Director’s Commentary Track – Swedish DVD

The Swedish DVD release of Låt Den Rätte Komma In included a commentary audio track (in Swedish) with Tomas Alfredson and John Ajvide Lindqvist commenting on various things throughout the film. Sebastian Fabian was kind enough to create an English translation of the commentary track and make it avaialable as an srt file (an srt file is a subtitle file that is compatible with many CD playing programs, such as vlc). The srt file may be found here.

Below is a transcript created from Sebastian’s srt file. Eventually I plan to annotate it to indicate the scenes which the comments are referring to.

Time Index
Dialog
Scene
1 00:00:00,040 –> 00:00:12,440 Let The Right One In Commentary track
Translated and subtitled by Se[BBB]e – contact info at the end.
 
2 00:00:12,440 –> 00:00:16,800 -Hello, my name is Tomas Alfredsson, I’m the director.
This is how I sound.
3 00:00:16,800 –> 00:00:21,520 -My name is John Ajvide Lindquist and I wrote the script.
I sound like this.
4 00:00:23,040 –> 00:00:25,080 -And the writer of the book
-Indeed
5 00:00:27,760 –> 00:00:32,920 -I visited a film festival in Spain a few weeks ago
6 00:00:32,920 –> 00:00:39,120 and there was some serious excitement in the theater
and interest in the movie
7 00:00:39,120 –> 00:00:47,560 and when the movie started in this huge theater in front of 1400 people, there were such large expectations
8 00:00:47,560 –> 00:00:54,480 that these every one of these rather boring pieces of texts in the beginning generated an applause
9 00:00:54,480 –> 00:01:04,040 “photo by.. YEAH!” and people kept clapping their hands..
“production design.. whoo”.. that was so hilarious.
10 00:01:04,040 –> 00:01:08,640 -We nailed this one here at the end. Maria Strid.
11 00:01:08,640 –> 00:01:12,640 -I probably never experienced that before.
12 00:01:12,640 –> 00:01:17,920 -But I saw it at one of those “fright fests” in London, a festival for horror flicks
13 00:01:17,920 –> 00:01:29,040 where all attendees were hardcore horror fans with piercings and tattoos, real badasses..
14 00:01:29,040 –> 00:01:39,200 and after this movie they came to me with tears in their eyes, because among all the splatter and gore,
15 00:01:39,200 –> 00:01:41,040 this was a real feel good-film.
16 00:01:42,480 –> 00:01:46,920 -Yeah, it is a special setting.
17 00:01:46,920 –> 00:01:56,480 -This snow fall was a improvisation.
The weather just happened to be like this one night.
18 00:01:56,480 –> 00:02:00,040 and it was so damn beautiful.
19 00:02:00,040 –> 00:02:04,600 -In Luleå?
-Yes. In the middle of the night
20 00:02:12,160 –> 00:02:19,280 -This picture is just the feeling, one of the feelings, the book is based upon.
21 00:02:21,680 –> 00:02:26,360 -I agree, though I haven’t written the book, I recognize this.
22 00:02:26,360 –> 00:02:33,880 This standing at the bedroom window and looking at the sleeping yard, the lit lamps,
23 00:02:33,880 –> 00:02:41,440 is as if he’s waiting for something to come, something to happen.
24 00:02:47,600 –> 00:02:58,480 I think of something from my childhood.. This special state of being awake, to be close to the ones asleep.
25 00:02:58,520 –> 00:03:08,960 It’s sort of safe. You can go wake up your brother or mother or whoever.
26 00:03:08,960 –> 00:03:17,920 Everyone’s close by, but asleep, which gives you a large liberty to do whatever you want.
27 00:03:25,280 –> 00:03:33,480 -I think this light is so perfect in this picture.
There was always a big garbage truck here.. that blinked.
28 00:03:33,520 –> 00:03:41,320 -Did it make a sound too, when it backed up?
-No. But we’re getting off topic.
29 00:03:41,320 –> 00:03:48,840 Here they arrive with the luggage. We discussed how much these two could reasonably have.
30 00:03:53,280 –> 00:03:56,880 -Here is the box we will see further into the movie.
31 00:04:02,840 –> 00:04:09,960 The photo wallpaper, do you recognize it?
-Yeah, I had the same at home
32 00:04:09,960 –> 00:04:14,080 -It’s amazing that they found one of those
-Yeah, it’s not made for the film, it’s authentic.
33 00:04:14,080 –> 00:04:19,200 -It’s a real Scandecor.
-Mine was too, I believe.
34 00:04:22,080 –> 00:04:32,440 That poster is there because we wanted to make the window recognizable.
35 00:04:32,440 –> 00:04:39,480 Lacke who stands here peeing is supposed to recognize it later on.
36 00:04:39,480 –> 00:04:45,600 So we chose to go with an advertisement poster.
37 00:04:45,600 –> 00:04:52,680 Someone wondered if it was something special.
-If the thumbs down was symbolic..
38 00:04:56,160 –> 00:05:00,160 This here is Blackeberg.
-Really nice. Oh, there’s a Sinka (some sort of car)
39 00:05:00,160 –> 00:05:01,160 -That’s an exaggeration.
-I think it’s really beautiful.
40 00:05:05,000 –> 00:05:07,800 Perhaps we remember it differently.
41 00:05:08,280 –> 00:05:11,800 -This is the opening scene from the book
-Oh, right.
42 00:05:15,600 –> 00:05:31,560 We had one of these cops.. Perhaps everyone did. He came to Lidingö, where I grew up, every third year and said the exact same things.
-The drugs.. were a highlight.
43 00:05:30,440 –> 00:05:36,440 I have a feeling there was a lot police business in Blackeberg.
44 00:05:36,240 –> 00:05:42,920 They had demonstrations with dogs who could pick up eggs with their mouths..
45 00:05:45,040 –> 00:05:47,800 I wonder under what circumstances that can come in handy?
46 00:05:47,800 –> 00:05:54,840 -Perhaps during easter..
-The dog goes to get one..
47 00:05:56,920 –> 00:06:12,760 I think it’s so nicely done by the sound technician, this tapping of the finger on the right side outside the screen.
48 00:06:12,920 –> 00:06:17,760 -Poor Kåre..
-Yes, that must’ve hurt.
49 00:06:28,240 –> 00:06:31,320 I remember this from school which is why it’s included.
50 00:06:32,280 –> 00:06:38,160 This whole being in your face thing. “The air is free, the air is free” and then they poke you. It’s such a
horrible violation.
51 00:06:40,840 –> 00:06:47,240 -That’s probably why children are uncomfortable at the dentist’s
52 00:06:47,120 –> 00:06:55,680 having people very close up to your face. Same with going to the hairdresser.
53 00:06:55,680 –> 00:07:02,920 That was a problem for me. It’s some sort of violation to have someone in your most personal space.
54 00:07:05,240 –> 00:07:10,160 -Here’s a new guy.
-Per, yes.
55 00:07:13,400 –> 00:07:16,720 He is incredibly expressive in these pictures.
56 00:07:17,240 –> 00:07:22,960 There is so little he has to do with his facial expression to make it serious.
57 00:07:26,640 –> 00:07:50,280 This fantastic beef-like hat is Per’s idea. It makes his character slightly goofy, but not too much.
58 00:07:59,360 –> 00:08:10,120 Here it’s really cold, I’m telling you.. It’s so cold you go crazy just thinking about it.
59 00:08:10,120 –> 00:08:22,960 I think it’s -35 degrees Celsuis. And it’s as if someone screaming in your ears non-stop
60 00:08:29,680 –> 00:08:45,880 This coat Håkan wears here is the third one.. It shattered like an egg shell because of the cold.
61 00:08:47,800 –> 00:08:55,320 -A nice detail here is how you hear the coins in his pocket.
62 00:08:57,400 –> 00:09:05,840 And you were up all night to do this.
-It’s so hard to concentrate in this kind of cold
63 00:09:05,840 –> 00:09:16,760 because the body enters some kind of emergency mode and just wants to go home to some coffee and a warm bath.
64 00:09:20,080 –> 00:09:24,640 To be persistent is pretty demand.
65 00:09:33,240 –> 00:09:34,440 This here is good.
66 00:09:37,880 –> 00:09:39,480 The flow..
67 00:09:51,520 –> 00:10:02,560 This is a less is more-scene. Not to show the gore. You have to imagine it yourself.
68 00:10:05,600 –> 00:10:13,680 The dog is named Ricky.
-You actually see the gore here, though for a short while.
69 00:10:19,560 –> 00:10:32,720 This is one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Weird to say when such a horrible thing happens,
70 00:10:32,720 –> 00:10:39,560 but I think it’s very comedic too. He’s like the Mr. Bean of killers.
71 00:10:42,200 –> 00:10:48,320 People usually laugh at this scene, and also his next attempt to succeed.
72 00:10:53,080 –> 00:11:03,720 And it’s so gory. I saw a clip where the dog was licking a bit more..
-Yeah that was too much.
73 00:11:08,520 –> 00:11:25,160 This is the first day of recording.
And Kåre’s first recording.
74 00:12:09,000 –> 00:12:16,320 Is still still early on in the recording?
-Yeah, it’s.. the fifth or sixth day.
75 00:12:20,000 –> 00:12:28,240 This here jungle gym designed by our sceneographer is great.
76 00:12:29,800 –> 00:12:47,040 This letterbox format make it hard to shoot high objects.
77 00:12:48,680 –> 00:12:58,880 Most jungle gyms would be very cropped height-wise, so he made on that was cinema tailored.
78 00:13:00,680 –> 00:13:13,000 It’s very suitable for images. It really has the right feeling too and it doesn’t exist outside the movie.
79 00:13:13,000 –> 00:13:20,360 -It’s very boring. Municipal toy. You wouldn’t want to play there.
80 00:13:23,200 –> 00:13:28,240 What was the original, where you grew up?
-It had a slide and such.
81 00:13:28,240 –> 00:13:32,960 It wasn’t there, in Blackeberg, when I lived there. But it’s there now.
82 00:13:32,960 –> 00:13:33,960 -I thought it was far too modern.
83 00:13:38,160 –> 00:13:41,640 -Did you see it was an old subway wagon?
84 00:13:44,760 –> 00:13:47,440 -Eli scares you here.
85 00:13:56,840 –> 00:13:59,880 Here, when she screams.. it’s so scary.
86 00:14:14,760 –> 00:14:23,160 The relation between them became very odd here. It cannot be father/daughter.
87 00:14:23,160 –> 00:14:35,040 There are lots of speculation, especially in the US where they haven’t read the book.
-Everone asks about their relation.
88 00:14:44,120 –> 00:14:51,720 You can almost smell how bad it smells here.
-I think it’s his boots that create that.
89 00:14:54,760 –> 00:15:00,280 There. It doesn’t smell good.
-“Pissy”.
90 00:15:02,000 –> 00:15:06,760 -God, I know this movie! I’ve probably seen it 10 times.
91 00:15:09,640 –> 00:15:17,800 These was a lot of pulling on the toilet door knob and when you were there, people came in and..
92 00:15:19,720 –> 00:15:27,200 “Crap, are they there? Now I don’t want to go out.”
