Download or read book The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph written by Jan Olsson and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweden’s early film industry was dominated by Swedish Biograph (Svenska Biografteatern), home to star directors like Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller. It is nostalgically remembered as the generative site of a nascent national artform, encapsulating a quintessentially Nordic aesthetic—the epicenter of Sweden’s cinematic Golden Age. In The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph, veteran film scholar Jan Olsson takes a hard look at this established, romanticized narrative and offers a far more complete, complex, and nuanced story. Nearly all of the studio’s original negatives were destroyed in an explosion in 1941, but Olsson’s comprehensive archival research shows how the company operated in a commercial, international arena, and how it was influenced not just by Nordic aesthetics or individual genius but also by foreign audiences’ expectations, technological demands, Hollywood innovations, and the gritty back-and-forth between economic pressures, government interference, and artistic desires. Olsson’s focus is wide, encompassing the studio’s production practices, business affairs, and cinematographic conventions, as well as the latter-day archival efforts that both preserved and obscured parts of Swedish Biograph’s story, helping construct the company’s rosy legacy. The result is a necessary rewrite to Swedish film historiography and a far fuller picture of a canonical film studio.
Download or read book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning written by Margareta Magnusson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions* A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.
Download or read book Swedish Film written by Mariah Larsson and published by Nordic Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of carefully selected articles written by international film scholars, this record provides an in-depth look into the history of Swedish film. This scholarly account covers various phenomena, including the early screenings at the turn of the century, Swedish censorship, the golden age of silent films, 1930s’ comedies and melodramas, documentaries, pornography, and experimental films. In addition, this volume examines the work of important contributors, such as Ingmar Bergman, Stefan Jarl, and Peter Weiss, and discusses film policies of the new millennium.
Download or read book Blood Fire Death written by Ika Johannesson and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1990s, Swedish death metal revolutionized the international music scene. Suddenly, the mild-mannered Scandinavian country found itself at the forefront of a new movement with worldwide impact thanks to bands such as Entombed, Dismember, and At the Gates. The birth of black metal drove the culture to even greater extremes, featuring a rawer, darker sound and non-ironic death-worship. Soon churches in both Norway and Sweden were aflame, and be- fore long Satanism emerged as more than just an image. But how did it all start? Why did Sweden become a hotbed for such aggressive, nihilistic music? And who are the people and bands that brought it all about? Blood, Fire, Death: A Swedish Metal Story recounts the evolution of the genre from the massive amplifier walls of 1970s rock, through the church-burning Satanic 1990s, to the diverse and paradoxical manifestations of the scene today. This book focuses on the phenomena that have propelled the scene forward in an evolution that has not only been musical, but aesthetic and ideological as well. This is a story about grotesque logos and icons that invoke death and darkness, but also a story of dedication, friendship, community, and a profound love for music.
Download or read book The Life and Death of Olof Palme written by Pelle Neroth and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olof Palme, Sweden's prime minister 1969-76, 1982-86, was Scandinavia's leading statesman during the Cold War. His chilling assassination in 1986 in a dark street in Stockholm is still unsolved. In his lifetime, he was much loved in Scandinavia and beyond, especially among progressives, for his anti-colonialist stance against the British and the French, his strong stand against Apartheid, his vocal opposition to American bombings and other human rights violations during the Vietnam war and finally for his opposition to both Margaret Thatcher's and Ronald Reagan's policies of neoliberalism at home and aggressive nuclear confrontation abroad. For many, he stood alone and bravely against injustices and aggressions committed by the powerful in our time. To British and American policymakers, however, diplomatic archives show, he was frequently seen as an annoying meddler from a small, self-regarding country that had stayed neutral in world 2 and was easily manipulated by leftist African dictators and Soviet leaders into betraying his own country's basically pro-Western orientation. This is the first book in English about a man who, while still missed in Sweden, for his liberal domestic reforms as much as his high moral stance in international affairs, has disappeared down the memory hole in the West's consciousness. Was he really killed by a lone, crazed Swedish petty criminal, as the Swedish police still maintain? Or was death on a snowy night strolling home from the cinema a brutal political assassination by powerful international interests? Were the Soviets really lying when they claimed that the trail of the assassins led to points West? This must-read non-fiction book for people interested in Sweden works on several levels: as a true journalistic inquiry into a still unsolved murder, as a biography of a charismatic but controversial statesman, and as a detailed political and cultural history of Sweden in the second half of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Stepan Bandera The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist written by Grzegorz Rossolinski and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Life of Leonard Torstenson written by John Watts De Peyster and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Encyclopaedia Metropolitana Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge History and biography written by Edward Smedley and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domestick Privacies Samuel Johnson and the Art of Biography written by David Wheeler and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1987 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography was Samuel Johnson's favorite among literary genres, and his Lives of the Poets is often regarded as the capstone of his career. The central place of biography in his oeuvre is explored in this collection of nine original essays by leading Johnson scholars. Varied in their focus and approach, the essays range from a philosophical overview of Johnson's notion of the relation between life and art, to a detailed reading of the Life of Milton, to a speculation on the value of the Lives in the classroom. Emerging clearly in the essays are the dual concerns -- artistic and intellectual.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Biography Comprising the most eminent characters of all ages nations and professions Embellished with numerous portraits written by Richard Alfred DAVENPORT and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The British Cyclopedia of Biography Containing the Lives of Distinguished Men of All Ages and Countries with Portraits Residences Autographs and Monuments written by Charles Frederick Partington and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedia Metropolitana History and biography written by Edward Smedley and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
