#jarl kulle

[theoscarsproject]

Babette's Feast (1987). During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.

Just so sumptious and brimming with love. It's not hard to see why this is considered one of the best food films of all time, but it was the love stories within it that just hit me in the right spot. It's beautifully acted and tenderly told, and leans into the idea that not every love story is consumated or requited, but it doesn't mean they're not felt. Just a really, really beautiful film. 8/10.

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"Kvinnors väntan" (1952) - Ingmar Bergman

(Eng. title: "Waiting Women"/"Secrets of Women")

Films I've watched in 2024 (5/?)

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Jarl Kulle-Bibi Andersson "El ojo del diablo" (Djävulens Öga) 1960, de Ingmar Bergman.

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Jarl Kulle as Don Juan and Sture Lagerwall as Pablo in The Devil's Eye (1960)

[fourorfivemovements]

My Top 100 Favorite Movies:

97.  Sommarnattens Leende/Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) - Dir. Ingmar Bergman

[byneddiedingo]

Jarl Kulle and Bibi Andersson in The Devil's Eye (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)

Cast: Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Järrel, Nils Poppe, Getrud Fridh, Sture Lagerwall, Georg Funkquist, Gunnar Sjöberg, Gunnar Björstrand. Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman, based on a radio play by Oluf Bang. Cinematography: Gunnar Fischer. Production design: Edvin Laine, P.A. Lundgren, Mario Soldati. Film editing: Oscar Rosander. Music: Eric Nordgren.  Molière, Mozart, Byron, Pushkin, Kierkegaard, Shaw, and Camus have all had their go at Don Juan, so why not Ingmar Bergman? This rather turgid and talky fantasy has the Don (Jarl Kulle) returning to Earth to seduce Britt-Marie (Bibi Andersson), a young woman whose virginity has caused a proverbial sty in the devil's (Stig Järrel) eye. That so much ado is made about the virginity of a woman about to be married in 1960's Sweden is only one of the problems with the movie's setup. She's the daughter of a vicar (Nils Poppe) in a small Swedish village whose wife, Renata (Gertrud Fridh), feels neglected and has sunk into a psychosomatic invalidism. When Don Juan arrives, he brings along his manservant, Pablo (Sture Lagerwall), who takes it on himself to seduce Renata. What starts out to be a sex farce turns into a disquisition on the nature of love. It's not helped by the archness of some of the performances, especially Andersson's. She's made up and costumed to look like the heroine of an early 1960s domestic sitcom like The Donna Reed Show, and it's hardly plausible that she should choose her goofy fiancé, Jonas (Axel Düberg), over the brooding but intelligent Don. Bergman clashed with his longtime cinematographer Gunnar Fischer during filming, putting an end to their collaboration but opening the way to an even more fruitful one with Sven Nykvist.  

[old-hollywood-smash-or-pass]

OP who would YOU smash who are your Hollywood picks?

Ooooh! SOOOO many, dear anon! (Why do you think I started this blog? 😉)

Let me give you a small - well, I say small... - cross-section:

Row 1: Leslie Howard, my forever fave; Jimmy Stewart; as you can probably tell from the profile picture and header of this blog, I have a thing for Gene Kelly; I always say that the ultimate bisexual experience is watching "High Society" and not knowing whether you fancy Grace Kelly or Bing Crosby (that voice!) more, so there they both are; and to finish out the first row we have the gorgeous Jane Russell.

Row 2: Starting off with the dangerously flirty Robert Hardy; following it up with the four great hellraisers Richard Burton; Peter O'Toole; Richard Harris and Oliver Reed; and a woman who's starred with all four, Vanessa Redgrave.

Row 3: Sid James, the man with the filthiest laugh in films; the delicious Ava Gardner; the "Sound of Music" couple that wasn't to be Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker; the divine Alain Delon; and another great Frenchman, Serge Gainsbourg.

Row 4: The Swedish row: Harriet Andersson; the brilliant director Ingmar Bergman, this man's understanding of women is truly remarkable; Max von Sydow; Georg Funkquist, one of Sweden's great character actors; Jarl Kulle my beloved; Eva Dahlbeck.

Row 5: The Norwegian row: Anne-Lise Tangstad; Rolf Søder, the man with a laugh that nearly rivals Sid James's; Per Sunderland who has a voice that does things to me; Knut Wigert who is one of the most sensual men I've ever come across; Arne Aas; Ingerid Vardund.

Row 6: Jack Nicholson, he always had it never lost it; Ann-Margret; Robert Redford, I saw him in "The Great Gatsby" when I was 12 and that was it; Alan Bates, we love a bisexual king!; David Hemmings; Anna Quayle.

Thank you for such a fun question!

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[amatesura]

Fanny and Alexander (1982) | dir. Ingmar Bergman

[genevieveetguy]

We meant no harm. Filippa and I merely wanted to grant Babette's wish. We had no idea where it might lead. And now we've exposed ourselves to dangerous forces that may bring evil upon us. I can't even tell you what you may be given to eat and drink.

Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud), Gabriel Axel (1987)

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babette’s feast (1987)

[davidhudson]

Eva Dahlbeck, March 8, 1920 – February 8, 2008.

With Ingmar Bergman and Jarl Kulle on the set of Smiles of a Summer Night (1955).

[ingmar-bergman-was-sexy]

Jarl Kulle as Count Carl Magnus Malcolm

At once handsome and debonair as well as a ridiculous, pompous ass...

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"Bröllopsbesvär" (1964) - Åke Falck

Films I've watched in 2023 (116/119)

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The Devil’s Eye (1960)

[moviemosaics]

The Devil’s Eye

directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1960

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Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) (1955) Ingmar Bergman

August 27th 2022