-“Aren’t you done? Can’t you come out?” “Who’s in there? Open!”
-Horrible..
93 00:15:35,800 –> 00:15:44,680 He repeats her lines here when she doesn’t see.
-But how does he know what she’s gonna say?
94 00:15:44,680 –> 00:15:48,520 -Well, he’s half a second behind..
-Yeah ok.
95 00:15:48,520 –> 00:15:52,560 -I thought that was one of the few things that he dares to do.
96 00:15:52,560 –> 00:15:59,000 All those things he doesn’t have to be held accountable for.
97 00:16:01,680 –> 00:16:10,320 -Here comes some music.
-This is good. It’s a song called Kvar i min bil by Per Gessle.
98 00:16:10,320 –> 00:16:15,560 It’s written for this movie to present an 80’s feel.
99 00:16:17,000 –> 00:16:28,240 I wasn’t keen on using an existing hit because it might draw the viewer’s attention away from the plot.
100 00:16:29,240 –> 00:16:33,640 People might have personal memories of a song that disturb the film experience.
101 00:16:33,640 –> 00:16:42,080 So I asked Per if he wanted to do one that sounded a bit like Gyllene Tider at that time.
102 00:16:42,080 –> 00:16:47,040 -I think that’s very humble and nice.
-Yeah it was commendable.
103 00:16:47,040 –> 00:16:53,240 -I have a hard time imaging a lot of artists doing that
“Bruce Springsteen, make a song like The river”
-“ok”
104 00:16:57,120 –> 00:17:04,000 -There he sat drinking milk, I think that’s so creepy.
-Grown men drinking milk..
105 00:17:07,760 –> 00:17:14,440 -Here they’ve been talking year after year. And they never achieve anything.
106 00:17:16,360 –> 00:17:26,160 -In this movie the restaurant is at the square.
-Which it’s not in real life.
107 00:17:26,160 –> 00:17:28,800 -No it’s in one of the tall apartment buildings.
108 00:17:30,360 –> 00:17:38,440 -This is right next to the movie theater where I watched all my films in my youth, that resulted in Sun Palace.
109 00:17:39,920 –> 00:17:45,560 -We were lucky this place was available.
-Yeah, it was often available when I was a kid too.
110 00:17:45,560 –> 00:17:49,920 They sold sewing accessories, then they sold metal scrap, then they sold second hand
111 00:17:51,440 –> 00:17:57,720 -I thought it was very good that we placed it at the square because it becomes like a center.
112 00:17:59,880 –> 00:18:02,720 Visually too, that you go past the square..
113 00:18:06,160 –> 00:18:19,840 -People might want to know what someone like Håkan would read.
It’s one by Lars Widding, the bestseller during this time.
114 00:18:19,840 –> 00:18:28,160 He wrote historic books. A bit like Jan Guillou and Herman Lindqvist of today.
115 00:18:28,160 –> 00:18:43,600 In the book Håkan has more advanced literary preferences, namely Almquist. Håkan is a Swedish teacher. Tintomara is a bit like his ideal.
116 00:18:43,600 –> 00:18:46,360 -I see
117 00:18:46,360 –> 00:18:51,480 Tintomara: “Two things are white; innocence and arsenic.”
118 00:19:04,560 –> 00:19:07,800 -Tintomara runs past where I live. I thought that was fucking awesome.
(don’t ask me wtf this means)
119 00:19:11,080 –> 00:19:12,760 This is beautiful.
120 00:19:22,840 –> 00:19:31,480 Many wonderful sounds here. The rumbling from the stommach, the cube
121 00:19:35,800 –> 00:19:38,720 -Here’s really a good sound composition.
122 00:19:41,080 –> 00:19:48,720 It’s extremely close to all bodily sounds.
-He does this so good!
123 00:19:48,720 –> 00:19:51,120 He’s so satisfied with his line.
124 00:19:54,080 –> 00:20:04,080 All bodily sounds; breathing, snot, swallowing. The sound of the toungue
in the mouth.
125 00:20:04,080 –> 00:20:14,400 She’s supposed to be very sticky in her mouth. I imagined
she’d be very dry when she’s thirsty.
126 00:20:22,040 –> 00:20:24,920 The hands meet for the first time..
127 00:20:29,040 –> 00:20:34,400 And Johan’s music..
-The cube is very visually satisfying.
128 00:20:35,720 –> 00:20:36,800 -It stands out.
129 00:20:36,800 –> 00:20:52,720 It’s a big orchestra that plays. Listening to it was one of the highlights during the production.
130 00:20:53,360 –> 00:21:06,680 You sit and listen to synth drafts. They can be nice but they tire the ear after a while.
131 00:21:06,680 –> 00:21:22,200 To then hear these compositions played for real is one of the coolest things you can experience as a director.
132 00:21:22,200 –> 00:21:39,440 -You sent me an early synth draft of this.. and I started crying because of it and listened to it over an over. It just felt like the story.
133 00:21:58,000 –> 00:22:00,640 -Here comes this rascal.
134 00:22:00,680 –> 00:22:15,560 The original, as I understood, is in the park in Blackeberg.
-And a bridge very similar to this one.
135 00:22:15,560 –> 00:22:21,040 But this is recorded in..?
-Råcksta. Right next to Blackeberg.
136 00:22:21,040 –> 00:22:39,880 The one you imagined is a bit too high to fit in the picture. We almost searched ourselves to death..
137 00:22:39,880 –> 00:22:52,240 It had to have a building in the background too.
-Gösta had to be witness to it.
138 00:22:52,240 –> 00:22:58,880 This is a very uneasy scene. A classic horror scene.
139 00:22:58,880 –> 00:23:05,680 Here comes a cool detail. It’s obviously planned.
140 00:23:08,160 –> 00:23:12,160 It’s so good that it comes there.
-And disturbs the scene.
141 00:23:12,160 –> 00:23:20,000 -It’s an authentic old SL-bus.
And I think it’s got a ketchup ad on this side but perhaps you can’t read it.
142 00:23:20,000 –> 00:23:37,320 This here is uncomfortable. Eli uses her pretended helplessness and uses his goodness as a person to get to him.
143 00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:57,440 -This was Robert’s contribution.
144 00:23:58,720 –> 00:24:05,960 -The one who plays Gösta is an opera singer.
145 00:24:15,480 –> 00:24:17,240 Ouch.
-Ouch.
146 00:24:20,080 –> 00:24:30,080 Eli’s bloody shirt has a big part in the book and also in the early script, to track Eli down.
147 00:24:30,080 –> 00:24:33,480 But it worked out anyway.
148 00:24:35,320 –> 00:24:42,080 It actually returns towards the end, in a newspaper clipping.
149 00:24:42,080 –> 00:24:48,600 It’s a bit away from the camera, but it’s fully visible.
150 00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:52,200 Kinda funny, because it becomes like a sweet memory of Oskar’s.
151 00:24:56,000 –> 00:25:05,320 We talked a lot about this during the writing. The surface that separates them. Here it’s very symbolic.
152 00:25:08,680 –> 00:25:17,760 We work a lot with windows, doors, dividers, walls. Things that separate them. Or us.
153 00:25:22,120 –> 00:25:28,000 -Here’s a pre taste of his cozy apartment.
-That doesn’t smell good either, I’d imagine.
154 00:25:28,000 –> 00:25:45,960 -It’s hard to convey a smell on film. It’s possible by giving the audience some clues.
155 00:25:45,960 –> 00:25:50,160 But it’s hard.
156 00:25:51,280 –> 00:25:56,240 We’re already gotten used to that there’s no smoking in restaurants.
157 00:25:57,920 –> 00:26:02,280 -Someone mentioned in a review “from a time where you smoked indoors”.
158 00:26:07,560 –> 00:26:11,640 -Gösta also has a very good hat. The characters generally do.
159 00:26:11,640 –> 00:26:16,320 Something that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, in reviews and such.
160 00:26:18,000 –> 00:26:26,920 -The hat choices? He has a magical down hat there..
Let’s talk about it some more later on.
161 00:26:30,640 –> 00:26:32,120 -Yeah, Larry’s hat..
162 00:26:34,680 –> 00:26:37,800 This looks so fucking heavy.
163 00:26:37,800 –> 00:26:53,520 -And it is. It’s authentically made, so it’s the full weight of Jocke’s body, about 100 kg.
164 00:26:55,120 –> 00:27:02,040 I didn’t understand why murderers chop up their victims before we did this..
165 00:27:02,040 –> 00:27:09,920 It has practical reasons. Moving a body is almost impossible.
166 00:27:09,880 –> 00:27:15,440 Per is very athletic. He boxes in his spare time.
167 00:27:17,800 –> 00:27:27,760 Just moving a body and tipping it over like this is almost impossible.
168 00:27:28,800 –> 00:27:35,960 Don’t murder anyone
-At least think it through thoroughly.
169 00:27:35,960 –> 00:27:40,520 -Murder someone lightweight.
170 00:27:47,320 –> 00:27:52,720 He’s so incompetent, Håkan.
It’s not going his way.
171 00:27:54,680 –> 00:28:01,440 -I think it makes his character very touching too.
The fact that he’s so bad at murder.
172 00:28:04,080 –> 00:28:12,120 The love theme returns again at this point.
Something’s happened between the two.
173 00:28:11,880 –> 00:28:14,800 as symbolized by the cube.
174 00:28:18,520 –> 00:28:23,200 “Did you do this? Wow, you’re amazing. I know you”
175 00:28:24,640 –> 00:28:26,080 -And the great tit bird.
176 00:28:30,720 –> 00:28:34,200 That’s the average winter day to me.. The great tit birds.
177 00:28:34,200 –> 00:28:39,000 That’s so special. She lies there sleeping.
178 00:28:47,560 –> 00:28:49,360 Someone here scratches her leg.
179 00:28:50,280 –> 00:28:52,200 It’s about what we talked about in the beginning
180 00:28:54,080 –> 00:28:57,280 about the synthetic materials that contribute
to the 80s feel.
181 00:28:57,280 –> 00:29:03,520 You can feel it when they’re scratching their legs.
-When it’s winter dry.
182 00:29:03,520 –> 00:29:17,760 -This is Blackeberg.
-This is actually the first day of filming, a few weeks before we started filming fully.
183 00:29:20,080 –> 00:29:24,560 Everything is so dry and you get stuck with your hair and nails and..
184 00:29:24,560 –> 00:29:26,800 -The hair’s all over the place.
185 00:29:31,760 –> 00:29:38,680 -Cute Lina who plays Eli sits here in just a t-shirt.
186 00:29:38,680 –> 00:29:42,840 You have no idea how just that that is.
187 00:29:42,840 –> 00:29:52,200 And she’s so..
-Relaxed
-…present. She’s fantastic.
188 00:29:56,920 –> 00:30:01,080 -We could add that outside the picture there was heating for her.
189 00:30:01,480 –> 00:30:06,840 -God, yes. There was a whole crew with blankets and machines.
190 00:30:06,840 –> 00:30:19,120 We even had a heated tent, just a few meters away from the camera.
191 00:30:20,800 –> 00:30:28,680 I thought it was so important that there’s smoke coming from the mouth, that’s it’s cold for real.
