Swedish Film and Television Culture

Department of Media Studies Section for Cinema Studies Swedish Film and Television Culture Joel Frykholm [email protected] Visiting hours: by a...
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Department of Media Studies Section for Cinema Studies

Swedish Film and Television Culture Joel Frykholm [email protected] Visiting hours: by appointment Course Description This course provides an overview of the role of the moving image in Swedish culture and society during the last one hundred years, a period when moving image culture became increasingly important. Swedish film and television culture is presented in relation to international trends and developments. Various approaches are considered, including the analysis of formal concerns combined with different socio-cultural perspectives as well as entertainment genres and avant-garde experiments. Industrial practice and film analysis are discussed with a focus on individual artists. Attention is also paid to case studies dealing with questions of criticism and reception. After passing the course the student will have acquired:  Knowledge of the different media in moving image culture in the Swedish context.  Familiarity with the main methods of critically analyzing film and TV output.  Familiarity with the main trends in Swedish film and television studies.

Assessment and marking The course is assessed through one final exam at the end of the course and through two small-scale additional assignments in the form of one written reading report and one brief oral presentation in class. The additional assignments are compulsory but not formally assessed and will not be taken into account in the final marking. All written assignments will be submitted through the interactive platform Mondo and may be written in English or Swedish. The grading follows a seven-grade scale: A (excellent), B (very good), C (good), D (satisfactory), E (sufficient), Fx (insufficient), F (entirely insufficient).

Course Requirements All film, television, and other media material screened within the course framework are considered

mandatory, and thereby equated with the reading material. Written assignments should be presented in electronic format. All texts may be run through the software Urkund. Suspected cheating, such as plagiarism, will be dealt with by the University’s Disciplinary Board.

Location Filmhuset is located just east of Central Stockholm.  Street address Borgvägen 1–5.  Underground station Karlaplan, exit Valhallavägen.  Buses 72 and 76, bus stop Filmhuset. Buses 1 and 4, bus stop Värtavägen. The Mauritz and Victor cinema theatres are reached from the central foyer (on the floor numbered as level 4). Please observe that screenings in Mauritz may be moved to Victor and vice versa. The F-salen lecture theatre is located up the broad marble stairs from the foyer. If you need the elevator, use the one next to the library and take it to level 5. The student’s office in the Section for Cinema Studies is on level 6. Use stairs or elevator next to the library. Here you will also find the students’ lunch room (Dimmornas torg) if you want to bring a packed lunch. Otherwise there is a cafe and a restaurant in the building.

Schedule Monday, August 29 9.30–11.00 and 12.00–14.00 in F-salen Lecture with screenings: Introduction. The national and transnational Excerpts from contemporary Swedish screen entertainment screened as part of the lecture: Kung Fury (David Sandberg, 2015) and The Bridge (Bron/Broen; SVT and DR, 2011–). Anne Bachmann Readings: Soila et al, Nordic National Cinemas, pp. 1–6 Åberg, ”Bridges and Tunnels” on Mondo Optional readings (these two will reappear later on in the course): Higson, “The Limiting Imagination of National Cinema” on Mondo Elsaesser, Thomas. “ImpersoNations: National Cinema, Historical Imaginaries.” In European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood, 57–81. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. Available as e-book through the university library (search from their front page under the tab Books).

Wednesday, August 31 (Swedish Program) 11.00–13.00 in Mauritz Screening: One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar, Arne Mattsson, 1951), 35 mm, 103 min. English subtitles. 13.00–15.00 in F-salen Lecture: Swedish summers, Swedish sin Anne Bachmann Readings: Soila et al. Nordic National Cinemas, 181–204. Bengtsson, ”Youth Problem Films in the Post-War Years.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 147–160. Larsson, ”Contested Pleasures.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 205–213. Marklund, ”It Started with a Kiss.” On Mondo Åberg, Anders Wilhelm. ”The Reception of Vilgot Sjöman’s Curious Films.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 243–255. Optional readings Soila et al. Nordic National Cinemas, 163–181.

