Swedish Film: An Introduction and a Reader Book

1 Editors' Preface 9

Acknowledgements 17

I Institution

Changing Institutions for Film Screenings

2 Introduction Mariah Larsson 20

3 Going to the Cinema Kjell Furberg 23

4 Censorship in Sweden Jan Holmberg 34

II Silent Cinema

Introducing Cinema to Sweden

5 Introduction Anders Marklund 44

6 Film Exhibition in Örebro 1897-1902 Åsa Jernudd 47

7 Georg af Klercker, the Silent Era and Film Research Astrid Söderbergh Widding 63

The Golden Age and Late Silent Cinema

8 Introduction Anders Marklund 72

9 Victor Sjöström and the Golden Age Bo Florin 76

10 Selma Lagerlöf and Literary Adaptations Leif Furhammar 86

11 Travellers as a Threat in Swedish Film in the 1920s Tommy Gustafsson 92

III Genre Cinema

Popular Cinema in the 1930s

12 Introduction Anders Marklund 106

13 The Melodramas of Gustaf Molander Bengt Forslund 109

14 The 1930s' Folklustspel and Film Farce Per Olov Qvist 119

15 Celebrating Swedishness Swedish-Americans and Cinema Ann-Kristin Wallengren 134

Hollywood's Influence after the War?

16 Introduction Mariah Larsson 144

17 Youth Problem Films in the Post-War Years Bengt Bengtsson 147

18 Little Miss Lonely Style and Sexuality in Flicka och hyacinter Mia Krokstäde 161

Documentary Filmmaking in Sweden

19 Introduction Mats Jönsson 169

20 A Fly on the Wall On Dom kallar oss mods and the Mods Trilogy Bjørn Sørenssen 173

Genre Filmmaking in a Difficult Film Climate

21 Introduction Anders Marklund 182

22 Pippi and her Pals Chris Holmlund 186

23 The Criminal and Society in Mannen på taket Daniel Brodén 198

24 Contested Pleasures Mariah Larsson 205

IV Auteurs and Art Cinema

Art Cinema, Auteurs and the Art Cinema 'Institution'

25 Introduction Mariah Larsson 216

26 Ingmar Bergman and Modernity Some Contextual Remarks Erik Hedling 219

27 Peter Weiss: Underground and Resistance Lars Gustaf Andersson 229

The New Generation of the 1960s

28 Introduction Anders Marklund 239

29 The Reception of Vilgot Sjöman's Curious films Anders Wilhelm Åberg 243

30 Poetry in Sound and Image Jan Troell's Early TV Films Madeliene Lilja Johan Nilsson 256

31 Modernity, Masculinity and the Swedish Welfare State: Mai Zetterling's Flickorna Mariah Larsson 263

Changing Conditions for Auteurs after 1970

32 Introduction Mariah Larsson 270

33 The Complex Image Roy Andersson 274

34 Distinctive Films in Mainstream Cinema Suzanne Osten's Bröderna Mozart Anders Marklund 279

V Before and After the New Millenium

A Renewal of Swedish Film?

35 Introduction Mariah Larsson 284

36 Distinctive Films in Mainstream Cinema Yrrol Tic Tac Anders Marklund 287

37 'Immigrant Film' in Sweden at the Millennium Rochelle Wright 292

Swedish Films and Filmmakers Abroad

38 Introduction Anders Marklund 306

39 Lasse Hallström: Family Secrets Tomás Fernández Valentí 311

Production and Producers

40 Introduction Anders Marklund 321

41 Local and Global: Lukas Moodysson and Memfis Anna Westerståhl Stenport 325

42 The Regional Turn: Developments in Scandinavian Film Production Olof Hedling 334

Contributors 346

Index 350