zombie84 said:
Watched the first two parts of Fanny and Alexander, the mini-series version. I always thought the film was a bit slow to start, since the first 70 minutes are really nothing more than a Christmas dinner that does little or nothing to advance the plot. However, this film is about characters, and when you re-watch the film, the first part gets better and better each time as you start getting more familiar with various quirks of the cast. And you get a peak of Pernilla August's breasts, which has always been weird to me since I so strongly associate her with Phantom Menace. The final parts really pick up the pace with surprising speed, looking forward to finishing this tonight.
"Oops, the rocket went off too soon!" Maybe my 3rd favorite Bergman film (behind Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries)
The Day of the Jackal - very interesting film about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle. 8/10