192 00:30:31,080 –> 00:30:36,640 You can also see ice crystals in Eli’s hair which is really beautiful.
193 00:30:37,760 –> 00:30:41,520 You can’t do this any other way than filming in the cold.
194 00:30:44,240 –> 00:30:46,280 Aw, that’s so cute.
195 00:30:59,920 –> 00:31:02,240 -He has to mix it first!
196 00:31:06,840 –> 00:31:12,240 -Do you have to start with the corners?
-That’s just one method.
197 00:31:14,960 –> 00:31:16,600 “You are truly something”
198 00:31:16,600 –> 00:31:21,200 -There are several methods.
199 00:31:23,480 –> 00:31:27,440 I just know the method of disassembling the cube.
200 00:31:27,440 –> 00:31:38,040 -Here they’ve read a longer part, right? Because you can see they’re really listening to “Bilbo”.
201 00:31:41,960 –> 00:31:56,600 John, one of the producers, happened to know Tolkien’s son, who owns the rights to this book.
202 00:31:56,600 –> 00:32:08,280 So he wrote a letter to Christopher Tolkien and asked for permission to include this.
203 00:32:08,920 –> 00:32:13,960 And he let us.
“ffs of course”, he said.
204 00:32:15,720 –> 00:32:19,320 -That was lucky. It’s so hard to get permission.
205 00:32:19,320 –> 00:32:28,280 -Samuel Morse at the bottom of the page, the inventor of the morse code.
206 00:32:30,560 –> 00:32:34,720 -This filmed is called Morse in France.
207 00:32:37,080 –> 00:32:47,360 -This is one of the hard things. How do you differentiate between long and short signal through a wall?
208 00:32:50,960 –> 00:32:58,000 -But we solved that
-Yes, we solved it with a scraping of the nail.
209 00:33:03,160 –> 00:33:06,320 This is the scene that many people consider the most uncomfortable one from the book.
210 00:33:07,120 –> 00:33:09,560 I think it’s pretty uncomfortable here too.
211 00:33:16,920 –> 00:33:20,480 This is where Oskar says “No” for the first time ever.
212 00:33:30,760 –> 00:33:33,320 Even though he fears the consequences.
213 00:33:36,760 –> 00:33:38,880 -He probably thinks it’s worth it.
214 00:34:03,080 –> 00:34:06,120 It’s so horrible, this scene.
215 00:34:07,680 –> 00:34:10,640 To everyone standing there.
216 00:34:14,800 –> 00:34:18,720 -And that beeping sound, like after a hard hit.
217 00:34:21,080 –> 00:34:22,560 -His look..
218 00:34:29,360 –> 00:34:36,520 -That line is so bad, “who’s gonna talk to his mother?”
219 00:34:36,520 –> 00:34:42,640 But it’s typical children’s logic.
220 00:34:46,840 –> 00:34:50,560 -Oskar’s constructed his explanation.
221 00:34:51,720 –> 00:34:56,800 -I think that’s well written, that he changes his explanation slightly, to make it more plausible.
222 00:34:56,800 –> 00:35:06,240 First he says “I fell on the lunch break”, but now he’s changed it slightly, made it more believeable.
223 00:35:14,120 –> 00:35:20,880 This scene looks fantastic on a big screen. It’s so incredible close to their faces.
224 00:35:28,520 –> 00:35:39,440 You can’t use make-up on children successfully because they have such delicate skin.
225 00:35:39,440 –> 00:35:45,040 As soon as you approach them with powder, it becomes visible on screen.
226 00:35:47,640 –> 00:35:57,280 And these faces are really fantastic to view when you’re almost inside their pores.
227 00:36:02,120 –> 00:36:05,800 The winter blush on his cheeks.
228 00:36:24,520 –> 00:36:27,880 -I remember when you showed me this scene early on.
229 00:36:27,880 –> 00:36:32,720 It completely convinced me that this would be everything I had ever wished for.
230 00:36:41,960 –> 00:36:45,720 There he is. How long has he been watching?
231 00:36:45,720 –> 00:36:47,600 Has he been there the whole time?
232 00:36:54,120 –> 00:37:09,720 When I worked as a cutter late at night, there would sometimes be a Securitas guard
233 00:37:09,720 –> 00:37:13,800 behind your back. And you never knew how long he’d been there.
234 00:37:13,800 –> 00:37:21,040 That was his thing. He stood there watching and suddenly you heard some sound, like breathing..
235 00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:26,000 -“I thought I’d lock the building now”
236 00:37:28,600 –> 00:37:32,240 -The perspective is so good..
237 00:37:35,600 –> 00:37:37,240 -Right, here comes that long, short..
238 00:37:38,720 –> 00:37:42,800 -“Sleep tight”, he knocks. He doesn’t know.
239 00:37:42,800 –> 00:37:45,000 -that it’s her morning.
240 00:37:48,640 –> 00:37:52,240 -Here we meet Avila the first time.
241 00:37:52,240 –> 00:37:58,320 This is also one of these scenes people use to laugh at. Somehow, everyone’s had this teacher.
242 00:37:59,120 –> 00:38:01,360 -And this retarded excercise!
243 00:38:01,360 –> 00:38:06,640 What will that ever be good for?
244 00:38:13,400 –> 00:38:20,440 -About that shirt.. It’s a bit too wide, it makes your chest cold.
245 00:38:20,440 –> 00:38:24,360 And it’s by the Finnish brand Kaaru, which was very popular at this time.
246 00:38:27,280 –> 00:38:28,720 -I like this Spanish.
247 00:38:32,160 –> 00:38:36,320 -It means bugger off.
-Or done, finished.
248 00:38:38,640 –> 00:38:41,800 -This was hard to film.
249 00:38:45,200 –> 00:38:53,480 Do not direct cats! If you’re gonna make a film, dear friends, refrain from including cats.
250 00:38:55,280 –> 00:38:58,960 -This is one of the large additions to the book
251 00:39:02,920 –> 00:39:08,840 We talked a lot about this, that Eli would actually eat the candy.
252 00:39:08,840 –> 00:39:12,320 Oskar tries to offer her candy in the book, but she just proclaims she can’t eat it.
253 00:39:12,320 –> 00:39:14,280 But here she eats. For him.
254 00:39:17,920 –> 00:39:20,400 -Sacrificial act.
255 00:39:20,400 –> 00:39:25,200 She knows it won’t end well, but she wants to show her good intentions.
256 00:39:25,200 –> 00:39:26,440 It’s so sweet.
257 00:39:26,440 –> 00:39:30,560 Eli’s first sacrifice. There’s another one later on.
258 00:39:30,560 –> 00:39:39,080 And I think this hug is one of the best hugs in film.
259 00:39:39,080 –> 00:39:49,680 Here I still sometimes cry, when they hug. I have a hard time shielding myself from it.
260 00:39:49,680 –> 00:39:53,000 It’s so clumsy and sweet.
261 00:39:59,720 –> 00:40:02,000 -They stand like that.. “What should I do now?”
262 00:40:05,800 –> 00:40:07,240 -And the bag of candy.
263 00:40:31,920 –> 00:40:44,120 Here he wins everyones’ hearts. A person who disregards everything. It doesn’t matter who she is.
264 00:40:44,120 –> 00:40:47,280 If it’s a boy or a girl.
“Why do you ask that?”
265 00:40:47,280 –> 00:40:49,320 “It doesn’t matter to me”.
266 00:40:49,320 –> 00:40:55,760 -He really proves that too, later on, that he doesn’t care as long as he’s with Eli.
267 00:40:57,800 –> 00:41:08,280 -Here’s where I usually start crying. It’s close to my own childhood. The book is a little self biographic.
268 00:41:10,560 –> 00:41:13,320 My dad and I used to do this, except I had mini skis.
269 00:41:15,120 –> 00:41:16,760 and went with wire behind his moped.
270 00:41:16,760 –> 00:41:19,360 -Orange?
-It was blue.
271 00:41:19,360 –> 00:41:24,120 -Ok, I had orange ones.
-Oh, the skis? Yes, they were orange, with grooves.
272 00:41:27,160 –> 00:41:31,240 -Televerk-orange (old official color of the Swedish telephone company)
273 00:41:31,240 –> 00:41:34,440 -It was great fun. We went around the whole village on those.
274 00:41:38,400 –> 00:41:45,760 As you pointed out, a very nice 80’s detail with shirts put into the pants.
275 00:41:52,320 –> 00:41:55,760 -This is a detail from the book that I really liked.
276 00:41:55,760 –> 00:41:59,920 that he buries his face in his father’s shirt.
277 00:41:59,920 –> 00:42:02,560 -I get shivers down my spine just by sitting here watching it.
278 00:42:11,120 –> 00:42:15,480 -From one cozy home to another!
279 00:42:15,480 –> 00:42:20,400 -Their apartment is so boring.
280 00:42:20,400 –> 00:42:31,880 -Hoyte, who photographed this film, discussed what kind of light these people could have.
281 00:42:31,880 –> 00:42:36,480 Considering they don’t bring along their own lamps.
282 00:42:36,480 –> 00:42:42,040 So they just use whatever light is available.
283 00:42:42,040 –> 00:42:45,280 Some sort of fluorescent lamp lighting or something like that.
284 00:42:45,280 –> 00:42:51,480 But we invented what we call spray light.
285 00:42:51,480 –> 00:42:57,800 Imagine light on a can that you just spray all over the place.
286 00:43:00,880 –> 00:43:06,560 That’s how it is in their home. You can’t tell where the light comes from.
287 00:43:09,240 –> 00:43:16,320 -Here’s the only suggestion of
Håkan’s actual sexuality.
288 00:43:17,640 –> 00:43:23,080 He’s a bit creepier in real life than in the film
289 00:43:23,080 –> 00:43:28,280 -In real life??! In your book!
290 00:43:30,720 –> 00:43:34,680 -He wants to be with children.
-For the wrong reasons.
291 00:43:41,800 –> 00:43:45,040 I’m very proud of this image.
292 00:43:45,040 –> 00:43:49,840 How he grows forth there using the angle.
293 00:43:49,840 –> 00:43:59,200 And that we could find a filming site with such weird architechture.
294 00:43:59,200 –> 00:44:03,600 Long, high windows on the short ends.
295 00:44:04,520 –> 00:44:06,520 I’ve never seen anything like it.
296 00:44:06,520 –> 00:44:11,200 But it resulted in a very powerful image.
297 00:44:16,560 –> 00:44:24,880 -This is a scene that took a lot of rewriting during the scripting process.
298 00:44:32,400 –> 00:44:34,640 I’m trying to remember what it was like.
299 00:44:34,640 –> 00:44:39,880 -It was the toilet here, and the door from the outside.. We had to go back and forth
300 00:44:44,480 –> 00:44:50,840 -Right, it’s originally a toilet.
-Bath dressing room from the book.
301 00:45:06,360 –> 00:45:14,440 I’m almost thinking he’s deliberately planned this so they he’ll get caught.
302 00:45:14,440 –> 00:45:21,520 He understands that he’s lost to Oskar.
303 00:45:23,080 –> 00:45:27,120 He loses to Oskar much earlier.
