Reminiscences of Time flies and Barry Lyndon, and magic

Christop 2022-03-24 09:02:13

In the process of looking at it inexplicably, I mistakenly thought it was Barry Lyndon.
The same nobility, the same candles, the same gorgeousness, the same Christmas scene.
I thought it was a reminiscence of the past, so gorgeous, but there is always a sad atmosphere lingering.
The moving statue, the visions of the dead Fanny and Alexander, the god in disguise, the psychic cousin, the fire brought by the god's punishing aunt.
Bergman, whose dreams and reality are intertwined, immerses himself in the film in his memories. All the shaping and investment are in the seemingly ignorant, but precocious, but unmanned Alexander.
If you can't tell the difference, you don't try to distinguish. As the old grandmother said at the end, time and space do not exist.

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Fanny and Alexander quotes

  • Ekdahlska huset - Helena Ekdahl: I loved being a mother. I loved having a big belly. I loved being an actress too, but I preferred being a mother.

  • Emilie Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset: Your sister gave me sleeping pills for my insomnia. I put three of them in the broth. I did not intend for you to drink it. While you were checking on Elsa, I put three more in. Soon you will sleep very soundly, and when you wake up, I will be gone.