Björn recenserade Scener ur ett äktenskap av INGMAR BERGMAN×S
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ETA: I never realised this was part of the Cthulhu mythos, but it makes sense, and who am I to doubt Goodreads' algorithms?
As TV scripts go, this reads remarkably well as prose. Bergman's inserts are kept to a minimum, and while you certainly miss Liv and Erland's contributions, it's fascinating how much of a text this is - two people reasoning, arguing, insulting, snarking, begging their way towards being some sort of "residents of reality", without it seeming either too well-argued to be made up on the spot, or too neatly resolved; people are messy, and they don't learn, and they don't apply what they do learn perfectly from then on. Sure, some of it hasn't aged perfectly, but what piece of fiction aiming to do more than entertain for a few minutes ever does? It doesn't hurt that you can pace the reading yourself, where the pacing of …
ETA: I never realised this was part of the Cthulhu mythos, but it makes sense, and who am I to doubt Goodreads' algorithms?
As TV scripts go, this reads remarkably well as prose. Bergman's inserts are kept to a minimum, and while you certainly miss Liv and Erland's contributions, it's fascinating how much of a text this is - two people reasoning, arguing, insulting, snarking, begging their way towards being some sort of "residents of reality", without it seeming either too well-argued to be made up on the spot, or too neatly resolved; people are messy, and they don't learn, and they don't apply what they do learn perfectly from then on. Sure, some of it hasn't aged perfectly, but what piece of fiction aiming to do more than entertain for a few minutes ever does? It doesn't hurt that you can pace the reading yourself, where the pacing of the TV series was always its weakest point.