304 00:45:28,560 –> 00:45:35,120 It feels evident when he sits there.
“It’s over”.
305 00:45:40,400 –> 00:45:45,400 -Had this been a standard film, there’d have been smoke and exaggerated sounds
306 00:45:45,400 –> 00:45:49,000 But this is how acid would actually behave.
307 00:45:52,080 –> 00:45:53,760 -I would think so, yes.
308 00:45:55,360 –> 00:46:01,440 It’s still so damn powerful
-People think it’s unpleasant.
309 00:46:03,560 –> 00:46:06,560 This is also a good shot.
310 00:46:11,240 –> 00:46:19,560 -This is a good sound mix too, the racket fades away and we get closer to Håkan.
311 00:46:21,280 –> 00:46:23,560 This loneliness..
-It’s so good.
312 00:46:31,400 –> 00:46:34,840 That’s also not recommended to do.
313 00:46:36,320 –> 00:46:40,120 -In the book he says “Eli, Eli”
314 00:46:41,040 –> 00:46:56,360 And the police interpret it as a religious quote from the bible.
315 00:47:11,560 –> 00:47:15,480 -First view of the pool.
316 00:47:21,160 –> 00:47:24,280 This is also fucked. It’s so aggressive.
317 00:47:32,160 –> 00:47:38,280 And he takes them home in his own little proud way.
318 00:47:43,160 –> 00:47:44,880 Volvo 142.
319 00:47:44,880 –> 00:47:46,840 Nice old car.
320 00:47:46,840 –> 00:47:49,040 Old car, anyway.
321 00:47:50,480 –> 00:47:52,520 Blackeberg at night.
322 00:47:55,960 –> 00:47:57,080 This is you, right?
323 00:47:57,080 –> 00:47:59,480 -No! It’s not.
324 00:47:59,480 –> 00:48:01,120 -It sounds like you
325 00:48:02,400 –> 00:48:08,840 -It’s actually the guy who did read the news at this time, his name’s Bengt Bylund.
326 00:48:08,840 –> 00:48:14,840 He has a very good radio voice.
327 00:48:18,200 –> 00:48:20,520 -This is me here..
-Now it’s you!
328 00:48:25,160 –> 00:48:26,920 -That was my contribution to the film.
-That’s right.
329 00:48:26,920 –> 00:48:32,800 There you can hear John, because she has to be invited by someone.
330 00:48:35,520 –> 00:48:39,760 It was a thing that we actually solved on-the-go.
331 00:48:39,760 –> 00:48:44,000 -Yes, it was after we’d recorded everything that you thought of this.
332 00:48:44,000 –> 00:48:44,760 Like someone pointed out to me too, in the book.
333 00:48:44,760 –> 00:48:47,320 -And you just stuck your head in the sand.
334 00:48:47,320 –> 00:48:53,320 -I have explained it with the fact that the hospital’s a public buildning.
335 00:48:53,320 –> 00:48:55,480 -That wasn’t especially good.
336 00:48:55,480 –> 00:48:56,960 -Yeah, but what the heck..
337 00:48:59,440 –> 00:49:03,160 She does actually require an invitation to the bath to be able to crush the window.
338 00:49:19,520 –> 00:49:24,560 That’s one of the nicest songs Hasse and Tage have written
339 00:49:24,560 –> 00:49:26,240 called “Längtans blomma”.
340 00:49:29,280 –> 00:49:35,040 from a show called Spader Madam, yes. 1969.
341 00:49:37,320 –> 00:49:39,840 You bet they can climb, these..
342 00:50:02,920 –> 00:50:09,720 -I wonder if those who haven’t read the book understand what’s going on here.
343 00:50:09,720 –> 00:50:15,160 That he cannot speak the words that grants her entry.
344 00:50:15,160 –> 00:50:21,080 To me it’s evident. But it doesn’t really matter that much.
345 00:50:22,760 –> 00:50:24,640 But what are they really doing here?
346 00:50:26,480 –> 00:50:28,920 -People in hospitals are weird.
347 00:50:36,760 –> 00:50:40,040 Here’s a pre taste of the unpleasant face.
348 00:50:48,320 –> 00:50:50,320 -I think this scene’s really well made.
349 00:50:50,360 –> 00:50:56,040 -You were with us here
-Yes, Mia and I sat here watching.
350 00:51:02,120 –> 00:51:06,440 -Eli’s very good here.
351 00:51:10,360 –> 00:51:16,200 -Here you can clearly see what happens if you pour acid all over your face.
352 00:51:17,760 –> 00:51:20,520 And here’s something cool too.
353 00:51:22,440 –> 00:51:26,840 -Bam!
-That’s gotta hurt.
354 00:51:31,840 –> 00:51:34,800 -Here you can see smoke from the breathing coming out of his cheeks.
355 00:51:36,320 –> 00:51:42,760 -And the only suggestion of Eli’s ability to fly.
356 00:51:45,600 –> 00:51:49,720 -That’s sufficient
-It is, though in the script there are lots of details
357 00:51:49,720 –> 00:51:54,440 how she stood on the roof and produce these soap bubble-like wings.
358 00:51:54,440 –> 00:51:57,800 But that was sufficient.
359 00:52:16,680 –> 00:52:21,560 -She wants to sleep here. She doesn’t want to speak to him.
360 00:52:21,560 –> 00:52:26,720 -These satin sheets..
-Synthetic silk
361 00:52:26,720 –> 00:52:28,720 And my favorite scene in the entire film.
362 00:52:30,840 –> 00:52:32,600 -I have to agree.
363 00:52:36,280 –> 00:52:39,760 -This is the scene that I’m, script-wise, the most proud of.
364 00:52:40,440 –> 00:52:44,280 -Yeah, it rocks. It’s like jazz music
365 00:53:02,000 –> 00:53:06,240 And Hoyte’s magic way of looking at the pupils.
366 00:53:06,240 –> 00:53:15,400 The light levels are extremely low here which make the pupils huge.
367 00:53:22,680 –> 00:53:25,440 And it gives a very special effect.
368 00:53:45,640 –> 00:53:56,640 -There was a scene that we unfortunately had to cut, where they play this finger game.
369 00:53:56,640 –> 00:54:01,080 -Eli learns it.
-Right, a bit earlier.
370 00:54:01,080 –> 00:54:07,760 Somehow you understand that they’ve learnt it together anyway, when we weren’t there watching.
371 00:54:07,760 –> 00:54:15,160 But it’s a very touching scene when they sit and play.
372 00:54:36,920 –> 00:54:38,560 -He’s thinking..
373 00:54:48,920 –> 00:54:51,000 -“What??”
374 00:55:00,920 –> 00:55:02,920 -The timing’s great in this scene.
375 00:55:02,920 –> 00:55:07,760 The lines between them.
376 00:55:07,760 –> 00:55:12,120 It’s so beautiful because they’ve got so fundamentally different conditions
377 00:55:12,120 –> 00:55:13,600 and understanding of what they’re doing.
378 00:55:13,640 –> 00:55:20,080 A sceme with a boy and a girl sharing a bed and it’s like no other scene I’ve ever seen.
379 00:55:20,080 –> 00:55:23,640 They come from two so different directions.
380 00:55:28,560 –> 00:55:31,920 And there’s so much Oskar knows, that Eli doesn’t, about how things are like.
381 00:55:35,040 –> 00:55:44,960 -And the scene’s got such extreme closeness without being sexual in the least
382 00:55:48,680 –> 00:55:55,600 -Which I think is fantastic. Within the whole vampire genre, that’s such a relief.
383 00:55:55,600 –> 00:55:59,640 And that was my own choice too, that they were supposed to be of this age
384 00:55:59,640 –> 00:56:02,560 before puberty, before it gets awkward.
385 00:56:03,480 –> 00:56:09,040 Oskar does have some thoughts to that direction but it never turns into anything.
386 00:56:13,120 –> 00:56:15,840 -To the extent he does, he gets to keep it to himself.
387 00:56:20,000 –> 00:56:26,080 -It’s more because he knows that he should.
388 00:56:26,080 –> 00:56:32,080 -This about “getting together”. (common among school kids in Sweden)
389 00:56:32,080 –> 00:56:36,480 When that started in my school class, in 4th or 5th grade
390 00:56:36,480 –> 00:56:42,400 then it spread like a wildfire. Everyone had to be together with someone.
391 00:56:42,400 –> 00:56:44,360 And you were together with many people.
392 00:56:44,360 –> 00:56:49,080 I think I had, like, a harem of 4-5 girls.
393 00:56:50,480 –> 00:57:00,400 One weekend, then someone called and said, “I’ve heard you say we’re together, but that’s not the case”
394 00:57:02,840 –> 00:57:07,200 so it started very suddenly, among everyone.
395 00:57:07,200 –> 00:57:11,000 -That begs the question of what you actually mean by “being together”.
396 00:57:12,320 –> 00:57:16,920 I don’t have this experience at all. I don’t think I’ve ever “been together” with someone.
397 00:57:18,880 –> 00:57:26,760 -His outfit here is done by Maria Strid, as are all the other outfits.
398 00:57:26,760 –> 00:57:29,120 They’re very suitable and feel just right.
399 00:57:29,120 –> 00:57:39,240 But Avila’s outfit is actually from a picture of Torbjörn Fäldin (then state minister).
400 00:57:39,240 –> 00:57:45,520 Who’s attending some final with Stenmark in some other country.
401 00:57:45,520 –> 00:57:48,800 And Sweden’s state minister’s there too
402 00:57:48,800 –> 00:57:51,640 watching this final
403 00:57:51,640 –> 00:57:59,240 and is dressed in a loden coat and an evidently home-made, knitted hat.
404 00:57:59,240 –> 00:58:02,400 -It’s worth noting that this is the same stick Håkan uses to shove Jocke under the ice.
405 00:58:02,400 –> 00:58:05,520 About Fäldin there, yes..
406 00:58:05,520 –> 00:58:09,640 -Yes, Fäldin. I remember how everyone was ashamed because of his look.
407 00:58:13,480 –> 00:58:16,560 But of course, it was fucking cool.
408 00:58:19,320 –> 00:58:22,480 Now afterwards, we can see how cool it actually was.
409 00:58:25,120 –> 00:58:27,480 Fäldin as a fashion icon is a bit forgotten.
410 00:58:30,000 –> 00:58:31,760 Someone to look up to.
411 00:58:35,440 –> 00:58:37,200 His second “No”.
412 00:58:48,520 –> 00:58:52,920 One advantage of this film is that there actually is room for jokes.
413 00:58:52,920 –> 00:58:56,960 The topic is dead serious, but there are these spots.
414 00:58:56,960 –> 00:59:00,000 -It’s needed.
-It’s needed.
415 00:59:06,920 –> 00:59:15,080 -This scene gives me double feelings because I react so strongly when he hits back.
416 00:59:16,640 –> 00:59:26,320 Finally the kid gets back at him, but at the same time I could never propagate in favor of this behaviour.
417 00:59:26,320 –> 00:59:29,600 To my own children, for example.
418 00:59:29,600 –> 00:59:36,880 It’s in conflict with my morals.
