Ingmar Bergman Face to Face
The new official Bergman site - Ingmar Bergman Face to Face - is here. So far it's only in Swedish but a English version will be launched in January. Browse away anyway if your interested. It looks good.
Who's Your Favorite James Bond Villain?
My four favorites or let's say my favorite two pairs of Bond villains are all from the same Bond-movie - Diamonds Are Forever. They are of course
Mr Wint & Mr Kidd...
...and Bambi & Thumper.
Both pairs are really weird, revolting, scary and both are probably supposed to be gay; at least the men (no question). As I recall, it's not far-fetched to interpret the women as being man-hating gays as well. Do these villains show the film maker's fear of everything homosexual? Be that as it may, it's the total weirdness of the characters that grabs me.
So, who's your favorite James Bond Villain?
James Bond MultiMedia | Bond Villains
And while you're at it; who's your favorite bond girl? (or spot five Swedish beauties or what's your favorite bond girl name?)
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Movie: Schweden - Hölle oder Paradies
Eh... Ok, this seems to be a German movie poster for an Italian porno flick about Sweden. Sweden - Hell or Paradise; I've pondered on this question many times myself. At the top - translated - I think reads "Unleashed Sex in the Land of the Midnight Sun"
Anyway, it's on eBay if you're interested: eBay: Poster - Schweden - Hölle oder Paradies (obsolete)
Update #1:
Adam of Swedesres.se (Thanks Adam! Nice blog! I'll be back!) kindly points out that the English title of the movie is Sweden: Heaven or Hell (I kind of guessed it was). He also shared a great link to a review of the film (from Cinema Nocturna). I want to watch that movie! By the way, it seems to be more of a pseudo-porno selling on - putting it mildly - allusions to sex. I learned a new phrase - mondo movie, which is e term for "a type of quasidocumentary, usually depicting sensational topics and scenes" accoding to Wikipedia.
Update #2
MrDanteFontana from PCL LinkDump tells us that the "classic" song Mahnahmahna - made immortal in the Muppet Show - originally stems from this movie. The whole soundtrack was composed by Piero Umiliani.
Via Swen's Weblog
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Exhibition coming up
The Swedish Post Museum in Stockholm announces a coming exhibition:
Dance-band cards from the 1970's
12 October – 4 December 2005
A colorful collection of postcards from Swedish dance-orchestras.
12 October – 4 December 2005
A colorful collection of postcards from Swedish dance-orchestras.
Hålligång med bussarong och polisong
12 oktober – 4 december 2005
"Visst var det på skoj eller menade de verkligen allvar? Det undrar Johan, en 35-årig gävlekrögare som blir glad av dansbandsmusik från 1970-talet. Han fascineras av glädjen och lekfullheten i dansbandens kostymer och låtarnas texter. Postmuseum visar en del av hans roliga vykortssamling."I guess someone has been surfing the web seeing how popular these cards has become the last couple of years. Nice going. I'm looking forward to this!
A link to more dance orchestra cards
Less important, of course, is the fact that the Post Museum has
a Garbo exhibition right now.
Hälsningar Greta Garbo
16 september 2005 - 26 mars 2006
Sincerely Greta Garbo
16 September 2005 – 26 March 2006
Garbo
You may have heard that Greta Garbo would have turned 100 years old on the 18th of September, if still alive. Here follows a few links in her honor.
Have a look at newsreel fotage (silent) from a swedish Greta Garbo look-alike contest held in 1931.
Garbotävling (utan ljud, 4 delar) (00:05:08)
Garbo contest (silent, 4 parts)
Who's the winner? I don't know...
Wikipedia on Garbo
IMDb on Garbo
In pictures: Garbo 100 years since her birth
Greta Garbo - the ultimate star
Swedes in Hollywood: not just Greta
The american/swedish Garbo stamp 
Other Garbo Stamps
Another Garbo stamp released by the Swedish Postal Service (Posten) this month
Artist: Einar Nerman
I Lost My Heart To a Starship Trooper
Just a little find from a second-hand shop I visited today. Sarah Brightman, aged 18, recorded this in 1978. It's standard disco - with notes from "Also Sprach Zarathustra" and the Star Wars score - definitely trying to ride the sci-fi wave of the time.
Oh Doctor Strange won't you be my lover?
You're the best thing that I've ever discovered
Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars
And evil Darth Vader he's been banished to Mars
Tell me, Captain Strange do you feel my devotion?
Or are you like a droid devoid of emotion?
Encounters one and two are not enough for me
What my body needs Is close encounter three!!
You're the best thing that I've ever discovered
Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars
And evil Darth Vader he's been banished to Mars
Tell me, Captain Strange do you feel my devotion?
Or are you like a droid devoid of emotion?
Encounters one and two are not enough for me
What my body needs Is close encounter three!!
I guessed I wouldn't be the first one on the web to have spotted this - and I wasn't. Over here you can learn everything about the song; check out the different sleeves, read the fantastic lyrics, and look at still-frames from the video and also listen to a few seconds of the song. That's enough.
I would like to be able to digitize vinyl on other occasions. I have a few things I'd like to share. If anyone has any nice tips on how to go about it, technically that is, I would be grateful. I guess that what I need to know is: do I need any extra equipment, what cables and plugs do I need and if there's a simple free recording program out there, that you would recommend. And also, in these matters, please talk to me as if I was a child - I'm no "tech-guy".
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The Lemon Pipers
The Lemon Pipers performing Green Tambourine (mov).
Man, what a far-out show!
Via Bedazzled!
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Did You Ever Have A Dream Like This?
"When we go after anything we get it"
"(William H. "Dad") Martin began using trick photography in 1908, producing a series of wildly exaggerated post cards. These were so popular that he sold his studio the next year to concentrate on the post card business"
Did You Ever Have A Dream Like This?
Fantasy Photographs -- American Museum of Photography(SM)
Via Hedonistica
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Martin Klasch Has a Favicon
As of today Martin Klasch has a favicon.
"So?" you might ask and I wouldn't really have any good answer. But I think it's pretty nice and they are kind of useful in the "favourites"making it easier to find among all the other Blogger icons.
Wide Angle Puppies
Yes, it's true - I'm very fond of dogs.
And what's better than puppy dogs? Wide angle puppy dogs?
In the galleries there are a few wide angle kittens for the cat-lover too.
Wide Angle Puppies gallery
Via the J-Walk Blog
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Liquid Sculpture
Yeah, yeah - I know. The web has been drowning in this lately, so you've probably seen it already. Anyhow, it has finally trickled down, working it's way like drops on a piece of rock, finally soaking even the Martin Klasch blog. Drop in:
Liquid Sculpture - High-speed and Fine Art Photography of Drops and Splashes
Via Cynical-C Blog and others
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