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- ISSN: 2042-7891
- E-ISSN: 2042-7905
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‘Doing the Alexander’: On Christmas motifs in Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander
- Source: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep 2013, p. 209 - 214
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- 01 Sep 2013
Abstract
Abstract
This short subject examines Christmas motifs in Ingmar Bergman’s film Fanny and Alexander with particular emphasis on autobiographical, literary and ethnographic roots, and explores visual and psychological themes defining the contrasting lifestyles of the Ekdahl and Vergérus households: joie de vivre vs rigid moralism; sensuality vs asceticism; light vs darkness; magic vs stark realism; and theatrical performance vs church dogma.
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