419 00:59:36,880 –> 00:59:42,840 But you can really understand his reaction.
420 00:59:42,840 –> 00:59:45,840 It feels so good when he does it.
421 00:59:45,840 –> 00:59:50,160 -It usually generates in unthoughtful cheers.
422 00:59:52,360 –> 00:59:54,000 Not in Sweden, though.
423 01:00:02,240 –> 01:00:07,560 -It makes you conflicted, but I do like when things are complicated.
424 01:00:11,880 –> 01:00:16,200 Complicating things is a fundamental goal in my opinon.
425 01:00:16,200 –> 01:00:21,920 -And so this unbelievably beautiful music.
426 01:00:21,920 –> 01:00:31,120 It’s like a wave moving back and forth over a beach.
427 01:00:32,600 –> 01:00:34,320 -This is a good shot.
-This is a good shot.
428 01:00:34,320 –> 01:00:36,280 -I wasn’t present when this was recorded.
429 01:00:41,440 –> 01:00:44,360 -It’s unclear whether the police would really do this.
430 01:00:46,200 –> 01:00:48,120 I know I was the the one who wrote it..
-The down hat!
431 01:00:53,040 –> 01:00:54,360 What, if the police..?
432 01:00:54,360 –> 01:00:59,960 -really would do this, saw out a body and lift it with a forklift.
433 01:00:59,960 –> 01:01:01,640 -I think it seems plausible.
434 01:01:01,640 –> 01:01:02,680 -Yes, they aim to preserve.
435 01:01:02,680 –> 01:01:06,040 I think I actually asked someone when I wrote the book.
436 01:01:12,480 –> 01:01:13,920 “Can’t be bothered”
437 01:01:17,160 –> 01:01:19,040 -Guys, when they talk to each other..
438 01:01:27,880 –> 01:01:29,240 -She plays really well, I think.
439 01:01:32,280 –> 01:01:37,560 What’s this music here?
-The old Radio Stockholm jingle
440 01:01:43,920 –> 01:01:46,000 It was extremely hard to get ahold of.
441 01:01:46,000 –> 01:01:51,200 It was someone who used to be a technician at Radio Stockholm
442 01:01:51,200 –> 01:01:54,240 who had a tape at home, in his private collection.
443 01:01:54,240 –> 01:01:57,920 Apparently, none of this stuff is preserved.
444 01:02:04,320 –> 01:02:09,120 -Here’s another view of the pool to plant the whole situation.
445 01:02:09,120 –> 01:02:19,480 This is really nice, because you can see
446 01:02:19,480 –> 01:02:20,480 that this guy is starting to suck up to Oskar in a creepy manner.
447 01:02:20,480 –> 01:02:27,920 And we can see Eli who’s excluded from this fellowship.
448 01:02:27,920 –> 01:02:29,400 She’s so lonely.
449 01:02:29,400 –> 01:02:32,880 -And she tries to be human now.
450 01:02:32,880 –> 01:02:37,240 -Right, she’s dressed up in human clothes.
451 01:02:37,240 –> 01:02:39,600 She has some weird Stenmark hat
452 01:02:43,040 –> 01:02:45,240 -The eyes here ended up really well.
453 01:02:48,880 –> 01:02:54,520 You can see the elliptical pupils a second after the light’s been lit too.
454 01:02:54,520 –> 01:02:57,400 Apart from glowing in the dark.
I think it looks great.
455 01:03:04,400 –> 01:03:06,800 There they gleam.
456 01:03:06,800 –> 01:03:08,760 -Goat eyes, isn’t that what they’re called?
457 01:03:08,760 –> 01:03:10,880 -Perhaps so. Throw a goat’s eye?
458 01:03:10,880 –> 01:03:13,360 -In the bible.
459 01:03:13,360 –> 01:03:15,560 That the devil has goat eyes
-Perhaps he does, yellow, right?.
460 01:03:17,320 –> 01:03:19,960 -And this is Agneta Fältskog
461 01:03:22,840 –> 01:03:27,520 -Fältskog, an underestimated composer.
462 01:03:27,520 –> 01:03:31,240 -I know of it though.
463 01:03:31,240 –> 01:03:34,880 -She’s actually written many good songs.
464 01:03:34,880 –> 01:03:38,680 -From ‘Om tårar vore gold’ and forward.
465 01:03:40,800 –> 01:03:45,000 -There’s a The Clash poster on the wall.
466 01:03:46,880 –> 01:03:50,800 -And it become one. A clash.
467 01:03:52,920 –> 01:03:55,200 I think they performed in the ice stadium.
468 01:04:04,680 –> 01:04:11,880 -I have seen this film an insane number of times, but I never get used to this scene.
469 01:04:11,880 –> 01:04:13,920 -No, ffs! It hurts.
470 01:04:17,000 –> 01:04:19,040 -Ouch!
-Yes, this here. I never get used to it.
471 01:04:19,040 –> 01:04:22,360 -And he pulls so hard, too.
472 01:04:22,360 –> 01:04:25,360 -You’re shaking!
473 01:04:27,560 –> 01:04:30,080 -He does it really hard too.
474 01:04:30,080 –> 01:04:31,480 -Fucking maniac!
475 01:04:31,480 –> 01:04:34,880 Kåre-maniac (=”kåre-dåre”)
476 01:04:36,400 –> 01:04:38,280 -Though he was actually told to do it like this.
477 01:04:38,280 –> 01:04:41,640 It’s not himself who..
478 01:04:42,320 –> 01:04:45,640 -You ought to know that this Kåre is a very special person.
479 01:04:45,640 –> 01:04:51,440 You can’t direct him any way
you want.
480 01:04:51,440 –> 01:04:57,600 Which I think is cool. He wants to do things his own way.
481 01:05:00,280 –> 01:05:04,280 This here..
482 01:05:05,160 –> 01:05:06,800 I would’ve liked to see more of that tongue.
483 01:05:06,800 –> 01:05:09,640 It could’ve been a few more seconds of that.
484 01:05:09,640 –> 01:05:12,600 Eli looks so damn creepy there.
485 01:05:25,600 –> 01:05:31,240 -Another one of my favorite scenes from the book that you managed to transfer to film.
486 01:05:31,240 –> 01:05:36,680 -This blood mixing business?
-Yes
487 01:05:36,680 –> 01:05:39,600 It’s the turnabout in the book, which it’s also here,
488 01:05:39,640 –> 01:05:46,640 in their relationship. So we have to re-evaluate this that we have..
489 01:05:52,200 –> 01:05:54,560 -She looks creepy.
490 01:05:55,880 –> 01:05:59,240 -Yes, and that which is supposed to unite them
491 01:05:59,240 –> 01:06:04,800 also makes their relationship impossible.
492 01:06:08,040 –> 01:06:12,920 Larry’s down hat!
-There it is, in its full glory.
493 01:06:12,920 –> 01:06:15,080 -Imagine it’s all full of down.
494 01:06:15,080 –> 01:06:18,320 How soft, comfortable and warm it must be.
495 01:06:18,320 –> 01:06:20,200 To wear indoors too.
496 01:06:20,200 –> 01:06:21,880 To smoke wearing your down hat too.
497 01:06:21,880 –> 01:06:26,960 Paul Olofsson, who plays Larry, is the largest enthusiast of my stories
498 01:06:27,000 –> 01:06:31,960 and that flattered me because he has a very good merit list.
499 01:06:31,960 –> 01:06:35,680 He played the ghost in ‘Kåldolmar och kalsipper’.
500 01:06:35,720 –> 01:06:39,520 and sings the song ‘everyone is afraid of the ghost’.
501 01:06:39,520 –> 01:06:40,920 -Holy fuck omg!
502 01:06:40,920 –> 01:06:42,120 I actually didn’t know that.
503 01:06:48,560 –> 01:06:50,760 And Ika’s nice.
504 01:06:53,800 –> 01:06:55,920 -She’s so different from her usual self.
505 01:06:55,920 –> 01:06:59,960 -How changed she became as a blonde.
506 01:07:07,520 –> 01:07:10,960 I thought a lot about how Chaplin does hobos..
507 01:07:11,000 –> 01:07:14,720 -Just let me mention that this is my wife on the right side of the picture.
508 01:07:14,720 –> 01:07:16,240 -She does that very well.
509 01:07:16,240 –> 01:07:20,160 -Chaplin.
-Chaplin portrays hobos so well.
510 01:07:20,160 –> 01:07:32,000 He has a habit of stressing their dignity and strive for dignity
511 01:07:32,000 –> 01:07:36,480 rather than sinking even further into despair than they actually are.
512 01:07:38,720 –> 01:07:44,080 And I think you can notice that here, with this gang trying to maintain their dignity.
513 01:07:44,080 –> 01:07:47,720 -Soon we have valuable shot.
514 01:08:00,880 –> 01:08:06,800 -Here is that briefcase he carries around, which is also a part of that thought.
515 01:08:06,800 –> 01:08:11,200 -He carries his chance therein. His way out.
516 01:08:12,840 –> 01:08:16,280 -This is in Blackeberg, right next to the library.
517 01:08:18,960 –> 01:08:22,720 -Here’s the funniest line of the film!
518 01:08:22,720 –> 01:08:26,240 At least according the cutter Dino.
519 01:08:26,240 –> 01:08:28,400 -That with the lighter?
-Correct.
520 01:08:29,240 –> 01:08:32,720 -“Hey, you forgot the lighter!”, I mean “Where’s my lighter?”
521 01:08:32,720 –> 01:08:36,440 -Yes, they’re looking for a lighter It’s the only one they have or something.
522 01:08:37,520 –> 01:08:41,360 -Dino laughs so hard he falls down on the floor.
523 01:08:41,360 –> 01:08:43,360 when he hears that line.
524 01:08:43,360 –> 01:08:47,560 I think it’s funny too.
-I haven’t written that one.
525 01:08:47,560 –> 01:08:50,680 -I thought it was born in the moment.
526 01:08:50,680 –> 01:08:56,240 They needed to have a reason to as why they followed him there.
527 01:09:05,120 –> 01:09:12,480 -This is a scene for which extension I propagated for.
528 01:09:12,480 –> 01:09:15,080 That it should be longer
529 01:09:15,080 –> 01:09:16,480 Vigirina turning into a vampire.
530 01:09:18,480 –> 01:09:23,440 One of my favorite shots of Virigina is when she cuts herself up with a knife
531 01:09:23,440 –> 01:09:24,560 to drink her own blood.
532 01:09:24,560 –> 01:09:29,440 But it was not included, and I think it was for the best.
533 01:09:31,920 –> 01:09:36,720 -Though you’re keen on bringing it up!
534 01:09:36,720 –> 01:09:40,280 That we actually did think of it.
535 01:09:40,280 –> 01:09:42,040 And deselected.
536 01:09:45,120 –> 01:09:50,160 -It would’ve created yet another conflict that’d have been too significant.
537 01:09:50,160 –> 01:09:52,680 It would have disturbed the balance.
538 01:09:55,080 –> 01:09:57,880 -But here is at least a hint.
539 01:10:06,840 –> 01:10:08,960 -And these sounds appear.