Monday, September 5 9.30–10.30 in Victor Screening: I lifvets vår [The Springtime of Life] (Paul Garbagni, 1912), 35mm, 60 min. Live music. Projected English intertitles. Ingeborg Holm (Victor Sjöström, 1913), DVD, 72 min. English intertitles. 10.30–14.00 in F-salen Lecture including lunch break: Early Cinema 1 Jan Olsson Readings Olsson, Jan. “Nils Krok’s Social Pathos and Paul Garbagni’s Style: Ingeborg Holm as Object Lesson.” Film History 22, no. 1, 2010. 73–94. Available in pdf through the university library (search from their front page under the tab Articles). Soila et al., Nordic National Cinemas, 142–152 Additional reading (for those new to Cinema Studies, see note in list of course readings) Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 1

Wednesday, September 7 (Swedish Program) 9.00–13.00 in F-salen: Screening and lecture Screening: Erotikon (Mauritz Stiller, 1920), DVD, 106 min. English intertitles. Lecture: Early Cinema 2 Jan Olsson

Readings Wallenberg, ”Stilleristic Women.” On Mondo Soila et al., Nordic National Cinemas, 152–163. Additional reading Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 2.

Thursday, September 8 (Swedish Program) 10.00–13.00 in F-salen Lecture with TV screenings: One commercial week Jan Olsson Readings Olsson, Jan. “One Commercial Week.” In compendium (sold in the Section for Cinema Studies). Additional reading Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 3.

Tuesday, September 13 (Swedish Program) 11.00–13.00 in Mauritz Screening: Symphony of a City (Människor i stad, Arne Sucksdorff, 1947), 35 mm, 18 min. Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul, Swe/UK 2012), DCP, 86 min. 14.00–16.00 in F-salen Lecture: Swedish documentary Anne Bachmann Readings Andersson, ”Peter Weiss: Underground and Resistance.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 229–238. From “Searching for Sugar Man: A Roundtable”, Safundi vol 14, no. 4, 2013: – Stefan Helgesson, “Sugar Man and Anglo-Sweden“. 481–484. – Jonathan Hyslop, “‘Days of Miracle and Wonder’? Conformity and Revolt in Searching for Sugar Man”. 490–501. Available in pdf through the university library (search for the individual contributions above from the library’s front page under the tab Articles). Optional readings Read the whole roundtable in Safundi as above, 455–501.

Thursday, September 15 (Swedish Program) 9.00–11.00 in Victor Screening: The Girls (Flickorna, Mai Zetterling, 1968), 35 mm, 100 min. English subtitles. 12.00–14.00 in F-salen Lecture: Swedish auteurs 1 – the case of Mai Zetterling Anne Bachmann

Readings Soila et al. Nordic National Cinemas, 218–232. Larsson, Mariah. “Modernity, Masculinity, and the Swedish Welfare State.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 263–269. Additional reading Holmberg, Jan. “Censorship in Sweden.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 34–42.

Wednesday, September 21 9.00–11.00 in Mauritz Screening: The Silence 12.00–14.00 Lecture: Swedish auteurs 2 – the case of Ingmar Bergman Anne Bachmann Readings: Koskinen, Maaret. ”National cinema, art film and the auteur.” In compendium. “Bergman and Sweden.” (http://ingmarbergman.se/en/universe/bergman-and-sweden-17518) “The Silence.” (http://ingmarbergman.se/en/production/silence) Additional reading Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 4.

Friday, September 23 10.00–12.00 in F-salen Lecture: Non-commercial film and Swedish film policy Anne Bachmann Readings Soila et al, Nordic National Cinemas, 204–217. Larsson, Mariah. “Art Cinema, Auteurs and the Art Cinema ‘Institution’: Introduction.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 216–218. Marklund, Anders. “The New Generation of the 1960s: Introduction.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 239–242. Additional reading Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 5.

