Stellan and Family 2017

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Stellan and Family 2017

Kicking off the new year and new Dome forum with a new topic devoted to our favorite "dad" Stellan and the family.

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www.lu.se/article/stellan-skarsgard-per-t-ohlsson-ulrike-hahn-och-baruch-fischhoff-nya-hedersdoktorer-pa-humanistiska-fakulteten?ref=pressrelease

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Stellan Skarsgård, Per t. Ohlsson, Ulrike Hahn and Baruch Fischhoff new Honorary doctors of the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities at Lund University has appointed its honorary doctorates for 2017. At the ceremony in Lund on June 2, two professors, a Swedish journalist and an American actor to receive the laurel wreath and kreeras for honorary doctorates.

Baruch Fischhoff , decision scientists, psychologist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Fischhoff is one of the most influential researchers in the humanities and social sciences, and his research on risk analysis and decision-making is groundbreaking. In Lund he has for decades worked with among others, cognitive scientists, and philosophers. The practical application of academic research has always been interested in Fischhoff, and he is unique in its combination of technical and theoretical brilliance and a sensitivity to voices outside the Academy and the ordinary people's needs. He has developed several successful tools for risk communication and decision support.

Ulrike Hahn is professor of psychology at Birkbeck University of London. Hahn has shown how abstract theories of thinking and rationality developed by researchers at the Department of philosophy in Lund can be applied in a number of areas of society, and to contribute to the understanding of otherwise elusive contemporary phenomena such as åsiktspolarisering and klimatskepsis. Hahn has a background in law, but research in the interface between cognitive psychology and philosophy, which she managed to build new bridges between disciplines. Her specialty is argument which psychological phenomenon, which she studies from an empirical perspective but which normative, philosophical theories play an unusually large role that guide the establishment of hypotheses.

Per t. Ohlsson is a journalist, author and Senior Columnist for Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Ohlsson has throughout his books and newspaper columns, shown that he possesses great historical knowledge, especially of 20th century Swedish and international political history. In the Chronicles problematized the political issues and conflicts continuously, related to historical context. At a time when the media is showing less and less interest in Humanities Research, and column areas are shrinking, making O an outstanding effort for Humanities in General and topic history in particular. In his Chronicles, he pays attention to and comments on dissertations and new books that would otherwise not be visible in the media noise.

Stellan Skarsgård is one of Sweden's leading actor, with a breadth of his career that is unique both for Swedish and international players. Skarsgård is in a tradition of Swedes who, since the 1920s had significant influence in the American film industry, while he had prominent roles in some of the most notable European film productions, in which his acting style has made a big impression. Skarsgård has a deeply reflective and thoughtful approach to his work as an actor and to their place in film production, and he impersonates in a unique way the international character that pervaded and still characterize video art and film work, both the practical and the scholarly.

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Side note: Joel is a graduate of Lund University, Malmo Theater Academy.

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variety.com/2017/film/spotlight/berlinale-helmer-schlondorff-stars-skarsgard-and-hoss-muse-over-montauk-1201989087/

Berlinale: Director Volker Schlöndorff, Stars Stellan Skarsgard and Nina Hoss Muse Over ‘Montauk’



With his competition entry “Return to Montauk,” German helmer Volker Schlöndorff returns to the works of Swiss author Max Frisch, whose “Homo Faber” the filmmaker adapted in 1991.

“Return,” which stars Stellan Skarsgard, Nina Hoss, and Susanne Wolff, follows Max, a writer who is about to publish a very personal novel about a great but failed love affair and who manages to reconnect with Rebecca, the object of his long ago affections.

Discussing the production — the first German title to unspool in competition at this year’s Berlinale — Schlöndorff, who also co-wrote and produced the film, touched on the film’s autobiographical elements. The filmmaker said he would have loved to have made the film with the late Frisch, noting that the story and experiences chronicled were based on real events and dealt with very universal and human themes, such as lost love and regret. “We always have some kinds of regret in our imagination rather than in real life. We carry our dreams within us.”

Schlöndorff described the film’s story as “poetry and truth combined,” to which he quickly added, “Not that I’m trying to compare myself with Goethe with that quote.” (The autobiography of 19th-century German poet and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is titled “From My Life: Poetry and Truth.”)

The writer-director drew laughs when he recounted his pitch to Skarsgard: “I called Stellan; he said, ‘It won’t sell lots of popcorn but it’s just up my alley.’ I knew from his reply that I had guessed right about him.”

Turning to Hoss, Schlöndorff added, “You may not know this Nina, but when I asked Stellan who he could imagine in the role of Rebecca, he said, ‘Nina Hoss.’ I said, ‘That’s good because we have her.’ … When you’ve got someone like Nina Hoss, no one can compete.”

Speaking about her role, Hoss said Rebecca was “a bit of dream character — an invention of the man — that’s how she enters the film. And she has to liberate herself from that role. … I thought that was really interesting.”