540 01:10:13,640 –> 01:10:18,640 -Oh, Peps! It’s time to choose your side now.
541 01:10:23,080 –> 01:10:24,080 -This is also a very nice scene.
542 01:10:24,080 –> 01:10:27,880 It’s very much my own childhood.
543 01:10:27,880 –> 01:10:29,400 Dad and I would play tons of five in a row.
544 01:10:38,400 –> 01:10:45,400 -It’s almost unbelievable that Peps can play such good blues.
545 01:10:47,920 –> 01:10:48,880 -Here comes someone..
546 01:10:48,880 –> 01:10:51,440 -In his creepy slippers.
547 01:10:54,280 –> 01:11:00,200 He lives next to them and was too lazy to put on real shoes, so he just slipped into his Scholl.
548 01:11:03,400 –> 01:11:08,120 This here is quite interesting.
549 01:11:08,160 –> 01:11:19,040 Non-swedish audiences tend to think that he is some sort of lover of the father.
550 01:11:19,040 –> 01:11:23,400 The thought never even occured to me before.
551 01:11:23,400 –> 01:11:27,320 But with some imagination you could think so.
552 01:11:27,320 –> 01:11:34,760 -I thought it’s like you said, that you just go home to someone and drink liquor
553 01:11:34,760 –> 01:11:36,560 It’s common in Sweden, but perhaps not so much in other countries.
554 01:11:36,560 –> 01:11:41,240 -Going to someone’s home is very unusual on the continent.
555 01:11:41,240 –> 01:11:44,840 Someone said that in Belgia, you never go to anyone else’s home.
556 01:11:44,840 –> 01:11:49,840 Which has resulted in very grand entrances
557 01:11:49,840 –> 01:11:56,800 When someone comes around to deliver something or whatever, that’s supposed to impress them.
558 01:11:58,760 –> 01:12:00,440 -This is so good…
559 01:12:00,440 –> 01:12:03,880 -This betrayal..
560 01:12:04,320 –> 01:12:10,000 -Oskar’s last look at father
561 01:12:10,000 –> 01:12:11,440 I have ceased crying now, the last few times.
562 01:12:18,640 –> 01:12:20,520 Quote from Romeo and Juliet.
563 01:12:24,160 –> 01:12:25,640 -It’s charming.
564 01:12:27,000 –> 01:12:30,320 She’s written it on a Brynäs packet of sweets.
565 01:12:32,200 –> 01:12:36,520 I remember those Brynäs. They were salty, kinda soft..
566 01:12:36,520 –> 01:12:40,520 This scene is very nice
-I remember Hoyte being very glad with it.
567 01:12:40,560 –> 01:12:45,240 -It’s made using the light from the car only
568 01:12:45,240 –> 01:12:50,200 Not a single other lamp. That’s pretty impressive.
569 01:13:00,800 –> 01:13:06,080 -We had some idea of her finding this frozen lump of blood..
570 01:13:06,080 –> 01:13:09,680 -That’s what she’s looking for.
571 01:13:11,400 –> 01:13:14,800 But that she was going to start chewing on it was a bit too much..
572 01:13:16,840 –> 01:13:19,720 -On the other hand, that wasn’t my idea.
573 01:13:19,720 –> 01:13:23,040 I was more fond of her cutting her arms.
574 01:13:29,040 –> 01:13:37,080 -As you understand, this is one of the most complicated sequences in the film,
575 01:13:38,960 –> 01:13:41,080 when the cats go crazy.
576 01:13:41,120 –> 01:13:44,600 -Seeing as cats are non-directable, as you said.
577 01:13:46,080 –> 01:13:51,200 -They maintain a high level of integrity
578 01:13:51,200 –> 01:13:54,120 -Yes, they sort of keep to a high level.
579 01:13:56,240 –> 01:14:02,200 -As I said, this was really complicated.
580 01:14:02,200 –> 01:14:09,160 And it took weeks of preparations and meetings and drafts and discussions..
581 01:14:09,160 –> 01:14:21,120 We used real cats, stuffed cats, synthetic cats, dolls and animated cats.
582 01:14:21,120 –> 01:14:25,280 Every image contains all sorts of stuff.
583 01:14:25,280 –> 01:14:32,240 It’s fun doing things like this but it tests your patience.
584 01:14:36,160 –> 01:14:38,040 -I think that’s a good transition.
585 01:14:38,040 –> 01:14:39,600 From the fall over to the stretcher
586 01:14:39,600 –> 01:14:42,840 And the briefcase is here.
587 01:14:46,160 –> 01:14:48,320 -I think that’s a Sinka (spelling?)
588 01:14:49,680 –> 01:14:51,520 -You talk a lot about the cars.
589 01:14:51,520 –> 01:14:58,040 -Yes, I think they’re good for creating the right atmosphere.
590 01:14:59,600 –> 01:15:07,040 -A common mistake when making a movie from a certain time is that,
591 01:15:07,040 –> 01:15:10,320 take this film, it’s set in 1982
592 01:15:10,320 –> 01:15:14,520 , that all things are from 1982.
593 01:15:14,520 –> 01:15:21,800 When in reality, cars and furniture etc were from 1982 and older.
594 01:15:28,160 –> 01:15:29,320 -First time Oskar is in Eli’s home.
595 01:15:31,600 –> 01:15:37,320 -I think Oskar had fantisized about something more impressive.
596 01:15:37,320 –> 01:15:42,160 I think he’s quite disappointed when he sees how miserable her apartment is.
597 01:15:44,720 –> 01:15:46,720 -I think she’s ashamed.
598 01:15:47,840 –> 01:15:49,600 So that’s why she backs up and closes the door.
599 01:15:49,600 –> 01:15:52,480 -I think this is one of your nicest solutions.
600 01:15:52,480 –> 01:15:57,040 This way of doing it is something. I didn’t write in the script.
601 01:15:57,040 –> 01:15:59,960 -On separate sides of the glass?
602 01:15:59,960 –> 01:16:02,880 -I wrote the dialog, but not that it was to be acted out in this manner.
603 01:16:03,640 –> 01:16:05,360 -Yes, it worked out nicely.
604 01:16:05,360 –> 01:16:11,200 And Vava, the scenographer, had found these doors somewhere.
605 01:16:11,200 –> 01:16:16,160 And he talked about them with admiration long before we got started.
606 01:16:16,160 –> 01:16:22,760 Because they’ve got a spiderweb-like net engraved in them.
607 01:16:22,760 –> 01:16:25,560 Old 50’s doors.
608 01:16:27,440 –> 01:16:30,120 -It’s usually hard to depict glass on film.
609 01:16:30,120 –> 01:16:34,720 Unless there’s something on the glass, like reflections or a special light environment.
610 01:16:34,720 –> 01:16:39,680 So the pattern is very suitable.
611 01:16:40,680 –> 01:16:42,320 -This is also one of these scenes where I was with you when you recorded.
612 01:16:42,320 –> 01:16:46,000 I sat in some room close by and watched it on a monitor.
613 01:16:46,000 –> 01:16:51,040 I got to see how you worked with the children, by playing.
614 01:17:02,840 –> 01:17:09,840 -Your body language also expresses your attraction to someone
615 01:17:09,840 –> 01:17:13,600 you start mimicking their movements.
616 01:17:13,600 –> 01:17:19,280 So that’s also an underlying thought in this scene.
617 01:17:24,000 –> 01:17:24,600 -What a good line!
618 01:17:37,000 –> 01:17:40,560 -This here often generates laughter…
619 01:17:40,560 –> 01:17:42,160 when he says “I’m just gonna go home now”.
620 01:17:42,160 –> 01:17:43,960 -After this when the rings, yeah.
621 01:17:48,280 –> 01:17:50,920 -He thinks it’s a bit creepy.
622 01:17:50,920 –> 01:17:52,760 -Still he doesn’t leave.
623 01:17:59,680 –> 01:18:00,920 -His gesture there..
624 01:18:07,680 –> 01:18:12,000 -This shot ended up very typical too, with the man and woman in the background there.
625 01:18:12,000 –> 01:18:20,280 It’s an electric appliance.. from Philips I think. Perhaps a record player.
626 01:18:20,280 –> 01:18:22,640 a box for a record player.
627 01:18:22,640 –> 01:18:26,480 It shows a man who sings and a woman who dances.
628 01:18:29,080 –> 01:18:31,480 -Here he receives one bill of each denomination.
629 01:18:31,480 –> 01:18:33,680 Which kinda annoys me.
630 01:18:33,680 –> 01:18:37,960 It’s an negative detail.
631 01:18:37,960 –> 01:18:41,400 One 1000 SEK-bill, one 100 SEK-bill, one 50 SEK-bill and one 10 SEK-bill.
632 01:18:41,400 –> 01:18:42,680 Why did she choose that?
633 01:18:43,920 –> 01:18:45,800 -Well, she just took some random bills from her drawer.
634 01:18:45,800 –> 01:18:49,040 -I still don’t think it’s very good..
635 01:18:49,040 –> 01:18:50,400 It should’ve been more money too.
636 01:18:53,680 –> 01:18:59,040 Here a lot of questions are raised, how does Eli earn her money?
637 01:18:59,040 –> 01:19:02,160 Is she a murderer and a thief?
638 01:19:02,160 –> 01:19:03,720 -She is.
639 01:19:07,400 –> 01:19:10,800 -This is so horrible.
640 01:19:14,360 –> 01:19:18,120 His way out of this misery.
-Peter Carlberg is good here.
641 01:19:32,480 –> 01:19:34,720 Oh, how she does not listen to this.
642 01:19:34,720 –> 01:19:38,640 -They’re in two completely different places.
643 01:19:44,800 –> 01:19:52,520 These straps that are use to constrain people against their will are creepy.
644 01:19:52,520 –> 01:19:56,240 All such tools are very creepy.
645 01:19:56,240 –> 01:20:01,760 Like cells and handcuffs.
646 01:20:01,800 –> 01:20:06,280 Tools for constraint. Straitjackets too.
647 01:20:08,840 –> 01:20:12,960 I never tried one on, but I’d imagine it’s horrible.
648 01:20:12,960 –> 01:20:14,720 Have you tried one on?
-No.
649 01:20:14,720 –> 01:20:18,200 I was never a master at escapology back when I was a wizard.
650 01:20:18,200 –> 01:20:23,080 I just did the one where you break loose from ropes around your hands.
651 01:20:23,920 –> 01:20:25,360 -This is actually an improvisation.
652 01:20:25,360 –> 01:20:31,840 -Really nice. It’s good to have a warm scene between the mother and Oskar.
653 01:20:44,520 –> 01:20:46,360 -These dogs..
654 01:20:46,360 –> 01:20:49,440 -Will we see them again?
655 01:20:49,440 –> 01:20:51,040 -You never know.
656 01:21:00,440 –> 01:21:02,600 And so this sacrificial act again.
657 01:21:09,280 –> 01:21:10,480 This is hand acting. Really good.
658 01:21:15,320 –> 01:21:17,160 -Oh no, what’s she gonna do now?
659 01:21:29,720 –> 01:21:30,600 Her face is so good here.
660 01:21:40,440 –> 01:21:42,880 -This aggressive burning is cool.
