body: For today’s SXSW Preview, we’re taking a look at Present Company, the latest film by Frank V. Ross. Frank, who appeared in this episode of Butterknife, had two films in last summer’s New Talkies program at the IFC Center, and like Quietly on By and Hohokam, Company is a lo-fi character study about the everyday traumas survived by young people far removed from urban hipster culture. This time around, Ross takes a look at Christy and Buddy, two young parents who are raising an infant whilst living in Christy’s parents’ suburban basement. Check out the trailer above, and Frank’s answers to the 4 Questions We’re Asking Everybody below. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. I don???t know why I made it. But I know now why that material kept my attention finally. Originally this movie was the Susan Smith story meets, I dunno, some shitty movie about a band with a horrible title. I wanted to make a picture about an unwed couple with a baby living in parent???s basement. It???s around me, it???s relevant, and with consequence. The deal breaker was wanting to make a movie with Tamara [Fana], once she was part of the deal we were able to see the picture for what it was supposed to be. She said the imagined circumstances were her nightmare???watching how she played it was a joy. So now I guess it???s For Keeps meets Scenes From a Marriage sans-all the talking. Which leaves out the passive-aggressive relationship; and the fact that it???s a comedy of sorts. They don???t hate each other, they think they???re funny, they get along every now and then but they just don???t love one another despite having a baby???that was an accident. Bound by the obligation. Characters not having a strong enough personality to be themselves around different groups or individuals and almost never doing the right thing in circumstances. “This meets that” always leaves out way more then can be measured and takes away from how hard we work at trying to make something new. I hate you for asking me to do that. But love that you asked. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:03:09 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/19/2008 1:03:09 PM For today’s SXSW Preview, we’re taking a look at Present Company, the latest film by Frank V. Ross. Frank, who appeared in this episode of Butterknife, had two films in last summer’s New Talkies program at the IFC Center, and like Quietly on By and Hohokam, Company is a lo-fi character study about the everyday traumas survived by young people far removed from urban hipster culture. This time around, Ross takes a look at Christy and Buddy, two young parents who are raising an infant whilst living in Christy’s parents’ suburban basement. Check out the trailer above, and Frank’s answers to the 4 Questions We’re Asking Everybody below. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. I don???t know why I made it. But I know now why that material kept my attention finally. Originally this movie was the Susan Smith story meets, I dunno, some shitty movie about a band with a horrible title. I wanted to make a picture about an unwed couple with a baby living in parent???s basement. It???s around me, it???s relevant, and with consequence. The deal breaker was wanting to make a movie with Tamara [Fana], once she was part of the deal we were able to see the picture for what it was supposed to be. She said the imagined circumstances were her nightmare???watching how she played it was a joy. So now I guess it???s For Keeps meets Scenes From a Marriage sans-all the talking. Which leaves out the passive-aggressive relationship; and the fact that it???s a comedy of sorts. They don???t hate each other, they think they???re funny, they get along every now and then but they just don???t love one another despite having a baby???that was an accident. Bound by the obligation. Characters not having a strong enough personality to be themselves around different groups or individuals and almost never doing the right thing in circumstances. “This meets that” always leaves out way more then can be measured and takes away from how hard we work at trying to make something new. I hate you for asking me to do that. But love that you asked. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/19/25327.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/19/2008 1:01:39 PM
Body: For today’s SXSW Preview, we’re taking a look at Present Company, the latest film by Frank V. Ross. Frank, who appeared in this episode of Butterknife, had two films in last summer’s New Talkies program at the IFC Center, and like Quietly on By and Hohokam, Company is a lo-fi character study about the everyday traumas survived by young people far removed from urban hipster culture. This time around, Ross takes a look at Christy and Buddy, two young parents who are raising an infant whilst living in Christy’s parents’ suburban basement. Check out the trailer above, and Frank’s answers to the 4 Questions We’re Asking Everybody below. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. I don???t know why I made it. But I know now why that material kept my attention finally. Originally this movie was the Susan Smith story meets, I dunno, some shitty movie about a band with a horrible title. I wanted to make a picture about an unwed couple with a baby living in parent???s basement. It???s around me, it???s relevant, and with consequence. The deal breaker was wanting to make a movie with Tamara [Fana], once she was part of the deal we were able to see the picture for what it was supposed to be. She said the imagined circumstances were her nightmare???watching how she played it was a joy. So now I guess it???s For Keeps meets Scenes From a Marriage sans-all the talking. Which leaves out the passive-aggressive relationship; and the fact that it???s a comedy of sorts. They don???t hate each other, they think they???re funny, they get along every now and then but they just don???t love one another despite having a baby???that was an accident. Bound by the obligation. Characters not having a strong enough personality to be themselves around different groups or individuals and almost never doing the right thing in circumstances. “This meets that” always leaves out way more then can be measured and takes away from how hard we work at trying to make something new. I hate you for asking me to do that. But love that you asked. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:01:39 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/19/2008 1:01:39 PM For today’s SXSW Preview, we’re taking a look at Present Company, the latest film by Frank V. Ross. Frank, who appeared in this episode of Butterknife, had two films in last summer’s New Talkies program at the IFC Center, and like Quietly on By and Hohokam, Company is a lo-fi character study about the everyday traumas survived by young people far removed from urban hipster culture. This time around, Ross takes a look at Christy and Buddy, two young parents who are raising an infant whilst living in Christy’s parents’ suburban basement. Check out the trailer above, and Frank’s answers to the 4 Questions We’re Asking Everybody below. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. I don???t know why I made it. But I know now why that material kept my attention finally. Originally this movie was the Susan Smith story meets, I dunno, some shitty movie about a band with a horrible title. I wanted to make a picture about an unwed couple with a baby living in parent???s basement. It???s around me, it???s relevant, and with consequence. The deal breaker was wanting to make a movie with Tamara [Fana], once she was part of the deal we were able to see the picture for what it was supposed to be. She said the imagined circumstances were her nightmare???watching how she played it was a joy. So now I guess it???s For Keeps meets Scenes From a Marriage sans-all the talking. Which leaves out the passive-aggressive relationship; and the fact that it???s a comedy of sorts. They don???t hate each other, they think they???re funny, they get along every now and then but they just don???t love one another despite having a baby???that was an accident. Bound by the obligation. Characters not having a strong enough personality to be themselves around different groups or individuals and almost never doing the right thing in circumstances. “This meets that” always leaves out way more then can be measured and takes away from how hard we work at trying to make something new. I hate you for asking me to do that. But love that you asked. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Antonioni_and_Bergman/Swedish_and_Italian/419/17231/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: blakngold
Post To: Antonioni and Bergman
Post Date: 8/3/2007 11:16:44 PM
Body: There have been many criterion collections of Ingmar Bergman's work. I own Scenes from a Marriage and Fanny and Alexander in the Criterion edition and I still haven't made time to watch their full length versions. Now that he has died I feel a burning need inside that I must watch these films. Not only watch them with my 5 senses but embrace the magic he created with these stories and a camera. I have not seen many Antonioni films but I plan on watching all of his after I am finished with Bergman's films. You're right quint, they should come out with a complete criterion collection of all of their films. They both create such thought provoking films that i'm always amazed that they made the films they did. Roger Ebert once wrote that he flew down to Sweden many years ago so that he could interview Ingmar Bergman. He said that when Ingmar Bergman arrived at the set of his new film that he was directing at the time, that everyone acted like he was the pope. I think you can say that he was the pope of films for the time he made these films. His films were religious and were as thought provoking as many verses in the bible. Antonioni had a completely different style of filmmaking but he still made films that were as challenging as Bergman's films. What are some of your favorite Bergman or Antonioni films? How did you interpret them? Let us discuss them now because this is the time to look back at two masters of the cinema who contributed so much more than we could ever imagine!
]]>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:16:44 GMTblakngoldAntonioni and Bergman8/3/2007 11:16:44 PMThere have been many criterion collections of Ingmar Bergman&#39;s work. I own Scenes from a Marriage and Fanny and Alexander in the Criterion edition and I still haven&#39;t made time to watch their full length versions. Now that he has died I feel a burning need inside that I must watch these films. Not only watch them with my 5 senses but embrace the magic he created with these stories and a camera. I have not seen many Antonioni films but I plan on watching all of his after I am finished with Bergman&#39;s films. You&#39;re right quint, they should come out with a complete criterion collection of all of their films. They both create such thought provoking films that i&#39;m always amazed that they made the films they did. Roger Ebert once wrote that he flew down to Sweden many years ago so that he could interview Ingmar Bergman. He said that when Ingmar Bergman arrived at the set of his new film that he was directing at the time, that everyone acted like he was the pope. I think you can say that he was the pope of films for the time he made these films. His films were religious and were as thought provoking as many verses in the bible. Antonioni had a completely different style of filmmaking but he still made films that were as challenging as Bergman&#39;s films. What are some of your favorite Bergman or Antonioni films? How did you interpret them? Let us discuss them now because this is the time to look back at two masters of the cinema who contributed so much more than we could ever imagine! http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/beautiful/MemberTagFilms.aspxbeautiful
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