Asked about his use of silence in the film and in his roles in general, Skarsgard explained: “I normally try to cut out as much of the dialogue as I can. I always tell my directors, ‘Don’t worry, I can express that with my eyes.’”

On the look of the film, which shot on location in Montauk, New York, Schlöndorff said that while he had never before worked with cinematographer Jérôme Alméras, “we just seemed to like the same things: Faces and light — and no additional light. Montauk is known for the beauty of its light.”

Schlöndorff also praised fellow filmmaker and star Til Schweiger, who helped back the film with some €400,000 ($422,984) – about 10% of the budget – when the producers were unable to come up with all of the necessary financing.

The project also marked the first collaboration between Schlöndorff and Regina Ziegler, one of Germany’s most prolific producers. Ziegler said the she agreed to work with Schlöndorff after an accidental meeting on Long Island and finding the story of the film inspiring. “It was fantastic teamwork. Volker is a total professional. We actually stayed within budget.”

Ziegler added that the collaboration would likely continue with another project.

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thefilmstage.com/reviews/berlin-review-return-to-montauk-is-a-perceptive-reflection-on-the-past/

Return to Montauk
Berlin 2017 Review

No one gets over anything,” remarks Stellan Skarsgård’s Max, rekindling with old flame Rebecca years after they last met. He was a fledgling writer, she an idealistic young student. But then they split up, he moved back to Europe and she became a hotshot lawyer in New York City. And neither ‘got over’ it. Now Max reflects in the words of his new novel: life is defined by what you did that you regret, and what you did not do that you regret; “The things that come between do not matter.” Seeing each other again, they travel to Montauk, the village at the end of Long Island, to look out to the open ocean and search for what they’ve lost. But all they can do is look back.


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Volker Schlöndorff’s latest film has something of the Allen-esque themes of regret and unchangeable fate (the New York setting helps), and perhaps of the relationship dramas of Bergman too. And while Return to Montauk doesn’t reach anything like the heights of either of their best work (or indeed Schlöndorff’s own The Tin Drum), it offers a perceptive reflection on a past that can’t be changed and therefore can’t be overcome. Perhaps it’s a typically Germanic theme for Schlöndorff – they even have a word for it: Vergangenheitsbewältigung.

Adapted loosely from Max Frisch’s autobiographical novella Montauk, Skarsgård plays Max Zorn, a Scandinavian writer on a book tour for his latest novel, “The Hunter and the Hunted.” It’s a story about his own past, although there’s only one other person who’d recognize that. She’s Rebecca, played by the marvelous Nina Hoss (best known internationally for her breakout role in Phoenix), a former lover of Max when they lived together in New York City in the early 1990s. But Max left Rebecca behind in New York and now lives in Berlin, regretting her perhaps as the one woman in his life that got away. Now Max has a wife Clara (Susanne Wolf), a sparky individualistic woman in her own right, but who by no coincidence was set up with a job in New York City by Max himself.


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A film about a middle-aged man having an affair might be a tiring subject — especially as Hoss and Wolf are more than twenty years younger than Skarsgård — but with co-writer Colm Toibin on board there is more to this story than a mid-life male crisis. Toibin wrote the novel of Brooklyn, and like that Oscar-nominated drama, there’s a place here for strong female characters. Indeed, the weakest character is Max himself: in discussing his political beliefs with an American radio host, he says he’s “not a tree” rooted to one ideological position, but in fact it makes him feel like a lost, vulnerable character and his lack of direction means he seems weak-willed. By contrast Hoss’ Rebecca is a strong female role model, a woman at the top of her industry, and whose agency means she has the final word on her and Max’s relationship. Max’s wife, too, is an independent woman, and refuses to return to Berlin with Max, instead firing off that Max hasn’t concerned himself about her work or living situation while living in New York. Isi Laborde is also fine support as Max’s streetwise press agent, who has a touch of Kristen Stewart’s character from Clouds of the Sils Maria.

Schlöndorff’s film is at its best when its characters are achingly upfront and the film rigidly focused. Rebecca is consumed not just with regrets but with grief, and the concoction makes for a brilliant performance that reveals itself slowly. It’s a pity other characters are undersold. How wife Clara is drawn to Max is left unexplained, especially when she infers his infidelity, and there’s a slightly off-putting cameo by Niels Arestrup as art collector Walter. But when Skarsgard and Hoss act against each other, this is a vibrant, insightful drama.

Return to Montauk premiered at Berlin Film Festival.

