#björn kjellman

[cinemacentral666]

Behind Blue Skies (2010)

Movie #1,128 • TWO FOR TUESDAYS

I ran out of recent-ish "sky" movies for the September-long "sky"-themed TWO FOR TUESDAYS so I had to go digging. Completely stumbled on this by random and am very glad I did. The only issue was I found a pretty bad version uploaded to Daily Motion lol and the whoever handled the hardcoded English subs, well...

It was pretty funny watching it with this ESL-style notation. I thought it would be an issue at first but you absolutely get the gist of every scene even if the translation isn't close to 100% 'correct'. Anyway, moving on...

This Swedish coming-of-age crime story was made by Hannes Holmes who would go onto make a trilogy of family comedies in the early 2010s right after this (The Anderssons in Greece, The Anderssons Hit the Road, and The Anderssons Rock the Mountains) before helming the original A Man Called Otto (super cheesy looking Tom Hanks film that came out last year). That movie, A Man Called Ove, was actually nominated for a Best Foreign Language Oscar. Needless to say, he's got a super strange looking filmography.

Starting off with an odd X-rated version of a sex joke straight out of American Pie, things settle down quickly, as Behind Blue Skies is actually a really thoughtful period piece about the son of an alcoholic finding his way in the world. One of the younger Skarsgård brood (Bill) stars alongside a local gangster (Peter Dalle) who's masquerading as the manager of an upscale sailing club. The latter becomes a father figure as he enters a life of crime. But it's not a morality play and these aren't one-dimensional characters. There's a really lovely nuance here both in the performances and the screenplay which elevates it above similar genre schlock. I definitely would recommend it.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

[thatcreepyaesthetic]

Pelle svanslös 1997

“Önskelistan/The wishlist”

[fabelhafteweltvonfelix]

Livet är en schlager (= Das Leben ist ein Schlagerlied, Schweden 2000) ist einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsfilme. (Leider gibt es davon keine deutsche Fassung.) Er ist eher umstritten: Die einen lieben ihn, die anderen hassen ihn und/oder finden ihn kitschig. Grand-Prix-Fans wie ich lieben ihn (natürlich!), denn er erzählt die Geschichte von Mona, ihrem Leben und wie sie auf ungewöhnliche Weise zur schwedischen Vorentscheidung kommt und dort gewinnt. Also Aschenputtel irgendwie. Das hier ist kein Trailer, sondern ich habe versucht, den Film in Ausschnitten nachzuerzählen. Unterlegt ist das Ganze mit den beiden Haupttiteln des Films Kärleksikonen und Aldrig ska jag sluta älska dig.

[clearcloudypoetry]

This film is so sweet, I really loved it

Fyra år till 2010

[starlene]

Så som i himmelen proshot thoughts

Just some quick-ish notes on the cast and direction to sorta process watching the proshot for the first time!

Philip Jalmelid as Daniel: I've gone on record saying that acting-wise, he's not my favourite Daniel, but he really has a voice like no one else, and I really do appreciate him for that. He was also the first Daniel I saw, and he made me cry literally every time he opened his mouth to sing. You don't forget an experience like that. He's still no number one favourite of mine, but I have grown very fond of his portrayal of the character, and I especially enjoyed his first act on the proshot. I love Daniel Daréus so, so much!

Tuva B. Larsen as Lena: I enjoyed seeing all the closeups of her – there is really a lot going on under the surface in her Lena, more than I think I saw/understood live in theatre. With that said, I think the creative team has done the character of Lena a big disservice by not giving her a proper introspective/I want solo (like. How come Stig gets two but the female lead gets none?), so she always remains a bit of a mystery, no matter how talented the actor is. But I do like Tuva's portrayal. I just wish there was a bit more substantial stuff for her to perform!

Malena Ernman as Gabriella: potentially an unpopular opinion, but she's my absolute #1 musical Gabriella and I adore her. You can see that there's a tremendous capacity for joy inside this Gabriella, a bright spark that she has to suppress because of Conny. I can 100% see where the actors who make Gabriella meeker and more shy are coming from, but for me, Malena's Gabriella is where it's at.

Björn Kjellman as Arne: I mean, he's fine. It's just that Morgan Alling was so, so, so much better in the role.

Anders Ekborg as Stig: the only actor I've seen that I feel really gets this insane character... as much as you can get him, anyway. I have no idea why the musical spends so much time on Stig's marital troubles, nor why the thought of marital sex makes this Lutheran priest turn into an ultra-repressed Catholic monk, but Anders almost sells it to me. He has a voice like no one else, too. The red shirt in Stig's final scene is a piece of costume design I really, really like.

