Experimental film adaption of Dante’s Divine Comedy directed by Polish-born pupeteer Michael Meschke. The film was bashed by most critics which eventually made Meschke give up filmmaking.

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At the premier of Skärseld in 1975 the reception was inherently mixed. Some criticism related to Meschke’s inadequate handling of this medium that was new to him, whereas others welcomed the experimental approach. Despite of calling the film an “original experiment”, and Meschke an indisputably talented man, Ingemar Åhslund was not convinced that film was something to pursue for the master of puppets. The other factor was the supposed failure of handling the arcane original material, as the motifs and questions the film was meant to universalise fell into “the avant-garde film’s nowadays well-known trapdoors”.203 Others, such as Hans-Erik Hjertén were exclusively pejorative, calling Skärseld “an insane venture, that the Film Institute for some reason has poured money into”.

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Skärseld (Michael Meschke, 1975).mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/1E764141AA9E512/Skarseld_(Michael_Meschke,_1975).mkv

Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English hardcoded

The post Michael Meschke & Orhan Oguz – Skärseld AKA Purgatory (1975) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Story of a gang of young people who live in one of the concrete ghettos outside Stockholm. They commit a series of murders of those they feel responsible for their situation. This one is often described as a cheap Swedish Clockwork Orange spin-off.

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https://nitro.download/view/85B8EA6575D244F/The.Stone.Face.1973.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.mkv

Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English

The post Jan Halldoff – Stenansiktet AKA Stone Face (1973) first appeared on Cinema of the World.