This week's Music Weekly has something of a retro feel. Our first guest is Holly Johnson, the Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer, who met with Paul MacInnes ahead of the release of the band's greatest hits package. They discuss gay rights, being propositioned by Andy Warhol (Holly's claim, not Paul's) and being controversialists (ownership of that one is debatable). Now, we may be back to our normal...
News: Palisades Tartan have announced the UK DVD release of Fanny and Alexander on 16th November 2009 priced at £19.99 RRP. This release features the theatrical version of Ingmar Bergman's 1982 film and boasts “a brand new presentation digitally restored f...
Hey guys, I’m back for one last post – links to 101 of my best articles! Who needs film school? -MM ----------------------------------------------- Cinematic Storytelling I read Cinematic Storytelling , which was written by the great Jennifer Van Sijll, and I just LOVED IT. This should be in the library of every aspiring screenwriter on the planet and every single technique should be memorized...
OSLO - The National Theatre in Oslo is proud to present the very first stage version of Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander”. The production has its world premiere on Saturday 7th November. Ingmar Bergman’s most popular work had its cinema
OSLO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Theatre in Oslo is proud to present the very first stage version of Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander”. The production has its world premiere on Saturday 7th November. Ingmar Bergman’s most popular work had its cinema premiere in 1982 and is one of the great classics of Scandinavian cinema. People all over the world have been captivated...
The music of Ron and Russell Mael has often had a clever,camp, melodramatic edge that suggests music theatre but this 65-minute mini-opera still comes as a surprise.
If Cate Blanchett's nerve-shattering turn as Blanche DuBois doesn't knock the wind out of you, then there is nothing on a stage that can blow you away. What Blanchett achieves in the Sydney Theatre Company's revelatory revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" amounts to a truly great portrayal --...
I have spent the better part of the morning here reading about Ingmar Bergman. When I was a kid, you were more likely here in Hoots to see a variety of exploitation films, Burt Reynolds was huge or the occasional bad horror movie at one of the local drive-ins. (Yes, I hate that those have [...]
NOTE: As always, please see A Serious Man before proceeding. "As long as I learn I will make mistakes What do I want? What do I need? Why do I want it? What's in it for me? It's the imagery of technology Is what you get is what you see Don't worry your mind When you give it your best One two one two this is just a test" - Beastie Boys, "Just a Test" A barrage of questions, then:...
Here’s what caught my attention on Twitter this past week and some stuff left over from the week before: Quote of the Week: Ingmar Bergman likened aging to hiking up a mountain, “The longer one walks the more winded one becomes, but the view!” via @marciamarcia Food Sustainable Food Lab: accelerate the shift of sustainable food from niche [...]
Commissioned by Swedish National Public Radio to devise an original radio musical with Swedish language content, Sparks siblings Ron and Russell Mael have significantly transcended their brief with The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, which has a resonance that goes some way beyond its parochial origins.
By Edward Copeland Something happens to the best filmmakers. Even when they are good, once they delve into their own ethnic or societal upbringing, they achieve a deeper greatness, whether the film in question is explicitly autobiographical or not. Steven Spielberg finally seemed to grow up once he made Schindler's List , even though he'd made great films before that. Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman...
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