Extended Reading
  • Casey 2022-04-06 08:01:01

    religious movies

    After watching this movie, the first thing that comes to my mind is that Christmas Carol is all about the male protagonist gaining a positive understanding of life through a god, and these gods, like the gods of the past and the god of death in this film, are all sent by God, right? (When the male...

  • Zachary 2022-04-06 08:01:01

    About Ghost Carriage

    The film was released on January 1, 1921 and was directed by Swedish director Viktor Sjostrom. The story in the film also took place on New Year's Eve. Legend has it that on the last night of each year, the New Year's bell rings. Those who died at the time became the servants of the god of death...

  • Maxine 2022-04-09 09:01:09

    The 1921 film, what else can I say, it seems a bit strenuous now, besides the picture, I have to read the words, but it is already very good, and how can the posters at that time be so good-looking!

  • Jasen 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    Compared to The Seventh Seal, it seems that there is a deep tradition in Swedish film (more in literature?) thinking about the theme of death (later represented by Bergman); a compromised ending

The Phantom Carriage quotes

  • Georges: Though horse and carriage are alwatys the same, the driver is not. The last soul to die each year - the one who passes over at the stroke of midnight - is destined to be Death's driver for the following year.

  • Edit: You see that I'm not afraid of you. I will gladly heed your summons, but grant me a day's reprieve, for there is someone I must talk sense into.