Sofia Pekkari as Inger: she's good, I don't really have further notes.

Rikard Björk as Tore: he's really good and has clearly done his research, but I gotta say, I think this is a role that truly benefits from having an actually disabled actor do it. I suppose it might not have been viable in the original production where they have to do a lot of cognitively very taxing workshopping and last-minute changes – but I'm so glad they cast the brilliant Jaakko Lahtinen as Tore in Helsinki. Jaakko's portrayal was so refreshingly honest and genuine, I don't really think any non-disabled actor can give the role that. That being said, Rikard also did a great job editing the proshot, he's clearly something of a renaissance man with all his talents!

Linus Eklund Adolphson as Holmfrid: love love love. Brilliant. Best Holmfrid I've ever seen by a mile. The bit in the beginning of the 2nd act where he mimes getting a kiss from the audience and putting it in his pocket? One of my favourite details in this entire show.

Christopher Wollter as Conny: hands down the best Conny I've seen, with the perfect mix of scary and incredibly insecure. Way too many actors just lean into the scary vibes. (Also the best Daniel in the original cast, but that's besides the point of this post.)

Annica Edstam as Florence: babygirl. The other half of my Gabriella/Florence otp that I know will come true one day. Love.

I know there are more named characters but these are the ones I feel the most strongly about!

Direction by Markus Virta: I've seen other productions do certain scenes better, but as a whole, I really do appreciate the simplicity and straightforwardness of Virta's direction. He lets the songs and the characters stand on their own, which I think is a good way to go – elaborate choreography/blocking and extra whatever can and has been nice, but this is not the sort of musical where you really need that. On the proshot, Virta's direction loses me during the last ten minutes, like it always has (we absolutely do not need to see Daniel's soul embracing his child self, not when absolutely nothing in the previous two hours has indicated we're dealing with a world where tangible afterlife visions like that are a thing) – but other than that, fantastic work, no notes.

Random notes:

I like how subtle Lena's "grandpa must go paint another angel on the wall" thing is here. I've written in length before how much I dislike the instant pregnancy thing – but I dislike it less here, where it's not a huge joyful declaration of pregnancy like in some other productions but a little unsure line that's left to the audience's interpretation. It's unclear if Daniel really gets what she means, and I'm also free to imagine she's really having her ex's child or whatever.

Am I losing it, or was there a short reprise bit of Den tid jag har in the last scene early in the run that wasn't included in the proshot anymore? I thought the last scene felt a little less overwrought and cringy than before, somehow.

Did anyone else watch the proshot yet? What did you think?

[svenskjavel]

Björn Kjellman

Ytterligare någon på gränsen mellan DILF och GILF

[don-lichterman]

Love & Anarchy: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Love & Anarchy: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

When life gets messy, find the strength to go your own way! Love & Anarchy S2 comes out June 16. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/29qBUt7 About Netflix: Netflix is the world’s leading streaming entertainment service with 222 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, feature films and mobile games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as…

[jayfinch]

Love & Anarchy

[temptressgothica]

[fudgetunblr]

These two are the British / Swedish equivalent of each other. I will not elaborate.

[thatcreepyaesthetic]

Pelle Svanslös 1997 (X) 

“Julen kommer / Christmas is coming”

[gottagobackintime]

“Jag hade ingen aning om det här när jag åkte hit igår.”

“Så varför kom du hit?”

“För jag tyckte du va trevlig, för att vi skulle lyssna på Ratata.”

Fyra år till 2010

[ozu-teapot]

Den goda viljan (The Best Intentions) | Bille August | 1991 | Episode 1

Björn Kjellman, Samuel Fröler, et al.

[actorsinunderwear]

Eric Ericson and Björn Kjellman in Four More Years (2010)

[fredthealienproductions]

FRED Watch Quickie TV Review: Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (2012)

FRED Watch Quickie TV Review: Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (2012)

GLOVES OFF, TISSUES READY… I’m a Wayne Stellini and welcome to FRED Watch, where we review everything from the mainstream to the obscure. Today’s TV series is Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar)… Sveriges Television In 1982, practicing Jehovah’s Witness Benjamin (Adam Lundgren) meets Rasmus (Adam Pålsson), a university graduate who has just moved to Stockholm…

[temptressgothica]