661 01:21:42,880 –> 01:21:47,160 As if it was water that sprinkled upwards with great force.
662 01:21:49,560 –> 01:21:55,160 -Here you pointed out to me how Oskar’s status in school has completely changed.
663 01:21:55,160 –> 01:21:57,720 He stands as if he had the right to be there.
664 01:21:57,720 –> 01:22:00,880 While Conny receives a sneer in the background.
665 01:22:03,600 –> 01:22:13,280 -You trick people into thinking that Oskar won when he hit him.
666 01:22:13,280 –> 01:22:15,400 He looks satisfied.
667 01:22:16,920 –> 01:22:19,160 -“You just hear half as much!”
668 01:22:19,160 –> 01:22:21,120 -What is this, Tomas, that Oskar listens to?
669 01:22:21,120 –> 01:22:26,360 -It’s a childrens’ show with Martin Jung that was done for UR (lit. the educational radio)
670 01:22:26,360 –> 01:22:30,080 I’ve forgotten its title, but it’s Martin’s voice anyway.
671 01:22:33,440 –> 01:22:37,760 -He eats blood pudding there as a joke.
672 01:22:37,760 –> 01:22:40,440 A little treat for the attentive viewer.
673 01:22:44,160 –> 01:22:48,360 -Do you remember that I originally opposed this scene?
674 01:22:53,960 –> 01:22:57,920 I couldn’t understand how the hell I could make this work.
675 01:22:57,920 –> 01:23:02,320 -To me this is something new in the vampire mythology
676 01:23:02,320 –> 01:23:05,960 getting to see what actually happens when you enter a room uninvited.
677 01:23:05,960 –> 01:23:09,440 But didn’t your solution surface when you had the idea of extreme close-ups?
678 01:23:12,840 –> 01:23:19,520 -Well.. I don’t know. But I was nervous because of this scene.
679 01:23:24,120 –> 01:23:24,960 -You don’t have to be anymore.
680 01:23:24,960 –> 01:23:32,960 -It works, but it didn’t work for until after a lot of work.
681 01:23:32,960 –> 01:23:44,400 Not until we added the sounds, Per and I, when we were in Oslo,
682 01:23:44,400 –> 01:23:46,840 that we made it work.
683 01:23:46,840 –> 01:23:51,120 There was originally tons of music and effects
684 01:23:51,120 –> 01:23:58,680 But it worked the best when we removed all of that.
685 01:23:58,680 –> 01:23:59,720 -Poof, the eardrum.
686 01:24:02,280 –> 01:24:08,600 -With all the sound, it became American in a bad way.
687 01:24:08,600 –> 01:24:10,720 It can of course be American in a good way too,
688 01:24:10,720 –> 01:24:13,880 but it’s American in a bad way when it becomes too much.
689 01:24:13,880 –> 01:24:18,640 -Now it’s instead like an everyday, cruel game between two children.
690 01:24:18,640 –> 01:24:23,840 And the fact that you don’t go all out and make it symbolic and sacrificial
691 01:24:23,840 –> 01:24:27,160 Now it’s just “this is what can happen, when my friend visits. Fuck, how wrong that went.”
692 01:24:32,160 –> 01:24:35,200 -Lina does this well
-She becomes unpleasant.
693 01:24:40,720 –> 01:24:42,840 -And Elif, should be added.
694 01:24:42,840 –> 01:24:50,280 -Right, we could mention that Eli’s voice is dubbed by a girl named Elif.
695 01:24:50,280 –> 01:24:56,080 Almost the same name as the character, but with an F.
696 01:24:56,080 –> 01:25:03,680 We thought Lina’s voice was too high pitched
697 01:25:03,680 –> 01:25:10,000 for someone androgynous, or a boy, almost.
698 01:25:11,120 –> 01:25:12,720 -Good line..
699 01:25:26,000 –> 01:25:31,360 This is where Oskar, in the book, sees bits of Eli’s past.
700 01:25:31,360 –> 01:25:37,200 -I didn’t manage to solve that.
701 01:25:37,200 –> 01:25:40,760 -But it’s still present somehow, “Become me for a while”.
702 01:25:42,000 –> 01:25:43,440 He enters.
703 01:25:47,080 –> 01:25:50,880 -Here it’s suggested that Eli was just a product of his imagination.
704 01:25:50,880 –> 01:25:52,280 -No way!
705 01:25:52,280 –> 01:25:53,000 -In that shot, yes.
706 01:25:53,000 –> 01:25:54,160 -No-uh.
707 01:25:54,160 –> 01:25:55,160 -But then she returns.
708 01:25:55,160 –> 01:25:56,000 -Yeah, I know.
709 01:25:56,000 –> 01:25:59,520 -That’s what I thought anyway. That it goes poof – where’d it go?
710 01:25:59,520 –> 01:26:02,880 -It’s just me who doesn’t like that interpretation.
711 01:26:02,880 –> 01:26:06,240 People who read the book also thought that.
712 01:26:08,800 –> 01:26:11,600 The picture works very well there.
713 01:26:11,600 –> 01:26:13,400 It’s like it sinks into Oskar.
714 01:26:13,400 –> 01:26:14,400 This about “Become me a little”.
715 01:26:20,120 –> 01:26:23,680 -Here’s the Gessle song again.
-Here comes Per again.
716 01:26:24,880 –> 01:26:27,720 -I’m thinking she never listens to music. She likes it.
717 01:26:28,880 –> 01:26:30,480 -She moves to the music here.
718 01:26:33,800 –> 01:26:36,280 -I think they’re so cute when they stand there digging the music.
719 01:26:36,320 –> 01:26:37,320 -And soon comes the brief shot that has confused and bewildered many people.
720 01:26:45,920 –> 01:26:48,640 It’s often discussed, in the US for example.
721 01:26:48,640 –> 01:26:50,880 You’re not allowed to do this.
722 01:26:54,560 –> 01:26:55,960 -You can’t show it, you mean?
723 01:26:55,960 –> 01:26:56,960 -Exactly.
724 01:26:56,960 –> 01:26:59,720 -But it doesn’t actually show anything.
725 01:27:03,040 –> 01:27:15,600 -This is the only explicit suggestion that Eli is in fact a castrated boy.
726 01:27:15,600 –> 01:27:28,520 It’s very exposing for both the actress and the character to show your genital area.
727 01:27:28,520 –> 01:27:41,640 But in these circumstances, I think it’s justified.
728 01:27:41,640 –> 01:27:47,120 -Definitely. Perhaps I should add that the shot is not Lina.
729 01:27:47,120 –> 01:27:53,080 -No, it’s actually – I think you can reveal that – a doll.
730 01:28:00,240 –> 01:28:02,360 Here’s the next goodbye.
731 01:28:05,680 –> 01:28:08,720 -Leaving everything behind, one thing at a time.
732 01:28:14,160 –> 01:28:16,600 This is where Systembolaget (liquor store) was situated during that time.
733 01:28:16,600 –> 01:28:19,240 -On the right side?
-Yes.
734 01:28:21,560 –> 01:28:29,240 Here I think you can hear Johan Söderquist’s – the composer – Swedish origin.
735 01:28:29,240 –> 01:28:34,480 It sounds like folk music. He’s got his roots in folk music.
736 01:28:42,030 –> 01:28:49,623 Here you can also hear that glass-like instrument that Johan wanted to include.
737 01:28:49,624 –> 01:28:53,619 It’s very winter-like and sparkly.
738 01:28:53,620 –> 01:28:55,945 It fits the movie very well.
739 01:28:56,449 –> 01:29:00,065 There it is.. it sounds like someone’s playing on glasses.
740 01:29:00,066 –> 01:29:07,267 It’s an instrument called waterphone.
741 01:29:07,268 –> 01:29:20,799 It consists of thin metal strings welded to a box that resonates.
742 01:29:22,858 –> 01:29:25,269 -There’s that picture again.
743 01:29:29,348 –> 01:29:33,357 -I remember this was one of the weak spots in the story.
744 01:29:33,358 –> 01:29:41,355 How he would get the impulse to enter this particular apartment.
745 01:29:41,356 –> 01:29:53,088 That Lacke, sort of.. puts two and two together and investigates this weird apartment.
746 01:29:55,200 –> 01:29:56,971 I think it works just fine.
747 01:30:04,371 –> 01:30:09,654 This is also a change from the book, that Oskar’s already in the apartment.
748 01:30:12,111 –> 01:30:14,000 -Here’s a funny detail.
749 01:30:14,001 –> 01:30:17,848 It’s silly but it works.
750 01:30:17,849 –> 01:30:26,583 When he removes the cardboard, the sound from the outside increases
751 01:30:26,584 –> 01:30:33,295 which is of course not reasonable, but it does work somehow.
752 01:30:33,296 –> 01:30:37,615 Perhaps the sound would get a tiny, tiny bit louder, but not audibly so.
753 01:30:39,540 –> 01:30:45,396 -But it’s an suggestion of the threat from the outside.
754 01:30:45,397 –> 01:30:47,926 That the outdoors will kill you using the sun.
755 01:30:50,769 –> 01:30:54,277 -Ugh, here he fetches something..
756 01:31:15,227 –> 01:31:22,420 -I have gotten a few complaints that Eli does not – like in the book – sleep in a tub full of blood.
757 01:31:22,421 –> 01:31:29,165 I thought that was almost exaggerating in the book too, but I kept it.
758 01:31:29,166 –> 01:31:30,647 In the movie it didn’t feel right. Why would she?
759 01:31:34,887 –> 01:31:39,491 -You could ask yourself where she’d get all that blood from.
760 01:31:39,492 –> 01:31:41,530 Pretty large quantities.
761 01:31:44,589 –> 01:31:46,522 Perhaps she killed a preschool class.
762 01:31:50,782 –> 01:31:54,555 -The sound technician is looking at us, wondering if she should cut that..
763 01:31:54,556 –> 01:31:57,918 -No.
764 01:32:02,436 –> 01:32:05,061 It’s a blackout blanket from the way
765 01:32:05,062 –> 01:32:07,590 The one on top.
766 01:32:07,591 –> 01:32:11,144 -You could wonder how Eli got it there so neatly.
767 01:32:11,145 –> 01:32:25,243 -There’s actually a small ribbon so she could actually have pulled it in place from the inside.
768 01:32:25,244 –> 01:32:26,862 That’s a crayfish knife.
769 01:32:26,863 –> 01:32:34,193 -Very soon we get to see the only shot where Eli’s teeth are visible.
770 01:32:34,194 –> 01:32:35,289 -She’s got teeth during the whole film.
771 01:32:35,290 –> 01:32:36,290 -lollolo wtf u suck
772 01:32:36,291 –> 01:32:37,966 -No, but I mean vampire teeth.
773 01:32:37,967 –> 01:32:38,967 -Oh.
774 01:32:40,685 –> 01:32:45,175 -To give her a very very subtle bump on the lip.
775 01:32:49,013 –> 01:32:55,741 They’re not the most overdone Dracula’s sister-teeth.
776 01:32:56,835 –> 01:33:00,653 -This is also a typical shot, soon.
777 01:33:07,065 –> 01:33:10,268 -The sound works wonders here. You can hear what’s happening.
