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Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema [4 X Blu-ray]
The Baby
Carriage (1963) Raven’s End (1963)
Elvira Madigan (1967)
Ådalen 31 (1969)
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Theatrical Release: March 18th, 1963 - May 1st, 1969
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Review: Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Criterion Spine #1189 - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime |
The Baby Carriage (1963): 1:36:15.978 Raven’s End (1963): 1:41:00.345 Elvira Madigan (1967): 1:30:30.049 Ådalen 31 (1969): 1:54:31.865 |
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The Baby Carriage (1963): 1. 33:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 43,354,295,494 bytesFeature: 28,925,202,432 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.94 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
Raven’s End (1963): 1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 38,094,312,457 bytesFeature: 30,136,209,408 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.66 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
Elvira Madigan (1967): 1. 66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,542,308,093 bytesFeature: 27,099,254,784 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.82 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
Ådalen 31 (1969): 2.39:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 36,459,473,666 bytesFeature: 34,327,597,056 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.84 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio Swedish 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Criterion
Edition Details:
• New introduction to director Bo Widerberg by filmmaker Ruben Östlund
(14:52)
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside custom package Chapters 20 / 13 / 16 / 19 |
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NOTE: We have added 155 more large
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On their
Blu-ray,
Criterion use a linear PCM mono track (24-bit) in the
original Swedish language for all four films. Most of the films have
modest aggression - heaviest in
Ådalen 31 - but generally they comes across authentically flat
with modest bass response. The Baby Carriage has a score by Jan
Johansson (Ingmar Bergman's
The Touch) and for Raven’s End was by Giuseppe Torelli
(Bella Figura.) For Elvira Madigan we get the alluring music of
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (second
movement: Andante) performed by Géza Anda (piano) as the film's
'Main theme' plus use of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons - Summer
(first movement: Allegro) and Concerto for Violin and Strings
in E major, RV 271 performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker.
For Ådalen 31 there is music by Pierre Degeyter (L'Internationale,)
Wilfred Burns (Tango Torment,) and even Duke Ellington's Black
and Tan Fantasy briefly used.. Criterion offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Criterion
Blu-ray
Criterion's Bo Widerberg Blu-ray boxset in their New Swedish Cinema package is wonderful. Widerberg died in 1997 of stomach cancer - he was a film director, actor, drama director and novelist. He had a unique vision of cinema and promoted a new wave of realism in, what he felt was, Sweden’s insular film culture. I knew of his Man on the Roof from 1976 - which I found a very intriguing thriller (described by our reviewer Arvid as "The best Swedish police movie ever!".) Of the films here; I particularly enjoyed the bold depiction of youth in 1963's The Baby Carriage and, Elvira Madigan from 1967 - based on the tragedy of the Danish acrobatic 'slackrope dancer' Hedvig Jensen. Raven’s End, about an aspiring working-class writer in Malmö, was also adeptly realized. These are highly impressive world-cinema films that I had never seen before. Criterion's package is very strongly recommended! |
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