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I don't recall it having that level of grain when I saw it in the theater, but perhaps that's a matter of taking stills that capture detail missed in motion. It's a gorgeous film, and the cinematography does a wonderful job of adding a patina to it all that feels like the period. it's going to kill me to have to wait a few more weeks beyond release for the B&N sale to pick it up.

I still can't believe not a single review, let alone criterion, has failed to use a shot from the scene where the children are looking through the window while she takes her first paid photographs. It's absolutely haunting.

I'd consider that shot a spoiler, it was so stunning and unexpected in the film. wouldn't want to ruin it for the people who haven't seen it.

So you'll have to wait two weeks to pick this up. Boo hoo. Some of us are still waiting to pick up the War Trilogy.

swo17 wrote:So you'll have to wait two weeks to pick this up. Boo hoo. Some of us are still waiting to pick up the War Trilogy.

hey, I am too! It only adds to the pain!

movielocke wrote:I'd consider that shot a spoiler, it was so stunning and unexpected in the film. wouldn't want to ruin it for the people who haven't seen it.

hence why i was purposefully vague. I didn't say WHAT she was photographing

2-3 hours ago I got banned from this board for posting a correction:

Starring: Maria Eiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt

Once again, it's Maria Heiskanen. There is no such name as Eiskanen, not in this world.

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No, you got banned for all this nonsense. But now I guess you're un-banned (?), so please feel free to continue insulting us all.

Is it a spoiler that, for those still on the fence about whether or not to buy it, this film has not one but two fart jokes? The B&N sale can't come soon enough!

claude wrote:Once again, it's Maria Heiskanen. There is no such name as Eiskanen, not in this world.

Given some of your recent posts, I'd have to query which world it is you are referring to?
Is it the one that has Discos?

I just re-watched this fine film, Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick. The film is pretty well based on true events, but how truthful is it? Was Maria really from Rääkkylä Finland, or is that just an excuse to hide the fact that Maria Heiskanen has a strong Finnish accent.

As I recall, the setting of the film was switched from the city where the real Maria Larsson was from to Malmo, director Jan Troell's hometown.
It's not a documentary but a fictional retelling, so truthful seems like the wrong standard, if not an impossible one anyway.

This was a really great movie, but I'm curious as the the reason for the film to be narrated by the daughter. In no other aspect is she really considered a major part of the film making the narration seem a it weird.

knives wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:01 am This was a really great movie, but I'm curious as the the reason for the film to be narrated by the daughter. In no other aspect is she really considered a major part of the film making the narration seem a it weird.

The real-life daughter, Maja Larsson, was a relative of Troell's wife, who wrote the book & screenplay. She was interviewing Maja about family history in the 1980's and first heard the story of Maria and her photography, so I presume they wanted to stay true to the idea that this was a story told by Maja.