778 01:33:10,269 –> 01:33:16,245 -The banging of the metal bathtub
779 01:33:19,861 –> 01:33:24,487 -The shot of the knife hitting the floor is a complement.
780 01:33:24,488 –> 01:33:37,563 It’s so important to thoroughly plant them when you work with such highly visual objects
781 01:33:37,564 –> 01:33:46,277 So it was important to let Oskar put away his weapon.
782 01:33:56,697 –> 01:33:57,305 -Here it comes..
783 01:33:57,306 –> 01:34:02,922 My all-time favorite film kiss.
784 01:34:34,307 –> 01:34:36,396 This is you right?
-This is me!
785 01:34:36,397 –> 01:34:40,078 I play the neighbour above
786 01:34:40,079 –> 01:34:44,353 Mr Lindblad.
787 01:34:45,278 –> 01:34:56,672 -On was some chat thing I heard from the ones who lived on top of Eli’s apartment
788 01:34:56,673 –> 01:34:58,971 and they were correct, that was indeed the apartment above.
789 01:34:58,972 –> 01:35:05,432 And so they’re supposedly the ones pounding the floor there.
790 01:35:05,433 –> 01:35:09,733 But I don’t know if they lived there back then.
791 01:35:11,842 –> 01:35:13,794 There’s that (Eli’s bloody shirt).
-There comes that.
792 01:35:13,795 –> 01:35:16,042 “Who killed the man in the ice?”
793 01:35:27,800 –> 01:35:29,074 Is that Eli who travels there?
794 01:35:29,075 –> 01:35:31,291 -Are you asking me?
795 01:35:31,292 –> 01:35:33,086 -I’m asking what you perceive.
796 01:35:33,087 –> 01:35:35,327 -Of course it’s Eli. Why else would he..?
797 01:35:35,328 –> 01:35:42,358 -It could’ve been some car passing by and he thinks Eli might be inside.
798 01:35:42,359 –> 01:35:44,024 -But it is Eli.
-k.
799 01:35:47,469 –> 01:35:50,977 -This is nice.
-Yes, that’s an eye.
800 01:35:50,978 –> 01:35:54,015 -I think it’s a period mark. End.
801 01:35:54,016 –> 01:35:56,905 It’s like a final picture. Now the end credits start.
802 01:35:56,906 –> 01:35:59,907 -It’s a so-called false finale.
803 01:36:02,131 –> 01:36:06,247 -And another one. This melting hand print.
804 01:36:06,248 –> 01:36:08,144 Everything disappears.
805 01:36:11,250 –> 01:36:14,483 Very good, I think.
-Yeah, it’s charming.
806 01:36:14,484 –> 01:36:17,830 A lot of people think this should be the end.
807 01:36:19,501 –> 01:36:25,824 But.. then we wouldn’t get to see the nice closing scene.
808 01:36:31,662 –> 01:36:34,480 -Do a lot of people really think so?
809 01:36:34,481 –> 01:36:38,271 -I’ve read several comments that say so.
810 01:36:38,272 –> 01:36:41,098 -But that’s no fun.
811 01:36:41,099 –> 01:36:44,451 -False finale.
812 01:36:46,353 –> 01:36:55,107 -No, that closing scene, apart from the short epilogue, was really the driving force behind me writing the whole story.
813 01:36:55,108 –> 01:37:01,357 It was my grand finale. That was my goal.
814 01:37:01,358 –> 01:37:05,154 In the book I never had to opportunity to depict that scene
815 01:37:05,155 –> 01:37:11,715 but the movie continues a while after where the book finishes.
816 01:37:18,912 –> 01:37:26,144 -I remember that this was one of the last scenes we added.
817 01:37:26,145 –> 01:37:29,721 In the scipting process, I mean.
818 01:37:31,444 –> 01:37:37,229 -It exists in the movie, but it was probably not in the script until later, yeah.
819 01:37:37,230 –> 01:37:41,312 But we needed a real..
-A kiss of Judas.
820 01:37:48,782 –> 01:37:52,001 Now we understand that Oskar’s fucked. Things will go to hell.
821 01:37:52,002 –> 01:37:56,611 In English speaking countries they laugh when this shot comes up.
822 01:37:56,612 –> 01:38:00,887 Bad (which of course means bath btw).
823 01:38:04,851 –> 01:38:07,566 -This was a rather complicated shot, right?
824 01:38:07,567 –> 01:38:13,556 -This is one of the most difficult pans.
825 01:38:13,557 –> 01:38:21,128 It’s something we call objective panning
826 01:38:21,129 –> 01:38:27,683 which means that the camera tells its own story.
827 01:38:27,684 –> 01:38:32,947 It goes past this mirror here on the left side.
828 01:38:32,948 –> 01:38:38,777 Then it’s a window where the camera woulld be visible in.
829 01:38:42,248 –> 01:38:44,843 -There you are.
830 01:38:46,657 –> 01:38:51,271 There comes that…
831 01:38:51,272 –> 01:38:52,272 I remember an interpretatation that the real vampires were the bullies.
832 01:38:52,273 –> 01:38:57,267 Because they’re not visible in the mirror.
833 01:38:57,268 –> 01:38:59,222 -Holy fuck
834 01:38:59,223 –> 01:39:01,332 -But I don’t think that was your intention, was it?
835 01:39:01,333 –> 01:39:10,326 -No, I think it’s Jimmy who enters that door.
836 01:39:16,887 –> 01:39:22,851 It’s so silly to keep praising things, but this is very good.
837 01:39:26,091 –> 01:39:28,139 It’s Secret Service we’re listening to.
838 01:39:28,140 –> 01:39:33,311 -Secret Service with Ola Håkansson singing.
839 01:39:33,312 –> 01:39:43,283 It’s really good, but to me it gives me some teenage anxiety
840 01:39:46,444 –> 01:39:49,156 because it reflects that time very strongly.
841 01:39:50,866 –> 01:39:55,808 It has such a..
-He’s the worst one, really.
842 01:39:55,809 –> 01:40:03,060 – ..claustrophobic sound, this song.
843 01:40:06,969 –> 01:40:12,005 -Ugh, this is heart-rending.
-Yes, he stands there fooling him.
844 01:40:14,834 –> 01:40:21,044 -And with some enjoyment too. He likes it.
845 01:40:40,196 –> 01:40:44,672 -Oskar is so small and lonely.
846 01:41:23,161 –> 01:41:27,498 -Here’s an addition you made, or a different interpretation
847 01:41:27,499 –> 01:41:33,854 In mine he jumps into the pool and grabs ahold of him.
848 01:41:33,855 –> 01:41:39,591 While you made Oskar accept his fate.
849 01:41:39,592 –> 01:41:42,004 -That Oskar swims to him, yeah.
850 01:41:48,868 –> 01:41:58,509 This scene has a complicated architecture so it was about that too,
851 01:41:58,510 –> 01:42:01,964 the he wasn’t supposed to be in the water with Oskar because of what happens next
852 01:42:08,962 –> 01:42:16,139 -In the script this is written as seen through Oskar’s eyes.
853 01:42:16,140 –> 01:42:22,182 But pulled this off very well, we actually get to see Oskar.
854 01:42:22,183 –> 01:42:31,667 -Oh yeah, it was as if it was from Oskar’s point of view.
855 01:42:31,668 –> 01:42:34,963 -Then the things would enter the water and all that.
856 01:42:34,964 –> 01:42:37,495 -But that wasn’t possible to do.
857 01:42:37,496 –> 01:42:40,022 -It’s much better this way.
858 01:42:41,314 –> 01:42:44,379 -There comes this..
859 01:42:45,576 –> 01:42:48,066 This also generates cheers sometimes.
860 01:42:56,873 –> 01:43:00,859 Much is told during that short period when he’s dragged through the water.
861 01:43:15,251 –> 01:43:20,154 -The arm that gets bit off, and the saving arm.
862 01:43:20,155 –> 01:43:24,632 I’m very proud of that shot.
863 01:43:27,353 –> 01:43:29,824 Eli smiles here.
864 01:43:30,946 –> 01:43:32,848 And the way he does so..
865 01:43:35,768 –> 01:43:40,363 You can see it in her eyes without seeing her mouth.
866 01:43:45,189 –> 01:43:49,743 -That’s what happens.. when you’re not kind.
867 01:43:49,744 –> 01:43:54,676 -That’s the conclusion we want to give all listeners of this commentary.
868 01:43:54,677 –> 01:43:59,784 So you understand that’s what we’re trying to convey.
-Be kind.
869 01:44:02,763 –> 01:44:05,349 That’s a good message.
870 01:44:06,701 –> 01:44:08,554 -I think this is pretty brave. To put this snowfall here again.
871 01:44:08,555 –> 01:44:11,114 You think it’s really over now.
872 01:44:13,368 –> 01:44:17,135 -The most eager ones usually stand up now.
873 01:44:18,409 –> 01:44:20,437 And the ones having to visit the toilet..
874 01:44:22,928 –> 01:44:28,233 -But for the faithful, there’s another small part.
875 01:44:29,770 –> 01:44:33,140 -I also want to ride in a train like this.
876 01:44:33,141 –> 01:44:35,198 -On your way to the great adventure?
877 01:44:35,199 –> 01:44:37,158 -Yeah.
878 01:44:37,159 –> 01:44:38,962 -With a friend.. in a box.
879 01:44:38,963 –> 01:44:41,510 -In a box.. a secret friend.
880 01:44:41,511 –> 01:44:43,869 How cool.
881 01:44:45,837 –> 01:44:49,751 It’s a nice old second class wagon.
882 01:44:53,642 –> 01:44:57,450 -Someone asked if they had that ripped off head in that bag, remember?
883 01:44:57,451 –> 01:45:04,499 -Yeah, someone had imagined the head was in the bag.
I don’t know why.
884 01:45:04,500 –> 01:45:12,655 -Here’s your homework, to decipher what he knocks here.
885 01:45:12,656 –> 01:45:14,288 Or should we say it?
886 01:45:14,289 –> 01:45:16,250 -We can say it. I thought it was so sweet.
887 01:45:16,251 –> 01:45:21,164 -Kåre and I discussed what he should knock there.
888 01:45:21,165 –> 01:45:26,751 And we agreed on “puss” (small kiss).
889 01:45:29,172 –> 01:45:30,773 I thought that worked nicely.
890 01:45:30,774 –> 01:45:33,672 -And that’ll be the closing word.
891 01:45:33,673 –> 01:45:34,673 -Yeah..
892 01:45:36,342 –> 01:45:41,571 Kisses to you all and try to be kind.
893 01:45:41,572 –> 01:45:44,605 Don’t pour acid on your face.
894 01:45:48,951 –> 01:45:51,387 Don’t make films with cats.
895 01:45:56,017 –> 01:45:59,465 -Thanks for this moment and your attention.
896 01:46:04,569 –> 01:46:06,607 -Let’s hope we meet again some time in the future.
897 01:46:06,608 –> 01:46:08,242 -Good bye!
-Bye!
898 01:46:08,243 –> 01:46:10,288 Swedish commentary translated to English
By Se[BBB]e – Sebastian Fabian
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