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Here's a link to the trailer. Haven't found an embed yet.

www.critic.de/film/return-to-montauk-10703/trailer/

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www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/02/19/return-to-montauk-ruckkehr-nach-montauk-an-interview-with-actor-stellan-skarsgard/

Return to Montauk (Rückkehr nach Montauk): An interview with actor Stellan Skarsgård



Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård is perhaps best known to international audiences for his role as Dr Erik Selvig in the Marvel cinematic universe movies, appearing in both Thor films, and The Avengers and its sequel. But this is just a fraction of his work since his 1972 debut. He brings his new film, the wordy and wistful Return to Montauk to Berlinale. Directed by Oscar winner Volker Schlöndorff, Skarsgård plays Max Zorn, an improbably named writer who visits New York on a book tour. While contemplating the period when he lived in the city, he decides to track down an old flame who was quite possibly the love of his life. We spoke with Stellan at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.

You’ve presented films at Berlinale on quite a few different occasions. How is the festival treating you this year?

Oh, the usual. I was talking to a journalist earlier who said, So it’s time for the yearly Stellan Skarsgård interview, with a tired voice. But no, it’s always so nice to come here.

Return to Montauk is such a literary piece. Is it difficult to play such a talky role, where so much relies on the dialogue?

It was very difficult, because it goes against my principles. I think words work well on stage, but in film you should avoid dialogue as much as possible and see what you can do between the lines instead. This film starts with a five minute monologue, and I said to Volker, this could be the most expensive audio book ever, and he laughed. But on one hand, I know that producers would be afraid to touch this material because there’s so much literature. But on the other hand, people listen to audio books for hours, and it doesn’t hurt if there’s an image there as well, just as long as you don’t spoil the image by trying to illustrate it or something. But as an actor it was really difficult to do the first reading. What you had to do was do it as if you were reading it from the book, so the rhythm and everything is decided by the writing, and not by your emotions. You cannot illustrate, you can’t put a lot of feeling into it, you just have to say it and let the words do the work. That makes it very hard to learn, because if it was a normal monologue it would come out of emotions; I remember this, I was so sad about that, or whatever. But you couldn’t do that, so I had big problems learning it. But it was important because you had to not cut any of the language. Colm Tóibin’s wonderful language is such a big part of the film, so you had to find a way to bring it to life. Partly by leaving it alone, and partly by giving it a subtle and beautiful life. But you also have to make the audience believe that these people talk that way. I mean, it’s written, and nobody really talks like that.

Max Zorn has somewhat of a wistful personality, always wanting to examine his past. Can you identify with this?

No, but I’m a very different person to both Volker and Max Zorn. I know a lot of people who go back and ask what did I do wrong, why am I not happy, and so on. I am happy, so I don’t have to do that. But I know I’ve hurt people, I’ve made mistakes in my life, and make a note and I file it, and I go on. I have the same relationship to the past as I do with the future. I don’t deal with it, because I live in the present. But if you’re unhappy, you can do that. It’s a semi-philosophical but literally very beautiful thought.

Did not feeling all that comfortable with the character make him more interesting to play?

I don’t feel comfortable playing anything. I find it extremely painful every time, but I really try to find things that I haven’t done before, and especially finding films that haven’t been made before, and this is really hard. Most of the scripts you see, you say, OK, I’ve seen that, and I’ve seen that, and I’ve seen that. They might change the clothes or the professions of the characters, but it’s the same f**king film again and again. Lars Von Trier said something interesting to me the other day. He said, “Oh Stellan, I know what kinds of films I’m doing now.” And I said, OK, so what kind is it? He told me he was doing the missing films. He wants to do the films that are missing in the history of cinema. And I think that’s really good. Modest as always!

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BVRqeedAFpk

Cinemasverige: Happy birthday to one of Sweden's biggest actors! Stellan Skarsgård fills 66 today. On his CV are some of the biggest Hollywood movies - what's his best role really? 🎁🎈🎉🎊 #grattis

Happy Birthday to Stellan!

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Happy Birthday Stellan 

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Both Stellan Skarsgard and Melinda Kinnaman--pure Sweden.


www.aftonbladet.se/a/55rKe

Stellan Skarsgård gives voice to the toad - in new film
Should capture nöttjuv - watch the trailer here



Stellan Skarsgård issue in a new film.

This time, he has lent his voice - a cartoon toad.
The film, called "Gordon and Paddy" will premiere this Christmas.

Among Stellan Skarsgårds past roles include the character Dr. Erik Selvig, the kind astrophysicist in Avengers: The Age of Ultron. At the same time he is involved in two upcoming films, "Borg vs. McEnroe "and" Back to Montauk. "
Parallel to that, he also managed to make the voice of Commissioner Gordon in the film "Gordon and Paddy." Gordon is a police toad trying to take down a nöttjuv in the forest.

But he needs a police sergeant that he help him solve the case. The film has also Felix Herngren and Melinda Kinnaman lent their voices to the cartoon characters.
The film will premiere on 22 December.

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Borg vs. McEnroe trailer.

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Movie Website for Borg vs McEnroe:

www.sfinternational.se/Details/borg-vs-mcenroe

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