I just saw your rating for Scenes from a Marriage on Netflix. I'm so glad you liked it. I was a bit nervous recommending it because while I thought it was amazing, I can also see why people might find it boring or drawn out (which I tend not to mind in movies as much as other people).
Of course, given how much overlap there tends to be in our movie views I probably shouldn't be surprised.
I think Ashley would appreciate it from the perspective of how honest it is about the functional disfunction of relationships, but I don't think she'd have the patience to sit through it ;-).
I was going to write a post about this movie, actually. Just haven't made myself do it yet.patrickMarch 6 2006, 18:51:42 UTC
I totally understand the worries that it might be long and drawn out, but while I was watching it I didn't feel like it was long or boring at all. Watching these two characters go through all these phases of their relationship was very interesting and entertaining.
I'm actually interested in, at some point down the line when I have distanced myself from watching the movie, renting the tv series and watching that over the course of a week or two. Maybe do that and I can watch one episode a night, peppered into a night of watching 24 or Sopranos.
Re: I was going to write a post about this movie, actually. Just haven't made myself do it yet.tyrvenMarch 6 2006, 22:07:52 UTC
Woah -- somehow I didn't realize that there was a television series. Did it come out before or after the movie?
And yeah, I totally agree. There was only one point in the movie where I felt like it was long -- I don't remember the exact point, but it was basically toward the end where I thought I'd figured it out, realized how late it was and started twitching my feet. And right as I did that, it through a curve ball at me and I was engaged again. Only it wasn't one of those out of left field curve balls, but something TOTALLY predictable that I just didn't think Bergman would have had the insight to throw in (I ought to know better).
I think that's what I loved the most about the movie. EVERY step was COMPLETELY predictable from a relationship perspective and yet completely UNPREDICTABLE from a film perspective because we're so used to a certain romantic language of film that takes us in a direction completely counter to reality (and is possibly why so many people just don't "get" relationships).
Re: I was going to write a post about this movie, actually. Just haven't made myself do it yet.patrickMarch 6 2006, 22:16:45 UTC
The movie is a shortening and recutting of the tv show. It was 6 hour long episodes. Bergman wanted to release it in the US, but the tv markets didn't want to play a 6 part miniseries without dubbing it, because the american tv audiences won't watch subtitles. So instead of doing that, he cut out some of the additional characters (like the children and parents of the couple) and made a feature film about just the two main characters.
I've never had a relationship like the one portrayed in the film, but I can imagine it. It was different then the marrages you normally see on film, that it really felt like I was watching a neighbor's life on fast forward instead of a movie. Almost like reality tv, but not.
I haven't seen wild strawberries. Time to add it to the netflix list!
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Of course, given how much overlap there tends to be in our movie views I probably shouldn't be surprised.
I think Ashley would appreciate it from the perspective of how honest it is about the functional disfunction of relationships, but I don't think she'd have the patience to sit through it ;-).
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I'm actually interested in, at some point down the line when I have distanced myself from watching the movie, renting the tv series and watching that over the course of a week or two. Maybe do that and I can watch one episode a night, peppered into a night of watching 24 or Sopranos.
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And yeah, I totally agree. There was only one point in the movie where I felt like it was long -- I don't remember the exact point, but it was basically toward the end where I thought I'd figured it out, realized how late it was and started twitching my feet. And right as I did that, it through a curve ball at me and I was engaged again. Only it wasn't one of those out of left field curve balls, but something TOTALLY predictable that I just didn't think Bergman would have had the insight to throw in (I ought to know better).
I think that's what I loved the most about the movie. EVERY step was COMPLETELY predictable from a relationship perspective and yet completely UNPREDICTABLE from a film perspective because we're so used to a certain romantic language of film that takes us in a direction completely counter to reality (and is possibly why so many people just don't "get" relationships).
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I've never had a relationship like the one portrayed in the film, but I can imagine it. It was different then the marrages you normally see on film, that it really felt like I was watching a neighbor's life on fast forward instead of a movie. Almost like reality tv, but not.
I haven't seen wild strawberries. Time to add it to the netflix list!
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