Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander (1982) 3 x Blu-Ray Criterion Collection, download for free

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Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander (1982) 3 x Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on March 14th, 2019 at 00:56

Writer-director director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) retired from cinema film-making after this stupendous, four Oscar-winning 1982 swansong to the movies. It is a beautiful, endlessly rewarding, masterly and sumptuous family saga, full of telling references to both his life and work.

It tells the tale of the well-off Ekdahl family who join up to celebrate Christmas in 1907 in Bergman's hometown of Uppsala at the house of the paternal family, led by the family matriarch, their grandmother, Helena Ekdahl (Gunn Wallgren). We follow their eventful saga over the next two years and eventually concentrate on the children and their mother (Ewa Froling). Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve play the adolescent siblings Fanny and Alexander.

It won Oscars for 1984 Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim), Best Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh) and Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist). Oddly, Bergman’s two nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay didn’t land him an Oscar. It also won Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes, but Nykvist’s Best Cinematography was its sole Bafta win.

3 x BD50 | 1080p AVC | 05:21:50, 03:09:24 | 134.3 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Swedish, English(theatrical version)
Subtitles: English

Criterion's set contains the film's shorter theatrical version, running at approximately 189 minutes, and the original television version, running at approximately 322 minutes. The theatrical version of the film misses many of the spectacular fantasy sequences.

Extras:

Blu-ray ONE

* The Film (television version)

Blu-ray TWO

* The Film (theatrical version)

• Commentary - audio commentary with film scholar Peter Cowie, author of Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography. This is the same audio commentary that was recorded exclusively for Criterion in 2004 and appeared on their 5DVD boxest. In English, not subtitled.

• Trailer - theatrical trailer for Fanny and Alexander. In Swedish, with optional English subtitles. (3 min, 1080p).

Blu-ray THREE

• The Making of "Fanny and Alexander" - the Swedish director's own documentary on the making of Fanny and Alexander offers a unique look into his creative process and the production history of the film. The new high-definition transfer for the documentary was created from a 16mm interpositive and was supervised by Lee Kline. In Swedish, with optional English subtitles. (110 min, 1080p).

• A Bergman Tapestry - a documentary featuring interviews with producer Jorn Donner, production manager Katinka Farago, art director Anna Asp, assistant director Peter Schlidt, and actors Pernilla August, Ewa Froling, Bertil Guve, and Erland Josephson. In Swedish and English, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (40 min, 1080i).

• Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film - a long and illuminating conversation between Ingmar Bergman and film critic Nils Petter Sundgren in which the famous Swedish director discusses his childhood years, fascination with cinema, directing methods, and decision to quit making feature films. The conversation was filmed for Swedish television in 1984. In Swedish, with optional English subtitles. (60 min, 1080i).

• Stills Gallery - a collection of behind-the-scenes stills taken by photographer Arne Carlsson. (1080p).

• Costume Gallery - a collection of sketches for the more than 260 ensembles costume designer Marik Vos created for Fanny and Alexander. In 1984, she won an Oscar Award for her work. (1080p).

• Set Models - Anna Asp won an Academy Award, with set decorator Susanne Lingheim, for the art direction of Fanny and Alexander. Presented here are some of their set models. (1080p).