Tuesday, September 27 (Swedish Program) 9.00–11.00 in Mauritz Screening: Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in; Tomas Alfredson, 2008), 35 mm, 114 min. English subtitles. 12.00–14.00 in F-salen Lecture: Adaptations, remakes, originals and copies Anne Bachmann

Readings Bruhn, Jørgen, Anne Gjelsvik and Henriette Thune. “Parallel Worlds of Possible Meetings in Let the Right One In.” Word and Image 27, no. 1, 2011. 2–14. Available in pdf through the university library (search from their front page under the tab Articles). Stenport, Anna Westerståhl. “Nordic Remakes in Hollywood: Reconfiguring Originals and Copies.” On Mondo. Higson, “The Limiting Imagination of National Cinema.” On Mondo. Elsaesser, Thomas. “ImpersoNations: National Cinema, Historical Imaginaries.” In European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood, 57–81. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. Available as e-book through the university library (search from their front page under the tab Books).

Friday, October 30 17.00 on Mondo Deadline for submitting reading report (undergraduates) or research paper (master students)

Thursday, October 6 11.00–13.00 in Mauritz Screening: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, Göran Olsson 2011, DVD, 100 min 14.00–16.00 in F-salen Guest lecture: Commemorating the ’Political Seventies’ – documentary Film, Protest Movements and the Radical Turn in Swedish Broadcasting Culture Malin Wahlberg Readings Wahlberg, ”The revelation of TV memories in The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975.” On Mondo. Wahlberg, ”Vietnam in Transmission.” On Mondo.

Tuesday, October 11 (Swedish Program) 9.00–11.00 in Mauritz Screening: Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål; Lukas Moodysson, 1998), 35 mm, 89 min. English subtitles. 12.00–14.00 in F-salen Lecture: Regional and Transnational Developments: Swedish Cinema in a Globalized Culture Anne Bachmann Readings Stenport, Anna Westerståhl. “Local and Global: Lukas Moodysson and Memfis.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 325–333. Lysne, Anders. “Straight Eye for the Queer Guy.” On Mondo. Optional reading Hedling, Olof. “The Regional Turn: Developments in Scandinavian Film Production.” In Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader, 334–345.

Friday, October 14 (Swedish Program) 10.00–12.00 in F-salen Student Presentations: Swedish Cinema, Global Film Culture Anne Bachmann

Tuesday, October 18 (Swedish Program) 9.00–11.00 in F-salen Screening: Play (Ruben Östlund, 2011), DVD, 118 min. English subtitles. 11.00–13.00 in F-salen Lecture: Screen controversies Anne Bachmann Readings Stigsdotter, “‘When to push stop or play.’” On Mondo. Additional reading Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, chap. 6.

Thursday, October 20 12.00–14.00 in F-salen Student Presentations: Swedish Cinema, Global Film Culture Anne Bachmann

Monday, October 24 (Swedish Program) 9.00–11.30 in Mauritz Screening: Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (Snabba Cash – Livet Deluxe; Jens Jonsson, 2013), DCP, 127 min. English subtitles. 11.30–13.00 in F-salen Lecture: Swedish Crime, Stockholm Noir Anne Bachmann Readings Tapper, “Stockholm Noir.” On Mondo. Koskinen, “Urban spaces, urban memories.” On Mondo.

Monday, October 31 17.00 on Mondo Deadline final exam

Course screenings (in viewing order) One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar, Arne Mattsson, 1951), 35 mm, 103 min. English subtitles. I lifvets vår (Paul Garbagni, 1912), 35 mm, 60 min. Live music. Projected English intertitles. Ingeborg Holm (Victor Sjöström, 1913), DVD, 72 min. English intertitles. Erotikon (Mauritz Stiller, 1920), DVD, 106 min. English intertitles. Symphony of a City (Människor i stad, Arne Sucksdorff, 1947), 35 mm, 18 min. Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul, Swe/UK 2012), DCP, 86 min. The Girls (Flickorna, Mai Zetterling, 1968), 35 mm, 100 min. English subtitles. The Silence (Tystnaden, Ingmar Bergman, 1963), DCP, 96 min. English subtitles. Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in; Tomas Alfredson, 2008), 35 mm, 114 min. English subtitles. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, Göran Olsson 2011, DVD, 100 min Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål, Lukas Moodysson, 1998), 35 mm, 89 min. English subtitles. Play (Ruben Östlund, 2011), DVD, 118 min. English subtitles. Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (Snabba Cash – Livet Deluxe; Jens Jonsson, 2013), DCP, 127 min. English subtitles. + Television excerpts screened as part of lectures

Readings Books Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 8th ed. Glenview, IL: Pearson, 2012 or later editions. Note: For students who have extensive prior experience of studying film this book may be considered as “additional reading”. It is compulsory reading for those new to Cinema Studies. Larsson, Mariah and Anders Marklund, eds. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2010. Soila, Tytti, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, and Gunnar Iversen. Nordic National Cinemas. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.

