#Vaxdockan

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Doll (Arne Mattsson, 1962).

[phantomladyoverparis]

Vaxdockan (1962), dir. Arne Mattsson

[thisobscuredesireforbeauty]

Vaxdockan (The Doll), Dir. Arne Mattsson, 1962. Source

[pervanehaa]

Vaxdockan/ Arne Mattson-1962

[d0vegum]

“Because we all know something is very, very wrong when a grown man plays with his dolls” - Vaxdockan, 1962

I thought it would fit Spottedleaf and Thistleclaw

[ozu-teapot]

Could you name a few (if any) of your favorite swedish directors other than the late Mr. Bergman. Perhaps with a recommendation or two regarding films by said directors that define their filmmaking and thus, I should watch. I would like to discover swedish filmmaking a bit better and I bet you could help me out if you want to. Many thanks in advance.

I’m actually not that knowledgeable about Swedish directors (or any others), it’s more of a case of various Swedish directors whose films I’ve seen!

Three who I know from their connection to Bergman - making films written by him or working with him - are Gustaf Molander (Eva), Alf Sjöberg (Hets, AKA Torment) and Victor Sjöström (The Phantom Carriage). The named films are the only ones I’ve seen by them but each has a large filmography and I’d love to see more.

Here are a few more Swedish directors whose work I’ve enjoyed. Once again these are the films I’ve seen and there may be more famous (better?) works in their filmographies.

Vilgot Sjöman: I Am Curious (Yellow) / I Am Curious (Blue) / My Sister My Love / Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

Roy Andersson: You, the Living /  A Swedish Love Story

Tomas Alfredson: Let the Right One In / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Lukas Moodysson: Lilya 4-Ever / We are the Best / Fucking Åmål (AKA Show Me Love)

Mai Zetterling: Flickorna (The Girls) / Nattlek (Night Games) / Scrubbers

Arne Mattsson: One Summer of Happiness / Vaxdockan (AKA The Doll)

Lasse Hallström: My Life as a Dog / What's Eating Gilbert Grape / + loads of Abba videos

[uncorazoneninvierno]

Vaxdockan (Arne Mattsson, 1962)

[ianxfalcon]

I was tagged by @gorogues

1. nicknames: I don’t have any.

2. gender: Female.

3. star sign: Taurus.

4. height: 1, 56 m (5,12 ft)

5. Time: 10.59 PM

6. birthday: April 25th

7. favorite bands: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kaizers Orchestra, Gorillaz, Manic Street Preachers, The Cog Is Dead, Abney Park, Iron Maiden, Movits, Gogol Bordello.

8. favorite solo artists: Josh Ritter, Loke Nyberg, Aurelio Voltaire, Radical Face.

9. song stuck in my head: I am listening to music at the moment, so none (the song I’m listening to right now is “Under the Rainbow” by The Jane Austen Argument, by the way).

10. last movie i watched: Vaxdockan (The Doll), a very strange and kind of creepy Swedish movie from the 60’s. It’s about a lonely guy who falls in love with a mannequin and takes it home for company, coffee and conversation, and it all goes downhill from there. If you think the premise sounds like something you’ll like, you probably will. It’s on Youtube, with English subtitles.

11. last show i watched: The Flash.

12. when did i create my blog: Don’t remember. 2015, I think.

13. what do i post: DC Comics, politics and intersectional feminism (what asshats like to call “SJW stuff”) mostly. Also Marvel, Wheel of Time, Harry Potter, history and other random assortment of things I like.

14. last thing i googled: I honestly don’t remember. I google like fifty things a day.

15. do i have any other blogs: No.

16. do i get asks: No.

17. why i chose my url: It’s been my internet handle for something like ten years. It’s my initials, followed by an “x” because I don’t like underlines, and “falcon” because I liked the movie The Falcon and the Snowman back in the days.

18. following: 55

19. followers: 56

21. average hours of sleep: 5 or 6, which is way too little. I have a really poor sleeping pattern. It’s kind of a negative spiral, as I sleep poorly for maybe a week, then when I have a day off I’ll sleep until midday, and then stay up too late, and when I have to get up early I haven’t slept enough and thus, the circle continues. It’s just that I tend to start getting active only at night, so if I want anything done, I’ll have to sacrifice sleep for it.

22. lucky number: I don’t have one, but I’ve always been fond of the number 8.

23. instruments: I used to play the guitar, the bass, and the oboe. I sucked at all of them, though; I have zero musical skills. Selling my bass because I needed money and it took up space, and thus accepting that I would never become a rock star, was a definite Growing Up moment.

24. what am i wearing: Black jeans, Superman T-shirt, green hoodie, and a pair of thick wool socks I got for Christmas. It’s cold here.

26. dream job: Writer.

27. dream trip: The ruins of Babylon. For some reason, I’ve always had a fascination with the old Mesopotamia. Also, Africa. Just, all of it. And Australia.

28. favorite food: Pasta.

29. nationality: Swedish.

30. favorite song right now: “Majestic” by Wax Fang.

[cawamedia]

Svenska Filminstitutet i samarbete med Studio S Entertainment och Petré Event bjöd in till visningen av nydigitaliserade Älskande par från 1964 av Mai Zetterling.

Gio Petré, som spelade en av huvudrollerna i Älskande par, gör ett unikt gästspel och berättar om filmen och om flera andra filmer hon medverkade i under 50- och 60-talen (Mannekäng i rött, Vaxdockan, Gorilla m fl). Klipp från filmerna visas.

Mai Zetterlings debutfilm, baserad på Agnes von Krusenstjernas romansvit Fröknarna von Pahlen, fick mycket stor uppmärksamhet när den kom. Den valdes ut till officiella tävlan på Cannes filmfestival 1965. Förutom Gio medverkar Gunnel Lindblom, Harriet Andersson, Jan Malmsjö m fl i filmen.

18.30 Gio Petré samtalar med Filminstitutets presschef Jan Göransson 19.15 Visning av Älskande par (118 minuter) på Filmhuset på Gärdet i Stockholm

    Visning av nydigitaliserade filmen “Älskande par” Svenska Filminstitutet i samarbete med Studio S Entertainment och Petré Event bjöd in till visningen av nydigitaliserade…

[pojkflata]

reasons i love felix nordh:

really fucking funny

surprisingly humble and nice? ive met him irl trust me hes like. so gentle

makes me default to thinking of him when i hear the name felix instead of the other, extremely cursed swede named felix

reasons i hate felix nordh:

made me unable to take lyn’s story in fe7 seriously because he let me know that vaxdockan exists and that the main character in that film (whose most prominent character trait is that he fucks inanimate objects) shares his name with the villain from lyn’s story

[undertreeshadows]

Arne Mattsson, Vaxdockan, 1962

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Doll (Arne Mattson, 1962).

[phantomladyoverparis]

Vaxdockan (1962), dir. Arne Mattsson

[chaoticcinema]

Vaxdockan (The Doll) Arne Mattsson

[ozu-teapot]

Vaxdockan (AKA The Doll) | Arne Mattsson | 1962

Gio Petré

[chasingmadeleine]

Vaxdockan (Arne Mattsson, 1962)