Category Film and photo

The Story of Film: An Odyssey by Mark Cousins

Writer, filmmaker and passionate cinephile has made a 15-hour documentary  inspired by his bestseller, ‘The Story of Film’. It is shown on Teema on Finnish TV this fall. It throws you into the history of film and I have learned things which have changed the way I watch film. He takes us through the history of innovation in […]

Angered en världsby – Världsby i Angered

Föreningen Världsbyn, som har funnits sedan 2006 och förvaltar och utvecklar idén om en världsby i Angered. Syftet är att skapa en ”by” med små hus med anknytning till olika delar av världen som utformas och byggs med långsiktigt hållbarhet för miljön som riktmärke och för att främja integration och utbyte mellan olika kulturer. ”Byn” […]

Swinging while waiting – why not?

Why should waiting on the bus be boring? Why are city planners so often boring?

They did not know what Eastwood would do

Clint Eastwood spekas to a chair and the Republicans where not prepared. Good for us since Jon Stewart got great material to talk about and we got a laugh.

Sleepwalk with me

So we can laugh at the act of sleeping. Listen to Mike Birbiglia who has a funny show about the sleepwalking that nearly killed him.  He has REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and deals with it by making shows, write a book and in the new film “Sleepwalk with me” we get a glimpse into his life as a sleepwalker.

A baby’s view of the city

I made a film to try to understand and explain how a baby in a stroller experiences the city.    

Monkey Business (1952)

Yesterday we watched the movie Monkey Business by Howard Hawk.  It was great!  It was funny too. I have found that when a 1940-1950s film is shown on TV I often relate to it as something different than when a more modern film is shown. I find that if I take the time to get into the […]

Waste land – a film about art from garbage

Waste land is absolutly not a waste of time. I recommend it to everybody. It is amazing and unusual that people today think the way Brazilian artis Vik Muniz does: Keep the door open for others when you have succeeded youself (Yes I did steal it from Michelle Obama).

First Aid Kit sings America to Paul Simon at Polar prize concert

First Aid Kit sings America to Paul Simon at Polar prize concert

2016: Obama’s America – How you can make lies fit your cause

It was hard to listen to conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza interviewd by Guy Raz of All things Concidered at NPR but it is worth the suffering because you also learn alot about people like D’Souza who made the film 2016: Obama’s America which opened in just one theater in Houston but now is showing in many theatres around […]