It being almost impossible to talk about this short without mentioning some details, I hereby warn you that ahead there be spoilers:
This short is a hilarious send up of Bergman films. It features a kind of pidgin "Swedish" which would make the Swedish Chef of The Muppet Show green with envy, magnificently warped "subtitles" and it's played completely seriously by the cast, which makes it even funnier.
An old professor is reminiscing about his youth, his loves and a brush with doves and Death. In between, you meet relatives, Freudian in-jokes and a wicked sense of the absurd. Madeline Kahn, pre-Blazing Saddles, is a hoot as a cigar smoking lesbian with two of the best lines in the short.
This short is available online for viewing and has been on at least one DVD of which I'm aware. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Live Action Short, losing to Robert Kennedy Remembered, which is also quite good. De Duva is most definitely worth seeing. From downtown at the buzzer, nothing but net! Most highly recommended.
This short is a hilarious send up of Bergman films. It features a kind of pidgin "Swedish" which would make the Swedish Chef of The Muppet Show green with envy, magnificently warped "subtitles" and it's played completely seriously by the cast, which makes it even funnier.
An old professor is reminiscing about his youth, his loves and a brush with doves and Death. In between, you meet relatives, Freudian in-jokes and a wicked sense of the absurd. Madeline Kahn, pre-Blazing Saddles, is a hoot as a cigar smoking lesbian with two of the best lines in the short.
This short is available online for viewing and has been on at least one DVD of which I'm aware. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Live Action Short, losing to Robert Kennedy Remembered, which is also quite good. De Duva is most definitely worth seeing. From downtown at the buzzer, nothing but net! Most highly recommended.