Articles and book chapters available as e-texts through sub.su.se: Bruhn, Jørgen, Anne Gjelsvik and Henriette Thune. “Parallel Worlds of Possible Meetings in Let the Right One In.” Word and Image 27, no. 1, 2011. 2–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02666281003683882 Elsaesser, Thomas. “ImpersoNations: National Cinema, Historical Imaginaries.” In European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood, 57–81. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=340237 Olsson, Jan. “Nils Krok’s Social Pathos and Paul Garbagni’s Style: Ingeborg Holm as Object Lesson.” Film History 22, no. 1, 2010. 73–94. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.2979/fil.2010.22.1.73.pdf?_=1464869327651 “Searching for Sugar Man: A Roundtable”, Safundi vol 14, no. 4, 2013: Stefan Helgesson, “Sugar Man and Anglo-Sweden“. 481–484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17533171.2013.841064 Jonathan Hyslop, “‘Days of Miracle and Wonder’? Conformity and Revolt in Searching for Sugar Man”. 490-501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17533171.2013.841066 Optional: Read the whole roundtable, 455–501.

Articles and book chapters on Mondo Higson, Andrew. “The Limiting Imagination of National Cinema.” In Cinema and Nation, eds. Mette Hjort and Scott MacKenzie. London and New York: Routledge 2000. 63–74. Koskinen, Maaret. “Urban spaces, urban memories: Stockholm as imaginary cityscape.” In Skandinavien i tid och rum: bidrag från CSS-konferenserna 2011 och 2012, ed. Mats Jönsson, Lund: Centre for Scandinavian Studies, 2013. 207–220. Lysne, Anders. “Straight Eye for the Queer Guy: Gay Youth in Contemporary Scandinavian Film”. In Queer Youth and Media Cultures, ed. Christopher Pullen, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 211–223. Marklund, Anders. ”It Started with a Kiss: Sexuality and Swedish Film in 1951.” In Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays, eds. Mariah Larsson and Elisabeth Björklund, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2016. 21–35. Stenport, Anna Westerståhl. “Nordic Remakes in Hollywood: Reconfiguring Originals and Copies”. In A Companion to Nordic Cinema, eds. Mette Hjort and Ursula Lindqvist. Chichester: WileyBlackwell, forthcoming May 2016. 436–456. Stigsdotter, Ingrid (2013). “‘When to push stop or play’: The Swedish Reception of Ruben Östlund’s Play (2011).” Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 3, no. 1, 2013. 41–48. Tapper, Michael. “Stockholm Noir: Neoliberalism and Gangsterism in Easy Money.” In Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace, edited by Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kääpä, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015. 104–118.

Wahlberg, Malin. “The revelation of TV memories in The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975”. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 2, no. 2, 2012. 113–119. Wahlberg, “Vietnam in Transmission (1967–1972): Documentary Film, Solidarity Programming and Images of Commemoration” (draft of forthcoming book chapter) Wallenberg, Louise. “Stilleristic Women: Gender as Masque and Ambivalence in the Work of Mauritz Stiller.” Aura 4, no. 4, 2000. 36–46. Åberg, Anders. “Bridges and Tunnels: Negotiating the National in Transnational Television Drama.” In Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace, edited by Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kääpä, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015. 91–103.

Articles and book chapters in separate course compendium Koskinen, Maaret. Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence: Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screen by M. Koskinen. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010. Excerpt: “National cinema, art film and the auteur.” 21–42. Olsson, Jan. “One Commercial Week: Television in Sweden Prior to Public Service.” In Television After TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition, edited by Lynn Spigel and Jan Olsson, 249–269. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2004.

Online “Bergman and Sweden.” (http://ingmarbergman.se/en/universe/bergman-and-sweden-17518) “The Silence.” (http://ingmarbergman.se/en/production/silence)