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Title: Smiles of a Summer Night
Year: 1955
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Plot: Bergman's comic masterpiece opens with middle-aged lawyer Frederik Egerman (Gunnar Bjornstrand) again failing to consummate his marriage with the much younger Anne (Ulla Jacobsson). While visiting a former lover, actress Desiree Armfeldt (Eva Dahlbeck), he crosses swords with her current lover, Count Malcolm (Jarl Kulle), after both men learn that Frederik is the father of her illegitimate child. At Desiree's behest, her mother invites Egerman, the Count, and their wives along with Egerman's grown son, Henrik (Björn Bjelvenstam) to her manor house for the weekend. Before their departure, divinity student Henrik wards off the eager advances of the housemaid by reading from the Bible aloud, but it seems clear that he and Anne are quite taken with one another. After arriving at the Ryarp estate the guests are served a dinner spiked with a love potion which provokes swift reactions. The bewildered Frederik becomes aware of the increasingly intense bond between Henrik and Anne, and the Countess (Margit Carlquist) makes a public bet with her husband that she can seduce Frederik. Shocked by the dinner-table conversation, the strait-laced Henrik retires to his room to commit suicide. In the course of his bumbling attempt, he has the good fortune to learn why so many prefer sex to death. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:31:14 GMTSmiles of a Summer Night1955Ingmar BergmanBergman's comic masterpiece opens with middle-aged lawyer Frederik Egerman (Gunnar Bjornstrand) again failing to consummate his marriage with the much younger Anne (<a href="/players/P____34940/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ulla Jacobsson</a>). While visiting a former lover, actress Desiree Armfeldt (<a href="/players/P____16571/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Eva Dahlbeck</a>), he crosses swords with her current lover, Count Malcolm (<a href="/players/P____39567/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jarl Kulle</a>), after both men learn that Frederik is the father of her illegitimate child. At Desiree's behest, her mother invites Egerman, the Count, and their wives along with Egerman's grown son, Henrik (Björn Bjelvenstam) to her manor house for the weekend. Before their departure, divinity student Henrik wards off the eager advances of the housemaid by reading from the Bible aloud, but it seems clear that he and Anne are quite taken with one another. After arriving at the Ryarp estate the guests are served a dinner spiked with a love potion which provokes swift reactions. The bewildered Frederik becomes aware of the increasingly intense bond between Henrik and Anne, and the Countess (Margit Carlquist) makes a public bet with her husband that she can seduce Frederik. Shocked by the dinner-table conversation, the strait-laced Henrik retires to his room to commit suicide. In the course of his bumbling attempt, he has the good fortune to learn why so many prefer sex to death. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide8Taggedy Taggged (6-10)1123http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t42179o5vt6.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Smiles_of_a_Summer_Night/31773/default.aspxFilm Spout Post: 3:10 Smiles Bourne With Money http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2007/9/20/19969.aspx

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Body: I don't really feel like writing reviews today. But I'm getting so far behind that I have to do it. They're going to be short though.When I heard that Russell Crowe ("A Good Year") and Christian Bale ("Rescue Dawn") were going to be in the same movie, I almost passed out. It's just too much goodness for one screen to hold. But 3:10 to Yuma offered much more than just eye candy. Keep in mind that I have not seen the original film. The story was tight. We feel Bale's despair in being a disappointment to his son. We see why people become infatuated with Crowe's villain even though he is terribly evil. The score was awesome. And I don't usually notice a score. There's some good action. Plus, the other big bad guy rocked. I do love a good bad guy. And Ben Foster ("X-Men: The Last Stand") is one of my favorite younger actors. I can't wait for him to bust out.Smiles of a Summer night is my first Ingmar Bergman ("Saraband") experience. And I think it was a good place to start. The story follows four couples as the cheat and deceive their way to happiness. Much of it is funny. Some of it is weird. And the dinner scene is fairly disturbing. I don't really know what else to say about it except that I'm sorry I put off Bergman for so long. And I'm eager to see more of his work.I'm not the biggest fan of the Bourne franchise. The second film, The Bourne Supremacy, has some good action and suspense. But I just don't care about it. Sorry. At least Matt Damon ("The Bourne Ultimatum") is a better action star than Ben Affleck ("Smokin' Aces").Friends with Money is basically a study of four friends, three of whom have money and husbands and one who has neither, and how these things either do or do not make them happy. The acting is very solid. Especially Jennifer Aniston ("The Break Up"). But I've seen better movies about the same subjects. This isn't an awful film. Just very average.
]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:05:12 GMTdibotdibot Blog9/20/2007 3:05:12 PMI don't really feel like writing reviews today. But I'm getting so far behind that I have to do it. They're going to be short though.When I heard that Russell Crowe ("A Good Year") and Christian Bale ("Rescue Dawn") were going to be in the same movie, I almost passed out. It's just too much goodness for one screen to hold. But 3:10 to Yuma offered much more than just eye candy. Keep in mind that I have not seen the original film. The story was tight. We feel Bale's despair in being a disappointment to his son. We see why people become infatuated with Crowe's villain even though he is terribly evil. The score was awesome. And I don't usually notice a score. There's some good action. Plus, the other big bad guy rocked. I do love a good bad guy. And Ben Foster ("X-Men: The Last Stand") is one of my favorite younger actors. I can't wait for him to bust out.Smiles of a Summer night is my first Ingmar Bergman ("Saraband") experience. And I think it was a good place to start. The story follows four couples as the cheat and deceive their way to happiness. Much of it is funny. Some of it is weird. And the dinner scene is fairly disturbing. I don't really know what else to say about it except that I'm sorry I put off Bergman for so long. And I'm eager to see more of his work.I'm not the biggest fan of the Bourne franchise. The second film, The Bourne Supremacy, has some good action and suspense. But I just don't care about it. Sorry. At least Matt Damon ("The Bourne Ultimatum") is a better action star than Ben Affleck ("Smokin' Aces").Friends with Money is basically a study of four friends, three of whom have money and husbands and one who has neither, and how these things either do or do not make them happy. The acting is very solid. Especially Jennifer Aniston ("The Break Up"). But I've seen better movies about the same subjects. This isn't an awful film. Just very average. Spout Tag:love http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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